Management
The Presidential Rank Awards Are Back
OPM director calls for nominations by June 5, saying last year’s nominees are eligible since no money was given.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Wants to Untie Agencies' HR Knots
The government’s human resources shop is trying to improve federal hiring and retention partly by catering to individual agencies’ needs.
Nextgov
It Took the VA Hospital in Phoenix 10 Years to Install an Electronic Waitlist System
The system was available and deployed elsewhere in the agency since 2001.
Nextgov
It Took Feds 13 Days to Unravel a TSP Cyber Hoax Perpetrated by... Feds
Documents acquired by Nextgov show how retirement fund officials scrambled to dissect a misguided Army cybersecurity exercise.
Pay & Benefits
Why Congress Might Want to Enact Legislation to Protect LGBT Federal Employees
Gay and lesbian feds are much better off than they were, but still do not have some protections under current laws.
Defense
Panel Approves 1.8 Percent Pay Raise for Troops
The Armed Services Committee reported out the fiscal 2015 Defense authorization bill; pay boost is slightly more than the president’s 1 percent proposal.
Pay & Benefits
Take Charge of Your Retirement
A look at your responsibilities in the retirement process, along with those of your agency and the Office of Personnel Management.
Pay & Benefits
How the Postal Service Could Overhaul Its Retirement and Leave Benefits
USPS inspector general compares the agency’s benefits programs to those of other organizations, suggests updates.
Nextgov
Feds: You Need to Fix Your TSP Passwords This Weekend
The federal retirement program website is changing its policy to stop giving identity thieves clues about how to crack employee passwords.
Pay & Benefits
Phased Retirement Is in Regulation Limbo
The rule implementing the two-year-old law to allow eligible feds to partially retire and work part-time is still under review.
Pay & Benefits
EPA to Collect Retention Bonuses It Mistakenly Paid to Employees
Agency gave nearly $500,000 in incentive payments without properly verifying the need to do so.
Nextgov
The NSA Might Hire You If You Can Crack Their Coded Tweet
The challenge is 'part of recruitment efforts to attract the best and the brightest.'
Defense
Bill Supports 1.8 Percent Pay Raise for Troops, More Than Obama Proposal
Fiscal 2015 Defense authorization legislation, scheduled for committee markup Wednesday, also upholds pay freeze for general and flag officers.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Finalizes Plan to Allow Most State and Local Government Employees to Run for Partisan Office
Hatch Act update will take effect in June.
Pay & Benefits
OPM's Progress on the Retirement Claims Backlog in One Chart
Slowly but surely the inventory is shrinking, despite a hiccup earlier this year.
Pay & Benefits
Senate Panel Looks at Feds’ Job Satisfaction During Public Service Week
Employee morale and management is the subject of yet another congressional hearing on Tuesday.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Slowly Makes Up Lost Ground on the Retirement Claims Backlog
Inventory falls again for the second month in a row, but still exceeds levels toward the end of 2013.
Tech
Federal Employee Just Wants to Be Heard
Frustrated worker asks White House to help the little guy navigate the bureaucracy of federal government.
Pay & Benefits