Pay & Benefits

Agriculture Close To Avoiding Furloughs

Senate appropriators approve request to shift funds; House lawmakers will render decision by Thursday.

Pay & Benefits

Customs and Border Employees Might Escape Furloughs

Lawmakers have until mid-June to approve a request to shift funds within agency’s budget.

Pay & Benefits

Treasury Taps Federal Retirement Coffers Again

‘Extraordinary’ debt ceiling measure has become more ordinary in recent years.

Pay & Benefits

More Feds Invest in Lifecycle Retirement Funds

The L funds now account for 15 percent of investments in the Thrift Savings Plan.

Pay & Benefits

Huma Abedin Had an Incredibly Sweet Deal at the State Department

Deputy chief of staff to Hillary Clinton worked part-time and had a side gig as a consultant.

Pay & Benefits

Unions Want FAA to Make Up for Unnecessary Furloughs

Grievances ask for paid time off in compensation for the days employees were on forced leave.

Pay & Benefits

Senior Exec Bonuses Targeted

Bipartisan bill would prohibit performance awards for top civil servants during sequester.

Pay & Benefits

FBI Faces Furloughs in 2014

Furloughs would 'impact safety and security' of the nation, director tells lawmakers.

Defense

Next Year’s Defense Furlough Prospects Uncertain

Officials aim to avoid unpaid leave in 2014, but ‘can’t know the future fully.’

Defense

Bill Would Allow Retirees to Keep TRICARE Prime Access

Defense plans to switch 171,000 enrollees to a different plan on Oct. 1 because of downsizing.

Management

Al Gore: Feds Have America’s Back

Civil servants, good government management remain as important as ever to democracy, says former veep.

Defense

Still No Word on Defense Furloughs

Navy seeks to exempt public shipyard workers from unpaid leave, official says.

Pay & Benefits

Obama Asks Federal Agencies to Be a Model for Gender Pay Equality

Executive order requires each agency to report policies affecting possible pay gap within 90 days.