Pay & Benefits
House Votes to Increase Feds’ Pension Contributions
The Republican fiscal 2015 budget resolution includes several provisions affecting the government workforce.
Pay & Benefits
Obese Feds Can Now Have Their Diet Pills Covered
OPM also wants to make it easier to receive bypass, lap band surgeries.
Oversight
House Panel: No Pay Raises for Congress in 2015
Appropriations committee rejects a bid to grant lawmakers a per diem for living expenses.
Pay & Benefits
Student Loan Perk Doesn’t Benefit Most Federal Employees
Republicans want to eliminate a $70 million incentive to reduce overall spending.
Management
Obama Wants Federal Contractors to Pay Men and Women Equally
President will sign two executive orders Tuesday to prevent pay discrimination.
Nextgov
Former NASA Web Manager Is Crowdfunding Her Discrimination Suit Against the Agency
Gov2.0 pro launches Indiegogo campaign to pay for suit alleging age bias.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Backlog Fell in March, But It’s Still Higher Than It Was 3 Months Ago
OPM still has nearly 6,000 more applications to process now than it did in December 2013.
Pay & Benefits
Boehner: Make It Easier to Fire VA Execs
House speaker gets behind a GOP effort to hold managers more accountable for their job performance.
Pay & Benefits
Your Mass Transit Benefits Could Soon Double
Legislative provision bringing benefits back to their 2013 levels would apply retroactively to Jan. 1.
Oversight
Analysis: Want Effective Government? Then You Have to Pay Better
Civil servants face a brain drain if Congress persists with pay freezes, benefit cuts, and badmouthing dedicated employees.
Pay & Benefits
House Panel Approves Plan to Increase Feds’ Pension Contributions
Republican fiscal 2015 budget resolution would require feds to contribute up to 5.5 percentage points more to their retirement benefit.
Oversight
Civil Service Reform Might Not Be a Pipe Dream
Political climate is favorable for acting on proposed changes, observers say.
Pay & Benefits
Supreme Court Declines Case Involving Due Process for Feds in 'Sensitive' Positions
About 200,000 federal employees can no longer appeal adverse personnel actions to independent board.
Pay & Benefits
House GOP Budget Would Cut Compensation for Postal Workers
Republican plan would slash jobs at several agencies.
Pay & Benefits
This Is What an Overhaul of the Federal Employee Pay System Could Look Like
Current system – including across-the-board pay raises -- is a 'relic of a bygone era,' report says.
Pay & Benefits
VA Rehires Employee Involved in Drunk Driving Tragedy for $100K Job
Incident occurred in government vehicle while attending a federal employee conference near Dallas.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Wilts in March
Last month brought small gains for some funds, negative returns for others.
Oversight
Republican Budget Asks Federal Employees to Contribute More to Pensions
The fiscal 2015 blueprint also would shrink the workforce through attrition and eliminate the student loan repayment benefit.
Pay & Benefits
Congressional Pensions Are Still More Generous Than Federal Employees’ Benefits
Retired lawmakers in 2012 received on average between $27,000 and $33,000 more in annuities than federal workers.
Pay & Benefits