Pay & Benefits
Military families must pay to extend TRICARE coverage to adult dependents
Fee has deterred service members from exercising the option.
Pay & Benefits
Thousands of USPS mail handlers and postmasters accept separation incentives
Tally of about 7,000 is close to Postal Service projections.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement claims surge in September
OPM chips away at backlog, despite receiving thousands more applications than expected.
Management
AFGE defends taxpayer-funded union activities as ‘fair and effective’
Columnist calls official time a ‘shadow practice that must be stopped.’
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service offers more buyout incentives
APWU-represented clerks, mechanics and others are eligible for up to $15,000.
Pay & Benefits
Military retirees see TRICARE fee hike
Many enrollees will pay 17 percent more in annual fees in fiscal 2013.
Pay & Benefits
Roth TSP opens to active-duty Army, Navy and Air Force
Difference in pay structure had slowed implementation.
Pay & Benefits
Thrift Savings Plan funds stay in black
All TSP funds post positive returns for second consecutive month.
Pay & Benefits
Obama makes pay freeze extension official
President signs into law six-month continuing resolution to avoid government shutdown.
Pay & Benefits
One in eight feds have witnessed workplace violence in past two years
Most perpetrators had connection to workplace.
Defense
Pentagon tightens oversight of flight reservations
Defense will require supervisor approval 72 hours prior to business air travel.
Pay & Benefits
State government employees out-earn private sector peers by 6 percent, study finds
Debate over the public-private compensation gap extends to the state level.
Management
OPM courts interns, recent grads
Agency is ramping up its efforts this fall to attract new hires to government.
Management
USPS prepares for second default in two months
Mail service and current retiree health benefits will be unaffected.
Pay & Benefits
Feds pitch in to help colleagues affected by hurricane
FEEA sends $70,000 in grants to assist federal employees hit by Isaac.
Pay & Benefits
Poll: Are you ready for sequestration?
Tell us how well-prepared (or not) your agency is for the government’s fiscal Armageddon.
Management
Senate delays STOCK Act for senior execs
Bill postpones online publication of feds’ finances until Dec. 8.
Defense
Defense budget chief: Sequester would have serious impact on civilians
'High probability' of hiring freeze, furloughs.
Pay & Benefits
TSP board finds a ‘happy medium’ with the fiscal 2013 budget
Spending will increase, but not by as much as requested -- for now.
Pay & Benefits