Defense
Defense Furlough Decision Coming Soon
Pentagon admits some services could afford to eliminate furloughs.
Management
Agriculture Department Might Escape Furloughs
Farm Service Agency is latest to be spared; Rural Development employees will know their fate by late May.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Funds Stay Positive in April
International stocks experienced the highest returns, earning 5.32 percent last month.
Pay & Benefits
USPS Extends Health Care to Non-Career Workers to Comply With Reform Law
Postal Service announces $239 million annual contract with UnitedHealthcare.
Oversight
Ruling in TSA Air Marshal Case Hailed by Whistleblower Advocates
MSPB defeat called victory for federal whistleblowers.
Pay & Benefits
Expect Retirement Claims Backlog to Grow Due to Sequester, OPM Says
Agency cuts overtime, call center hours.
Pay & Benefits
Foreign Service Veterans Seek to Dispel the Myths
The challenges of overseas living described at union event.
Management
HUD Restructuring Could Relocate 900 Employees
Department will consolidate more than 50 offices across the country.
Pay & Benefits
Analysis: TRICARE Should Cover Physical Therapy Involving Horses
Why Congress should pass 'Kaitlyn's Law' today.
Tech
Congress Agrees to End FAA Furloughs
President expected to sign what White House calls a ‘Band-Aid’ measure.
Pay & Benefits
Who's Forfeiting Pay Alongside Furloughed Employees?
From the White House to Capitol Hill, a growing list of top officials show solidarity.
Management
Presidential Rank Award Winners Announced
Senior execs' achievement areas include nuclear safety, battlefield medicine.
Pay & Benefits
Senators Pitch Dueling Plans to Reverse Furloughs
Great divide remains in sequestration replacement debates.
Pay & Benefits
No Furloughs at Justice
Employees won’t have to take unpaid leave because of sequestration in fiscal 2013.
Defense
Lawmakers Urge 'Merit-Based' Furlough Decisions at Defense
Current cuts reward inefficient agencies, 126 legislators say.
Pay & Benefits
Justice Wins Flexibility to Avert Furloughs
Appropriators approve department’s request to shift money in budget to pay employee salaries.
Oversight
Aviation Chief, GOP Lawmakers Clash Over FAA Furloughs
As flight delays top 1,200, appropriators say February warning was not enough.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Nixes Idea to Offer Extra Loan Assistance to Furloughed Feds
Board discusses changing default investment from safe G Fund.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Charity Drive Sees Falling Donations, Participation Rates
Feds give 5.3 percent less through CFC; military has highest participation.
Pay & Benefits