Defense
Twice as Many Vets Will Now Be Eligible for Non-VA Care
After pressure, department changes Choice program requirement related to calculating a vet’s distance from the nearest VA facility.
Pay & Benefits
Some Feds Just Got a 34 Percent Pay Boost
The change affects blue-collar workers in western North Dakota, where the oil and natural gas boom have increased private wages and the cost of living.
Pay & Benefits
What You Have to Earn to Be Rich in Cities Across the United States
The city with the biggest inequality gap in America isn't San Francisco or New York.
Pay & Benefits
The Importance of Accurate Information
In some federal agencies, retirement specialists aren’t getting the training they need to effectively help employees.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker: Tie Feds' Pay to U.S. Economic Performance So They Have 'Skin in the Game'
Republican congressman says federal employees lack incentives to improve economy.
Pay & Benefits
Self-Plus-One Premiums Won’t Be Higher Than Family Coverage Option
OPM tells federal health benefits providers that yet-to-be-determined 2016 premiums for the new option will be capped.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Savings Reassurance, Financial Fears, Vets’ Health Care Changes and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Oversight
Senate Republicans Go After Federal Retirement Benefits, Too
Chamber’s budget blueprint calls for $170 billion in savings through the federal workforce to make government employment resemble the private sector.
Pay & Benefits
Bill Would Ban Misbehaving Feds From Getting Bonuses
Bipartisan legislation also includes a provision requiring employees to repay bonuses received if they’ve done something wrong.
Oversight
Will Republicans Target Feds With a Return to the Ryan Budget?
GOP promises next week’s proposals will balance the budget, which could spell bad news for feds.
Pay & Benefits
Judge Tells VA to Repay Former Senior Exec’s Bonus
Sharon Helman, the career employee at the center of the VA scandal, successfully petitioned court to recoup performance award -- for now.
Pay & Benefits
A Critical Part of Planning, By Any Estimation
It’s important that agencies provide retirement estimates to employees.
Pay & Benefits
An 8.7 Percent Pay Cut for Six-Figure Earners, Subjective Measures of Financial Well-Being and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
More Feds Are ‘Thriving’ Financially Than Average Workers, Survey Finds
Even low earning feds have higher financial well-being scores than their non-federal counterparts.
Pay & Benefits
DoJ Will Notify Nearly 1 Million Feds of Eligibility to Join Shutdown Lawsuit
Plaintiffs are seeking bonus compensation for working without pay during 2013 shutdown.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Claims Backlog Hits 18-Month High
OPM is processing former retirement paperwork more slowly in 2015.
Pay & Benefits
What Happens When You Say 'I Do'
There’s a lot to think about, especially if your betrothed is also a fed.
Pay & Benefits
Sick Leave Bill for Disabled Vets Advances
Senate committee passes legislation that gives wounded warriors hired as feds access to their full year’s sick leave immediately.
Pay & Benefits
Why Are We Still Calling Postal Workers 'Mailmen'?
It's an outdated way to refer to letter carriers, of whom more than a third are women.
Pay & Benefits