Pay & Benefits

From CSRS to FERS

What one employee’s experience says about the two systems.

Defense

Ron Paul calls rival GOP candidates 'chicken hawks'

Paul wins standing ovations in Illinois for calls to bring troops home.

Defense

Pew: Majority of Americans don't support intervention in Syria

Sixty-two percent of those surveyed oppose bombing the Syrian military.

Oversight

Obama FOIA efforts earn mixed grades

House Oversight panel and OMBWatch point to missing information.

Management

Does Life Imitate Art at Goldman Sachs?

When Greg Smith quit his job running a London based line of business for Goldman Sachs he acted out the fantasy of everyone who’s ever wanted to tell their employer what they really think of them as they walk out the door.

Management

FAA and air traffic controllers extend contract four years

Agreement comes six months before the current pact was set to expire, CNN reports.

Management

Interior drafts plan to cut 7 percent of staff

Downsizing strategy comes in response to an OMB request, Federal Times reports.

Oversight

Video: Do Energy employees get too many holidays? One lawmaker thinks so.

Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., notes he has worked on holidays such as Presidents Day and suggests Energy Department workers have cushy jobs.

Defense

Karzai: Afghan forces should take over by 2013

Decision comes as the Taliban announces a delay in negotiations with U.S., Afghan governments.

Oversight

Justice approves GOP redistricting map in Virginia

Department takes laissez-faire approach to much Republican-friendly redistricting.

Management

Sequestration specter already is making its mark on contractors

Aerospace industry is experiencing a ‘chilling effect,’ Lockheed Martin chief tells lawmakers.

Defense

Obama, Cameron defend Afghan timetable

Withdrawal is still targeted for 2014, U.S. and U.K. leaders say.

Oversight

Does USPS want you to see the results of a revenue study?

Lawmaker claims Postal Service is trying to make the research ‘secret,’ but USPS argues that’s not the right word.

Pay & Benefits

Feds one step closer to an option for easing into retirement

Senate passes transportation package containing the retirement provision; House can take up that bill or a version less friendly to feds.

Pay & Benefits

Sequestration could mean furloughs for many Justice employees

More than 100,000 employees could be forced to take several weeks of unpaid vacation in 2013.

News

The Real Issues with Telework

Here at Government Executive, we're big on telework. Part of the reason is the nature of our business: Reporters always have had to be out and about attending events and conducting interviews, so even in the pre-Internet age, the editors who managed them had to get comfortable with the notion that the employees they supervised weren't always going to be in the office. And in the Internet age, it turns out the editors often can work remotely, too.

Defense

Defense secretary visits a tense Afghanistan

Leon Panetta is the first top U.S. official to visit since this weekend's murder of 16 Afghan civilians.

Oversight

Santorum's twin southern wins make it a two-man GOP race

The Republican base makes clear once again it's not enamored of Romney.

Management

Happiness and Productivity Go Hand-in-Hand

Federal Labor Relations Authority chairwoman oversees dramatic improvement in employee satisfaction and agency performance.

Management

Friction between union, managers at Social Security goes public

OPM chief Berry responds to complaint on composition of labor-management forum.