News

Judge approves settlement in massive back pay case

A nearly 20-year-old special rates back pay case involving hundreds of thousands of current and former federal employees was resolved Friday when a federal judge gave final approval to a $173.5 million settlement.

Management

Lawmakers blast Army privatization plan

Pay & Benefits

TSP limits

Attention federal workers who turn 50 next year: You’ll be able to put up to $14,000 into your Thrift Savings Plan account in 2003. But don’t worry about that yet.

Management

GPO offers to cut cost of printing budget document

The Government Printing Office has offered to cut the cost of printing the federal budget by 23 percent to prevent the Bush administration from contracting out the job.

Management

FAA says air traffic control not ‘inherently governmental’

The Transportation Department has decided its air traffic control operations are no longer inherently governmental work, a move that could lead to eventual outsourcing of such operations.

Pay & Benefits

Feds get half-day off on Christmas Eve

Defense

Key players angle for slices of Pentagon pie

Pay & Benefits

Cape Codders lose locality pay battle

The Bush administration has rejected a recommendation to boost the salaries of federal workers in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.