Oversight
Fiscal compromise sets stage for new year of mini-cliffs
Senate approves measure that would delay automatic spending cuts -- for now.
Management
Obama: No long-term deal on sequestration
President indicates final action to prevent automatic spending cuts will have to be part of future agreement.
Management
Sequestration, once unimaginable, draws near
Deal pending in Congress’s final hours would not prevent across-the-board cuts.
Pay & Benefits
COLA calculation is at the center of latest fiscal cliff standoff
McConnell calls in Biden to 'help jump start the negotiations.'
Management
Obama 'modestly optimistic' on fiscal cliff deal
Senate leaders to work together to try to forge last-minute compromise.
Management
Employees, unions get further details on furloughs
Process would not unfold immediately on Jan. 2, and would not be the same across all agencies.
Pay & Benefits
Petition to link lawmaker pay to fiscal cliff deal is up for White House response
Document drew more than 25,000 digital signatures.
Pay & Benefits
New committee will review federal travel policies
First item on the agenda? Per-diem rates.
Pay & Benefits
Obama orders end to pay freeze in spring
Move would end two-year prohibition on across-the-board increases.
Pay & Benefits
OPM issues furlough guidance
'Planned furloughs' could be necessary if sequestration takes effect.
Oversight
What happens If we go over the fiscal cliff?
A number of cringe-inducing provisions go into effect in the New Year and beyond.
Pay & Benefits
Federal workers say Congress and public do not appreciate them
Still, they’re happy with their workplaces, survey finds.
Pay & Benefits
SAVE Award winner announced
Education’s Fred Winter proposes cutting costs of transit benefit without reducing appeal.
Pay & Benefits
White House issues formal pay freeze extension for feds
Executive order officially prolongs freeze through March 27.
Pay & Benefits
Obama gives feds Christmas Eve off
Federal employees receive extra paid holiday and a four-day weekend.
Management
Obama names two to Federal Labor Relations Authority
Incumbents nominated to agency that adjudicates unfair practice cases.
Pay & Benefits
House passes bill requiring feds to pay more for retirement
Legislation passes before GOP leader pulls tax bill from floor for lack of support.
Pay & Benefits
House approves military pay raise
Defense authorization conference report also directs Pentagon to shrink its workforce.
Management
Updated: Sequestration Watch -- Potential agency-by-agency impacts of across-the-board cuts
Possibilities range from unpaid furloughs to layoffs.
Oversight