Pay & Benefits
Military Groups Brace for Battle Against Higher Health Care Costs
Lawmakers expected to stall on benefit cuts in midterm election year.
Management
White House Backs Major Postal Overhaul
Budget proposals would save cash-strapped agency $20 billion by 2016.
Pay & Benefits
Obama: Growth of Military Pay and Benefits Cannot Be Sustained
Budget recommends less generous allowances, more fees for vets’ health care.
Pay & Benefits
Obama’s Fed-Friendly Budget Blueprint
White House eliminates previously proposed cuts to feds' compensation and plans to announce 1 percent pay raise recommendation next week.
Pay & Benefits
A Washington Whodunit: Who Killed Chained CPI?
The Left wants the scalp: It's a "question of credit where credit is due," says one liberal congressman.
Management
Washington-Area Agencies Reopen Tuesday on Two-Hour Delay
Employees can choose to take unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework.
Pay & Benefits
Drinking and Sleeping: How D.C.-Area Feds Are Spending Their Snow Day
Washington’s federal employees are taking advantage of their post-Oscar day off thanks to Mother Nature, according to the Twittersphere.
Management
OPM Director to Feds: ‘I Am Here for You’
Katherine Archuleta touts her labor experience, importance of federal workforce in speech to union.
Pay & Benefits
Union Brings ‘Fair Pay’ Pep Rally to Capitol
Maryland and Virginia lawmakers vow to fight pay cuts, fed bashing.
Pay & Benefits
The Incredible Shrinking Pay Raise in One Chart
Federal employees haven’t seen a pay boost above 2 percent since 2009.
Pay & Benefits
Senator To Focus on Federal Employee Pay, Morale
Montana Democrat Jon Tester calls Obama’s 1 percent pay raise proposal insufficient.
Pay & Benefits
Locality Pay Still in a Deep Freeze
While federal employees’ base pay appears to be headed for its second consecutive increase, locality rates have stayed the same for four years.
Pay & Benefits
More Than 134,000 Feds to Telework Next Week
Effort will save government more than $11 million, group says.
Pay & Benefits
The Politics of Process Plague Senate Vets Bill
A rift between Democrats and Republicans over amendments is threatening legislation that would reverse an unpopular cut to veterans’ pensions.
Management
Top Pentagon Official: Military 'Cried Wolf' Over Sequestration
The Defense Department is planning to change its messaging in the struggle over spending cuts.
Pay & Benefits
Union Calls Obama’s Proposed 1 Percent Raise ‘Pitiful’
Groups say recommended increase for federal employees does not keep up with inflation, private sector salaries.
Pay & Benefits
Obama to Propose 1 Percent Raise for Feds, Troops in FY15 Budget
President also recommended a 1 percent boost in fiscal 2014 after a three-year pay freeze.
Pay & Benefits
USPS Denies It’s Making Letter Carriers Return Early to Avoid Paying Overtime
D.C.-area employees say mail is piling up as they are unable to finish their routes.
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