Pay & Benefits
Pay-tience
Federal employees anxious to see that extra 1 percent pay raise must first wait for the gears of government to finish grinding.
News
Federal retirements fall short while hiring booms
Fewer federal employees retired in fiscal 2002 than government officials had predicted, but the government hired more employees than it has in at least the past six years.
Defense
Reserves strained by war demands, lawmakers say
Members of the National Guard and Reserves—juggling their new missions in the fight against global terrorism and a possible war with Iraq with their traditional duties—could start bailing out unless relief is provided, according to a congressional delegation that recently traveled to Europe.
Defense
Guarded reservists
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's ideas for moving some skills out of Reserve components and back into active-duty forces has raised some caution flags among reservists.
News
Washington-area agencies dig out, reopen
After two days of closures due to more than a foot of snow that fell over the weekend, the Office of Personnel Management announced Tuesday that federal agencies in the Washington area would reopen Wednesday.
Pay & Benefits