Pay & Benefits
Best Dates to Retire 2013
Your annual guide to picking the best day to call it a career.
Pay & Benefits
House passes fed pension hike
The bill requires government employees to contribute an additional 5 percent to their retirement benefits.
Pay & Benefits
Can Part-Time Retirement Save USPS?
A little-known rule already on the books could help the cash-strapped agency save big.
Pay & Benefits
Feds would pay more for pensions under House bill
Budget panel advances legislation requiring government employees to contribute 5 percent more toward retirement benefits starting in 2013.
Management
Incentives, not mobility, called key to improving Senior Executive Service
OPM and industry officials discuss keys to improving SES.
Pay & Benefits
Thrift Savings Plan Roth option is official
Many employees will have to wait for it, however, due to delays in preparing payroll systems.
Oversight
Lawmaker: GSA executive under investigation shouldn’t be paid
In op-ed, congressman promises to propose legislation for putting federal officials charged with serious offenses on unpaid leave.
Pay & Benefits
TSP, Pensions and More
There’s been a lot of activity lately on provisions that could affect your retirement plans.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement claims backlog shrinks
OPM received fewer retirement applications in April and was able to chip away at its inventory.
Pay & Benefits
Revved Up About Transit Parity
Bills to bring mass transportation benefits in line with those for driving could be gaining momentum.
Pay & Benefits
Huge round of arrests for $450 million in Medicare fraud
Attorney General Eric Holder will provide details of the arrests at a press conference.
Tech
Beleaguered GSA praised for telework program
Agency honored, along with USDA and Homeland Security, for innovations in promoting the work arrangement.
Tech
Telework is increasingly satisfying and less problematic, study finds
Management is slower to take to this workplace innovation.
Pay & Benefits
Bill would boost TSP contribution rates
Draft legislation would link automatic increases and automatic enrollment in the Thrift Savings Plan.
Pay & Benefits
TSP funds finish April with mixed results
All the retirement options have positive gains so far in 2012.
Pay & Benefits
Senators plead for grace period on shuttering post offices
Bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to delay closures scheduled to begin May 15 until Congress enacts reform.
Pay & Benefits
More than 1,000 IRS employees agreed to buyouts in fiscal 2011
Figure doesn’t include results of a second round of offers in January.
Pay & Benefits
Watchdog documents ongoing workers’ compensation struggles
Management and oversight deficiencies lead to avoidable costs, GAO notes.
Pay & Benefits
Feds give TSP thumbs up
Rollout of Roth option could frustrate enrollees, board officials acknowledge.
Management