Pay & Benefits
TSP funds post positive returns in June
Upward trend is due in part to European compromise.
Pay & Benefits
Congress approves partial retirement, spares fed pensions
Transportation deal drops proposed retirement contribution hike and high-five calculation.
Oversight
Analysis: Unfairly maligned solicitor general has last laugh on health care ruling
Obama called Donald Verrilli Jr. first to congratulate him on the victory.
Pay & Benefits
Need Money? Look to the TSP
Tips for getting the most out of your Thrift Savings Plan investments.
Pay & Benefits
White House confronts silence on fed pay raise
OMB objects to ‘a permanent pay freeze.’
Pay & Benefits
Supreme Court health care ruling changes little for feds
Added benefits in upheld law are already in effect for FEHBP enrollees.
Pay & Benefits
Feds off the hook in transportation, student loan deals
Conferees agree on partial retirement and chuck pension hike and high-five calculation.
Pay & Benefits
Maybe it is possible to have a demanding federal job and raise happy kids
Foreign Service officer offers a response to Anne-Marie Slaughter's Atlantic cover story on work-life balance.
Pay & Benefits
Panel approves funds to avoid Weather Service furloughs
House subcommittee allows NOAA to reallocate money to cover budget shortfall at NWS.
Pay & Benefits
House Democrat takes up Senior Executive Service reform
Proposal by Rep. Jim Moran aims to fix pay compression, and is largely similar to a Senate bill.
Defense
Congress should act to avoid sequestration before election, senator says
Ayotte favors a two-year deal that shrinks the federal workforce.
Pay & Benefits
Thrift Savings Plan expects budget to grow as more feds retire
Contract held by firm involved in TSP cyberattack is up for renewal.
Management
White House veto threat sets up clash on Agriculture’s buildings fund
Administration also objects to proposed USDA salary cuts.
Pay & Benefits
Student loan deal close -- with or without federal pension hike
Increasing employee contributions was one proposal to pay for an extension of low Stafford loan interest rates.
Pay & Benefits
Can women have it all? Former federal official says answer is 'no'
High-level government jobs with inflexible hours and travel can make work-life balance a pipe dream, first woman director of policy planning at State argues.
Pay & Benefits
Need Money? Rethink Life Insurance
The first in a series on making the most of your government benefits.
Pay & Benefits
NOAA is ‘doing everything possible’ to avoid furloughs
Agency is working with Congress after mismanagement at National Weather Service.
Pay & Benefits
Pentagon needs greater authority to issue bonuses, report says
Military pay report also finds combat tax breaks favor high-ranking officers.
Pay & Benefits