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Amanda Palleschi

Oversight

Maryland lawmakers urge Treasury to halt relocation of 450 jobs

Plan would move FMS employees out of the area.

Pay & Benefits

Thrift Savings Plan funds make few, if any, gains in October

Three basic funds post tiny increases and two fall into the red.

Pay & Benefits

Thrift Savings Plan closed for Hurricane Sandy, along with the financial markets

Transactions and transfers delayed until Oct. 31.

Management

Funds roll in for feds hit by Hurricane Sandy

Nonprofit hopes to have additional $35,000 for grants in next few days.

Pay & Benefits

Unnamed top USPS official’s compensation exceeds legal limit, IG says

Postal Service at odds with IG over maximum compensation rules.

Pay & Benefits

Employees can contribute more to their Thrift Savings Plans in 2013

IRS adjusts investment caps to account for inflation.

Pay & Benefits

More than 50,000 choose Thrift Saving Plan’s new Roth option

The investment choice now is open to all Defense civilians and service members.

Pay & Benefits

Thrift Savings Plan advisory board considers mutual funds

Move would mean greater freedom for TSP participants -- and also greater risk.

Management

Performance pilot launching at Veterans Affairs

National Cemetery Administration to adopt GEAR program in November.

Management

Lawmakers urged to adopt tighter caps on contractor pay

Limiting annual reimbursements to $230,700 per employee would save billions, advocacy groups argue.

Management

Army spent 13 times as much on 2010 conference as GSA spent in Vegas

Service says comparing the two events would be 'misleading.'

Pay & Benefits

Most feds get an extra pay period’s worth of leave this year

Use-it-or-lose-it policies remain in effect.

Pay & Benefits

Thrift Savings Plan Roth participation grows steadily

About 40,000 federal employees, including Marines, sign up for Roth in its first four months.

Pay & Benefits

Military families must pay to extend TRICARE coverage to adult dependents

Fee has deterred service members from exercising the option.

Management

OPM: Feds should ‘rarely’ need time off to vote

Memo outlines rules for excused absences on Election Day.

Pay & Benefits

Thousands of USPS mail handlers and postmasters accept separation incentives

Tally of about 7,000 is close to Postal Service projections.

Defense

Officials nab fugitive felon posing as a federal agent

Homeland Security IG works with U.S. Marshals Service and local sheriff’s office to locate impersonator.

Pay & Benefits

Postal Service offers more buyout incentives

APWU-represented clerks, mechanics and others are eligible for up to $15,000.

Defense

Top Veterans Affairs HR exec resigns ahead of IG report

Auditors find misconduct and misuse of taxpayer dollars at two 2011 conferences.

Pay & Benefits

Thrift Savings Plan funds stay in black

All TSP funds post positive returns for second consecutive month.