Management
VA Psychiatrist Wins Settlement After Complaints About Openness as Lesbian
Office of Special Counsel facilitates department plan to improve manager training.
Pay & Benefits
MSPB Reminds Us It’s Not Impossible to Fire Federal Employees
Due process is necessary to protect all workers, and is a requirement of a merit-based personnel system, agency says.
Pay & Benefits
Feds Are Enthusiastic About New Higher Ed Benefit
Hundreds of applications are in already for three-week-old program offering employees reduced tuition to obtain degrees online.
Defense
Defense Panel’s Military Compensation Reforms Aren’t Bold Enough, Say Former Service Members
Politics, timidity and a resistance to change in government are threatening the sustainability of the armed forces.
Pay & Benefits
Not Exactly Getting Rich
A look at how the Windfall Elimination Provision can dramatically affect retirement income.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Target Government’s Bad Apples, Obama Praises Its Good Eggs, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Backlog Decreases, But It's Still Higher Than OPM Wants
The percentage of claims processed in 60 days or less has dropped.
Pay & Benefits
How One Lawmaker Wants to Make Feds’ Prescription Drugs Cheaper
FEHBP participants pay up to 45 percent more for meds than those in other federally run programs.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Sees Some Improvement in April
April brought modest growth for most of the funds in the federal employee Thrift Savings Plan, though two slipped into the red. By
Oversight
Bill Bans Bonuses for VA Senior Executives
House version of the fiscal 2016 VA spending bill prohibits funds from being used for SES performance awards.
Defense
Obama Says Military Retirement Reforms Will Require More Study
The administration is ready to move forward immediately on a number of other January recommendations from compensation commission.
Pay & Benefits
When is a Windfall not a Windfall?
When it’s subject to the dreaded Windfall Elimination Provision, of course.
Oversight
Feds Dodge Bullet in Budget Deal, But Sequester Cuts Still Coming
Compromise document does not specifically attack retirement benefits or mandate downsizing through attrition.
Pay & Benefits
The Case for Cutting Defense Civilians, Improving Care for Female Vets and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
How One Agency Will Use Sabbaticals and Rotations to Retain Employees
State Department plans major workforce initiatives to enhance flexibility and manage "people's entire careers."
Defense
Twice as Many Vets Now Are Eligible for Non-VA Care
Change to Choice program calculates distance between veterans' homes and nearest VA facility using the fastest instead of the shortest route.
Pay & Benefits
Survey on Pay, Job Satisfaction Will Hit Employee Inboxes Soon
Feds have until early June to fill out the 2015 federal workforce viewpoint survey, and results will be announced in the fall.
Pay & Benefits
How About Some Good News?
It’s not all gloom and doom in the federal retirement world.
Defense