Pay & Benefits
TSP Rebounds in March
All of the funds end the month in the black, with one gaining more than 8 percent.
Pay & Benefits
Are Your Retirement Dreams Realistic?
The world is going to change a lot in the next several decades.
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Mandatory Coverage of Autism Treatment Could Affect FEHBP Premiums
Insurance carriers have to submit their 2017 benefit and rate proposals to OPM by May 31.
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How a Deadlocked Supreme Court Provided a Major Boost to Federal Employee Unions
A decision this week was a win for state and local government unions, but helps feds too.
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Washington Teleworks, Benefits Changes, Defense Hiring Freeze, and More
The latest in federal pay and benefits news.
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A Divided Supreme Court Hands Public-Sector Unions a Win
The justices split 4-4 in Friedrichs v. CTA, leaving a pro-union ruling in the lower courts intact.
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How Poor Pay and Bad Planning Has Led to Diminished Medical Care for Federal Prisoners
The Bureau of Prisons is wasting money by maintaining significant medical staffing shortfalls.
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HUD Seeks to Recoup Nearly $150,000 From Public Housing Authorities That Overpaid Executives
Six PHAs in California, New Jersey, and New York violated a federal spending compensation cap on top officials in 2014.
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Winning the Three-Legged Race to Financial Security
Making the most of your benefits and personal savings.
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House GOP Doubles Down on $300B in Federal Workforce, Pay Cuts
Proposal to reduce the rate of return on the TSP's government securities fund also resurfaces.
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Clinton and Sanders Pledge To Protect Federal Employee Pay and Benefits
Union receives responses from Democratic candidates, but no Republicans, on range of issues.
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Senate Support for Tripling the Pay Raise, a Scholarship Deadline and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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House Appropriators Approve VA Senior Executive Bonus Ban
Spending bill now heads to the full committee despite Democrats’ questions over SES performance award language.
Management
VA Moves to Slash Pay, Suspend Senior Executives
Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves face a 10 percent pay cut, while Danny Pummill is looking at a 15-day suspension.
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Effort to Give Better Social Security Benefits to Many Feds Gains Momentum in Congress
Lawmakers say higher monthly payments may not create a "windfall" after all.
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Bill Bans Bonuses for VA Senior Executives
A major House spending bill would prevent performance awards for top career officials in fiscal 2017.
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Bill Would Grant 12 Weeks of Paid Leave to All Military Parents
Democratic legislation aims to make maternity and paternity leave equal and consistent across the armed services.
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Which Ex-President Cost the Government the Most in Fiscal 2015?
George W. Bush received $1.1 million in pension money and other perks under the Former Presidents Act.
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Senate Democrats Want to Triple Obama's Proposed Federal Pay Raise
Democratic lawmakers are seeking a much bigger pay boost for federal employees.
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