Management
Fewer Jobs, Longer Wait Times: The New Postal Service Slogan?
Study anticipates postal workforce will shrink faster than any other employee group during the next eight years.
Pay & Benefits
Senior Execs Press Obama on Alternative to Presidential Rank Awards
Administration canceled honors last year, promising to devise a less expensive way to recognize top federal employees.
Pay & Benefits
Congress Cut Its Own Budget. What Happened Next Will Not Restore Your Faith in Government.
When you cut their budgets and take away their health insurance, many Capitol Hill employees will look to the exits, and that's bad news for anyone who wants to fix Congress.
Pay & Benefits
The Behavioral Economics Behind Americans’ Paltry Nest Eggs
Rewards depend on your penchant for risk.
Nextgov
The Private Companies With the Most Telework Jobs
The FlexJobs' list is based on jobs posted by 25,000 businesses.
Defense
Military Benefits Likely to Remain Sacred to Congress
One in three lawmakers has introduced bills to repeal recent pension cuts.
Management
Union: Don’t Fill Staples Jobs with Non-Postal Employees
Group will organize protests against the use of non-postal workers in pilot program between the office supply store and USPS.
Pay & Benefits
2014 Brings More Changes to Federal Pay and Benefits
OPM widens debt collection window, eases tenure process and expands health benefits to some interns.
Pay & Benefits
OPM: D.C.-Area Feds Should Consider Leaving Office Early to Avoid Frigid Temperatures
Agencies should provide ‘workplace flexibilities’ in response to ‘polar vortex,’ OPM says.
Pay & Benefits
Fewer Retirement Applications Submitted, Processed in December
But OPM expects to receive 20,000 claims in January, causing the backlog to spike.
Pay & Benefits
Pentagon Officially Extends Benefits to Same-Sex Spouses
Defense Department issues interim rule to provide health coverage, other benefits to gay couples.
News
A Wisconsin Divide Over Obamacare Lawsuit
The politics of health care and Hill staff remain complicated.
Nextgov
Why Telework When You Can Take a Snow Day?
Conflicting regulations confuse feds and create disincentives for telework.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Ends 2013 On A Positive Note
All the retirement funds except the F Fund gained in December.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker Looks to Postal Service to Restore Military Pension Cut
Bill would reinstate full COLAs to working-age military retirees by ending Saturday mail delivery.
Nextgov
Pentagon Kicks Off Procurement to Maintain Current Health Record Until 2018
Contract will cover sustainment and incremental improvements.
Nextgov
New Year Brings Good News for Technology Pros
"All systems go for tech professionals on the career front."
Management
The Top 7 Federal Stories of the Year
From a government shutdown to a botched health care rollout, 2013 was a year to forget.
Pay & Benefits
Senators Look to Block Budget Deal's Cut to Military Retirement
Cut doesn't begin taking effect until December 2015, giving lawmakers time to seek offsetting cuts elsewhere.
Pay & Benefits