Management
Lawmaker Says Federal Government Should Hire More Employees Without College Degrees
Senator pitches pilot program to hire individuals with ‘alternative’ forms of higher education.
Nextgov
What the Fed-Friendly Budget Means for IT
Should a tech GS-9 be paid the same as a nontech GS-9?
Oversight
Congress Hates Military-Base Closings, but Can Chuck Hagel Do It Without Their Approval?
The Defense secretary says he is studying his options.
Pay & Benefits
Feds Petition for More Pay; Some Could Get It
Senior-level managers, scientific employees and EPA workers could be coming into more money soon.
Management
Watchdog: Agencies Struggle to Account for Senior Exec Training Costs
GAO says half of 26 agencies produced incomplete data on training and travel expenses.
Pay & Benefits
Fed Groups Offer Tepid Praise for Obama’s Budget
Federal employee advocates applaud funding boosts, but deride 1 percent raise proposal.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Rebounds in February
Federal retirement savings plan back in the black after weak January.
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