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
House Panel Advances Military Retirement Overhaul
More troops would be eligible for retirement benefits under Defense authorization provisions.
Pay & Benefits
Military Kids and Vaccines; Untangling Parental Leave Policies and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Pitch Major Changes to Some Feds’ Retirement Perks
Certain employees would become exempt from tax penalty while others would receive annuity boost.
Defense
VA Senior Exec Hedges on Congressional Questions Over $300K Relocation Package
Department paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to move top official from Washington to Philadelphia in 2014.
Defense
Commentary: Pentagon Must Put Good People in Top Personnel Spot
Quality at the top will translate to the rest of the workforce.
Pay & Benefits
Senator Asks Colleagues to Take 'One Step Closer to Living Under Obamacare'
Republican David Vitter wants support for a subpoena of info on why Congress is considered a "small business" for health insurance purposes.
Pay & Benefits
Vets Sue VA Over Access to Medical Records
Plaintiffs say department has ignored their requests for documents necessary to apply for disability benefits.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Participants Could Be Vulnerable to Hackers, Auditors Say
Once in the system, hackers could take loans or withdrawals from retirement accounts.
Pay & Benefits
New Program Will Give Feds a Break on the Cost of Higher Ed
Partnership between OPM and Vermont college will offer feds and their families up to 70 percent off online tuition rates.
Pay & Benefits
American Tragedy: 20 Years After the Oklahoma City Bombing
Twenty years after the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building devastation, and the only thing we really know for sure is that 168 people should not have died.
Management
Tracking Individual Feds Over Time Could Improve Employee Viewpoint Survey
Academics look at the methodology of the annual survey gauging the attitudes of federal workers.
Pay & Benefits
A Potential Breakthrough for Paid Parental Leave for Feds
Bipartisan pair of House members high-five each other to make their support for work-life balance measures official.
Pay & Benefits