Pay & Benefits
How Does Your Retirement Stack Up Against a Former President’s?
News flash: The nation’s former leaders get some perks the average federal employee doesn’t.
Defense
Thousands of Civilian Medical Staffers Leave Defense Amid Furloughs
Doctors and nurses quit DoD in favor of VA, other positions.
Nextgov
TSP Board, New Contractor Tighten Security for Federal Retirement Plan
The Thrift Savings Plan bounces back from the theft of personal data on thousands of beneficiaries.
Pay & Benefits
Money for Furloughed Feds Is Running Out
Nonprofit says it probably will have to stop handing out emergency loans next week to feds on unpaid leave.
Pay & Benefits
Suspended and Unlicensed VA Physicians Receive Pay Bonuses
Every physician in GAO's random sample received performance pay.
Pay & Benefits
Pentagon Planning to Lay Off Thousands of Civilians After September
Defense Department issues new details on sequestration plans for fiscal 2014.
Pay & Benefits
Agency Hopes to Move On Defense Furlough Appeals After Labor Day
Merit board is readying more than 30,000 appeals for adjudication, after a temporary delay in processing.
Pay & Benefits
State Department Says Unionizing Its Foreign National Workers Would Threaten Security
Doing so would also be a logistical nightmare, official says.
Pay & Benefits
Expanding Infertility Treatments for Wounded Warriors Carries $578M Price Tag
CBO projects bill would cost the government hundreds of millions between 2014 and 2018.
Pay & Benefits
EPA Cancels Another Furlough Day
Employees no longer must take unpaid leave Aug. 30; agency has cut a total of four days.
Pay & Benefits
A Gloomy Fall Forecast for Fed Pay, Benefits
Federal employees and retirees face the possibility of more furloughs, an extended pay freeze and smaller COLAs in 2014.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Court Limits Appeal Rights for Feds in 'Sensitive' Positions
Employees in designated jobs cannot appeal negative actions to MSPB, ruling says.
Pay & Benefits
Why a Congressman Wants to Take a $104,000 Pay Cut
Maine Democrat seeks to give up congressional pay to serve as the lowest-paid chief executive.
Pay & Benefits
Obama Has Until Aug. 31 to Formally Propose a 2014 Fed Pay Raise
President is expected to recommend a 1 percent hike.
Pay & Benefits
Prohibiting VA Senior Exec Bonuses for 5 Years Would Save $18 Million
Other provisions, including charging vets higher loan fees, would save $182 million, CBO says.
Pay & Benefits
USPS Plan to Pull Out of Fed Health Benefits Could Cost Postal Workers
Proposal would shift significant costs from USPS to Medicare, GAO says.
Pay & Benefits
Budget Office Joins All Other Major Agencies in Reducing Furloughs
OMB has cut mandatory unpaid leave by two days.
Pay & Benefits
A Pair of Victories for Largest Postal Union
APWU workers to get COLA next month and more opportunity to fight use of contractors.
Pay & Benefits