Management

In Focus: Where the Federal Workforce Counts

A look at where localities are likely to be hit hardest by sequestration and furloughs.

Defense

It’s Official: Furloughs at Customs and Border Protection Postponed

CBP officers will retain regular hours and overtime rights -- for now.

Defense

Sequestration Could Lead to Job Losses, Defense Comptroller Says

Across-the-board cuts also are expected to curtail long-term military readiness

Pay & Benefits

Furlough Reprieve at Customs and Border Protection?

Agency says it is 'developing a plan' in response to the fiscal 2013 spending measure.

Pay & Benefits

Justice Postpones Furlough Decision to Mid-April

Attorney general is still weighing unpaid leave for employees because of sequestration.

Nextgov

Has the IT Salary Gender Gap Disappeared?

Women earn as much as men for the same job but tend to hold lower positions, survey finds.

Defense

Pentagon Scales Back Furloughs, Calls for Additional Flexibility

Spending deal fixed some but not all the department's sequestration problems, Hagel says.

Pay & Benefits

Federal Benefits Play Key Role in Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Debate

AFGE voices opposition to the Defense of Marriage Act.

Defense

Union Asks Pentagon to Cancel 22-Day Furloughs

Defense hopes to scale back unpaid leave with new flexibilities in latest spending deal.

Tech

Energy Dept. Overpays Contractor Executives

Oak Ridge, Tenn., officials sign off on salary that’s 80 percent too high, IG says.

Management

OPM to Senior Execs: Tell Us How You Really Feel

Agency wants honest feedback from top career civil servants who leave their jobs.

Management

Short-Term Flexibility Won't Help Long-Term Impact of Sequestration

Greater control doesn't change the dollars and cents of the equation.

Pay & Benefits

Obama Signs Off On Fed Pay Freeze

Law avoids government shutdown and extends pay freeze for the third straight year.

Pay & Benefits

Furloughs Could Endanger Feds’ Security Clearances

Senator asks OPM to protect employees who risk losing their jobs because sequestration forces them into debt.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Reconsiders Automatic Enrollment

Board thinks younger feds are contributing too much to the plan’s safest offering.

Pay & Benefits

Businesses Begin Offering Feds Furlough Discounts

Prices are dropping on everything from resume writing services to lunches.