News
Federal Employees Really, Really Like Their Health Benefits
Survey shows near unanimous support for FEHBP.
Pay & Benefits
Your Open Season Questions, Answered.
OPM holds town hall to advise federal employees and retirees on health care choices for 2015.
Pay & Benefits
What It Will Take to Fix Federal Pay
Everyone agrees change is needed, but outdated and inconclusive salary data make it difficult.
Pay & Benefits
Changes to Catastrophic Health Protection in 2015 Should Reassure Feds
An across-the-board cap on out-of-pocket expenses effective next year could bring some relief to FEHBP enrollees.
Pay & Benefits
Pressure Builds for Crackdown on Paying Employees Not to Work
EPA spent more than $1 million on administrative leave for just eight employees, watchdog finds.
Pay & Benefits
We Need to Talk About Your Retirement
The importance of counseling in the planning process.
Pay & Benefits
Petition for an Extra Day Off at Christmas Falls Just Short of Demanding a Response
Movement comes within a few thousand signatures of the 100,000 needed to guarantee a reply from the White House.
Pay & Benefits
Expanding Death Benefits, Cutting Pensions, Extra Holiday Time and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Oversight
Chaffetz Will Replace Issa as House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman
Media-savvy Republican has shepherded legislation affecting federal employees’ pay and benefits.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Board Green Lights More Homework on Mutual Fund Option
Agency staff will craft an implementation plan in 2015 for rolling out the potential new offering for feds.
Pay & Benefits
Misbehaving VA Execs Could Lose Some of Their Pension Benefits
Bill would give the secretary power to strip a portion of an employee’s retirement benefits on account of wrongdoing or poor performance.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Employees’ Health Care Costs Will Rise Far Less Than Originally Estimated
OPM vastly overstated increase in employees’ share of premiums, USPS says.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Moves Closer to Offering Mutual Fund Option
Board still has more homework to do on costs and implementation, but so far supports the additional investment flexibility for feds.
Pay & Benefits
Health Care Choices, Retirement Savings Safeguards, Faster Holiday Travel and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Oversight
Sen. Johnson Speaks on Aligning Public-Private Sector Pay, Keeping Hearings Polite
Likely Homeland Security panel priorities also include securing border, cyber safety, regulatory rollback.
Pay & Benefits
Phased Retirement Watch: Will Your Agency Offer It?
We’re tracking agencies that have weighed in on phased retirement, and will update our list whenever we have news.
Pay & Benefits
Six Areas Where the New Congress Could Squeeze Feds
Union leaders are worried about pay and benefits under Republican control.
Pay & Benefits
The Retirement Claims Backlog is Back Where It Was One Year Ago
Inventory grows by almost 1,400 in October, following a surge in applications.
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