Pay & Benefits
TSP seeks to administer death benefits more efficiently
Rule change would make it easier for retirement plan officials to find beneficiaries and disburse payments.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Data.gov’s next big thing: Mashing up federal stats with maps
With new tools, anyone will be able to diagram official statistics from across the federal government to discover interesting correlations or suspicious trends .
Oversight
Obama directs government to withhold pay from delinquent contractors
The new Do Not Pay list alerts agencies to the status of recipients of federal funds.
News
Personnel chiefs on the hook for hiring reform
How human capital officers respond to the challenge of fixing a broken system could define their legacy.
News
General Electric chastises Gates over Senate F-35 testimony
Top company official says remarks by Pentagon chief over alternate engine contradicted assessments the department gave GE.
News
From Nextgov.com: Supreme Court upholds search of a police officer's messages
Justices avoid tackling the broader question of how much privacy government employees can expect when texting on work devices.
Oversight
White House makes case for authority to perform spending surgery
Lawmakers raise concerns about bill that would provide the president with expedited budget rescission authority.
Oversight
Senate eyes FAA, collective bargaining bills
The chamber's schedule through July 4 remains in flux.
Defense
Homeland Security officials weigh more UAV border patrols
A long-standing obstacle to deploying more aerial drones in U.S. civilian airspace has been getting approval from the FAA.
Pay & Benefits
Senate deals another blow to efforts to freeze federal pay
Lawmakers defeat GOP provision that also would have capped the size of the government workforce.
News
The Week in Comments: Bonuses, pet care and hiring reform
The best in reader reaction to recent articles.
Pay & Benefits
Thrift Savings Plan spawns millionaires
One extreme federal saver has more than $3 million tucked away for retirement.
Oversight
Key Dems criticize HHS reshuffling of public health fund
Under plan money would be used to increase the physician workforce instead of disease prevention.
Defense
IG launches new probes of domestic surveillance
Justice office will review records of use of national security letters, which are demands for information without a court order.
Pay & Benefits