Pay & Benefits
Hurricane Season May Entitle Feds to Advance Pay, Enable Agencies to Skip Hiring Procedures
OPM puts out guidance to help employees and agencies deal with extreme weather.
Pay & Benefits
The Very Best Senior Executives Can Get Bigger Bonuses Next Year
OMB and OPM remind agencies that the aggregrate spending cap on SES performance awards will increase 2.7 percent beginning in October.
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Come October, Most Feds on Official Travel Will Have More Money for Lodging
The daily reimbursement for meals and incidentals will remain the same.
Pay & Benefits
Air Force Will Offer Drone Pilots $35,000 Retention Bonuses
The service this fall will start offering $10,000 more than the current annual rate to those who agree to stay in their jobs for another five years.
Pay & Benefits
A Retirement Guide for Every Stage of Your Career
Resources for early career, mid-career and pre-retirement planning.
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Federal Employee Settles After Allegedly Pretending to Have Cancer for Extra Time Off
ATF agent took 80 days of sick leave while working a private sector job.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Backlog Numbers, Telework Data, Special Pay Rates, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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One in Five IRS Teleworkers Working Without Official Authorization
Only a small fraction have engaged in misconduct while teleworking, however.
Pay & Benefits
Social Security Warns of Furloughs, Service Cuts if Congress Enacts Proposed Funding
Agency has already instituted a nearly across-the-board hiring freeze.
Management
Fight Over Lucrative TRICARE Contracts Won’t Affect Beneficiaries, Defense Says
Three health insurance companies have filed bid protests over multi-billion dollar Defense health care contracts.
Management
Low Pay and Geography Contribute to Hiring Woes at Immigration Detention Facilities
Homeland Security has struggled for years to recruit and retain mental health providers for detainees, says watchdog.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Tells Agencies to Submit Annual Special Pay Rate Requests
Federal employees in certain hard-to-fill jobs can be paid more than regular General Schedule salaries.
Pay & Benefits
USPS: Granting Appeal Rights to More Employees is 'Unnecessary'
Union says reform bill including the expansion "ensures fairness."
Pay & Benefits
Fear of Losing Benefits
In a new survey, federal employees express concern about what the future might bring.
Pay & Benefits
Civilians in Iraq Receive Higher Premium Pay Through 2016
The latest OPM guidance on premium pay also applies to feds working on reconstruction and stabilization efforts in the country.
Pay & Benefits
New Leave Benefit for Eligible Disabled Vets Takes Effect in November
OPM publishes final rule on law giving up-front leave for medical appointments to vets with a 30 percent or more disability rating.
Pay & Benefits
Anger Over Skyrocketing Long-Term Care Premiums, the $333B Plan to Cut Feds’ Pay and Benefits, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies Aren't Sure How Much They Are Saving By Letting Employees Telework
Data would inform better telework policy making, report finds.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Funds Bounce Back in July
After losses in June, stock-based funds all end the month up more than 3 percent.
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