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.
Nextgov
Telework Isn't Just About Work-Life Flexibility; It's an Operational Strategy
Feds need to let go of the myths about who teleworks and why.
Pay & Benefits
Poll: Half the Federal Workforce Says They Might Leave Government
Pay freeze, fed-bashing and lure of private-sector salaries among the reasons.
Pay & Benefits
Obama Will Not Include COLA Reductions in FY15 Budget
White House announcement comes after advocacy groups, lawmakers opposed switch to the less generous formula for calculating retirement benefits.
Pay & Benefits
Military Families Are Using Food Stamps More Than Ever
Defense commissaries see spike in government assistance.
Defense
Security Insiders: High Time for Congress to Cave on Closing Military Bases
"But they won't," one Insider said.
Pay & Benefits
The Crushingly Expensive Mistake Killing Your Retirement
401(k) fees are costing you hundreds of thousands of dollars over your lifetime.
Pay & Benefits