Management

Financial issues threaten Postal Service transformation

Postal Service officials should not expect any new flexibility or pricing freedoms until they address some significant financial problems, members of the agency’s Senate oversight committee said Monday.

Pay & Benefits

Bill would make long-term care premiums tax-deductible

Federal employees and other Americans should be able to deduct the cost of long-term care insurance premiums from their tax bills, lawmakers and retirees said at a Capitol Hill press conference Thursday.

Defense

Army official resigns over Crusader probe

Management

Digital divide between agencies remains wide

How come the Air Force can instantly zap photos from unmanned drones across the globe via satellite, but the Forest Service has to wait hours to develop and interpret aerial shots?

Pay & Benefits

Whither the WIGI?

Are the days numbered for the within-grade increase?

News

Senate considers bundling budget bills

Pay & Benefits

Panel investigates fraud in injured workers program

A House hearing on Thursday aimed at investigating injured government workers’ complaints about poor customer service from the federal workers’ compensation program instead focused on ways to prevent civil servants from defrauding the $2 billion-a-year program.