Management
23,600 employees accept Postal Service buyouts
Separation incentives are part of ongoing workforce reduction effort as lawmakers continue to pursue reforms.
Pay & Benefits
Survey: Feds have it good compared to private sector workers
Most Americans continue to believe government employees are less industrious and have more job security.
Pay & Benefits
Federal employee advocates to Congress: Don’t cut workers’ comp
Senate has proposed trimming benefits to retirement-age former employees receiving benefits due to on-the-job injury.
Pay & Benefits
Expansion of FEHBP-covered autism treatments draws praise as initial step
Washington-area feds won’t see the added benefits, group says.
Pay & Benefits
Congress again delays STOCK ACT for senior execs
The public financial disclosure requirement for thousands of high-ranking career employees is postponed until April 15, 2013.
Pay & Benefits
Resolve the fiscal cliff or don’t get paid (or sick), petitioners tell Congress, Obama
Thousands sign on to plea to avert austerity crisis.
Nextgov
App developers and other techs poised to make more money next year
Salary guide predicts growth for IT skill sets in high demand.
Pay & Benefits
Analysis: Reforming pensions to save them
Key retirement benefits for seniors face some major strains. We can fix this.
Defense
A must-see movie about public service that is not 'Lincoln'
'Burn' is an adrenalin-fueled documentary about Detroit firefighters.
Pay & Benefits
TRICARE drug co-pay increase still up in the air
Senate bill is silent on health care program’s prescription co-payment hike, paving the way for a more aggressive White House proposal.
Pay & Benefits
OPM hits a lull in retirement claims processing
Agency receives and processes fewest claims in months, but progress reducing backlog continues.
Defense
Furloughs, hiring freeze on the table as Defense begins sequester planning
OMB delivers guidance to Pentagon on implementing across-the-board cuts.
Management
Senate backs lower contractor pay cap, break for women-owned firms
Defense bill would limit reimbursements for executive compensation to $230,700.
Pay & Benefits
Senate approves military pay raise
House version of defense authorization bill also includes 1.7 percent boost for service members.
Pay & Benefits
Agency will use FEHBP experience to run some health plans under Obamacare
OPM will use feds’ health benefits program as model for administering multi-state plan program on insurance exchanges.
Defense
Provision slashing up to 36,000 Defense jobs stays alive
Senate defeats amendment that would have eliminated a 5 percent cut in the Pentagon’s civilian, contractor workforce.
Pay & Benefits
The Pentagon says no to disabled daughter of Navy captain
A creative therapy was working on a severely disabled young woman. Yet the Pentagon decided it would no longer be covered by military insurance.
Pay & Benefits
House GOP continues to push federal employee pay and benefits reforms
Pay freeze extension, changes to federal pensions could be part of a final deficit-reduction agreement.
Pay & Benefits