Pay & Benefits
Texas Won't Grant Some Gay Troops Benefits for Their Spouses
Troops must enroll on federal property rather than at state facilities.
Nextgov
GSA Hopes Better Data Can Drive Travel and Conference Savings
Database ideas could also inform FOIA responses and green initiatives.
Pay & Benefits
Loans to Furloughed Feds Suspended
Fed-friendly organization cuts off emergency loans in order to remain solvent.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service IG Puts Retirement and Leave Benefits Under the Microscope
USPS auditor pursues private-sector advice on ways to reduce costs.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Funds Return to the Red in August
All TSP investments except for government securities posted losses last month.
Pay & Benefits
Obama Issues Plan for 1 Percent Pay Raise Next Year
Move comes in the absence of congressional action on ending the three-year federal pay freeze.
Pay & Benefits
New Plan Would Give Feds a Year to Make Up for Religious Time Off
After eight years, OPM updates guidance on religious compensatory time.
Pay & Benefits
Court Rules Veterans Affairs Must Give Benefits to Gay Spouses
Ruling cites Supreme Court's rejection of DOMA.
Pay & Benefits
It's Time for Veterans and Civilians to Really Get to Know Each Other
There's a yawning gulf between America's two populations.
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