Pay + Benefits
NEWS
- Pay freeze affects nearly one-third of White House staff 07/02/09 New salary data reveals 146 presidential employees earn $100,000 or more.
- June is a slow month for TSP 07/01/09 The S Fund, up 0.73 percent, posts the strongest returns for the first month of summer.
- Federal pay and benefits provisions missing from Senate bill 06/30/09 Senate version of DoD authorization does not include House-approved measures on sick leave fix, other retirement reforms.
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- Defense personnel system boasts supporters 06/26/09 Pay-for-performance at the Pentagon has many detractors, but also a fair share of defenders.
- House sounds death knell for Pentagon pay-for-performance system 06/25/09 Lawmakers approve fiscal 2010 Defense authorization bill, which requires department to dismantle NSPS within one year unless it demonstrates improvement.
- Lawmaker pledges more oversight of FEHBP drug costs 06/25/09
- Bill would allow kids to remain in the federal employee health plan longer 06/25/09
- Reviews of NSPS sharply divided at first public hearing 06/25/09
- Administration calls language gutting Pentagon pay system 'premature' 06/24/09
- Pay parity supporters push for 3.4 percent civilian raise 06/24/09
- Senate Defense bill to raise military pay by 3.4 percent 06/24/09
- House resuscitates FERS sick leave fix 06/24/09
- Personnel chief sets timeline for pay reform efforts 06/23/09
- Administration declines request to suspend pay-for-performance governmentwide 06/23/09
- House turns to Defense authorization, approps bills 06/22/09
PAY+BENEFITS WATCH
By Alyssa Rosenberg
Federal Forgiveness
A law that eases the student loan burden on graduates pursuing public service has gone into effect.
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RESOURCES
- Thrift Savings Plan official site
- Guide to TSP Funds
- 2009 Federal Leave Chart
- 2009 Federal Pay Tables
- Federal Wage System pay rates
- OPM Retirement Guide
- Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
- Federal Benefits Open Season Guide
- OPM Long-Term Care Site
- OPM Flexible Spending Account site
- Tricare Web site
- Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance
- Bill Tracker
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