Pay & Benefits

Room for confusion in letters sent to TSP cyberattack victims

Form letters don’t reveal extent to which individual accounts were compromised.

Pay & Benefits

OPM chips away at retirement claims logjam

Backlog is down 19 percent since January.

Pay & Benefits

Unions look out for more pay freeze provisions

House panel is set to take up the spending bill that traditionally includes governmentwide pay measures.

Management

Government lost 5,000 jobs in May

Longest federal workforce decline in more than a decade continues, data show.

Pay & Benefits

Most TSP funds down in May

All but two federal retirement funds post losses as downward trend continues.

Pay & Benefits

Republicans propose federal pension hikes to fund student loan program

Union leaders urge President Obama to reject the offer.

Pay & Benefits

Goin’ to the Chapel

Advice for those who are both nearing retirement and contemplating getting married.

Pay & Benefits

House passes bill that would extend pay freeze for some civilians

The Obama administration threatens to veto the spending measure.

Pay & Benefits

Federal court rules against DOMA in same-sex government benefits case

Judges: 'Only the Supreme Court can finally decide this unique case.'

Pay & Benefits

Lawmakers press for answers on Thrift Savings Plan cyber breach

Sen. Susan Collins asks why beneficiaries weren’t notified of the July 2011 attack sooner.

Pay & Benefits

Feds are less satisfied with their pay, survey finds

FDIC surpasses Nuclear Regulatory Commission in annual Best Places to Work survey.

Management

Fewer senior executives are satisfied with their pay, OPM finds

Fifty-seven percent surveyed say they plan to retire within five years.

Pay & Benefits

TSP offers free credit monitoring after cyber breach

Board stands by hacked third-party contractor Serco.

Oversight

Measures to stop ‘back-door’ base closures win approval in House and Senate

Panel says no new BRAC round, rejects TRICARE hike.

Pay & Benefits

USPS, mail handlers union reach buyout terms

About 45,000 career employees are eligible for parting incentives.

Pay & Benefits

Cyberattack exposes 123,000 TSP accounts

Social Security numbers, financial information compromised.

Pay & Benefits

CEO pay up 6 percent in 2011

For the second year in a row, compensation went up for the heads of public companies.

Pay & Benefits

How Much Do You Deserve?

It’s important to get an accurate estimate of your retirement benefit, which in turn means getting credit for all your government service.

Pay & Benefits

Union gears up to file complaints about Labor parking policies

Changes would cause fees to skyrocket and open garage to the public.

Pay & Benefits

Beware of ‘Summer Fridays’

Slipping out early makes employees easy targets; concerns over TSP measures eased.