Oversight
Plan to relocate FBI headquarters advances
Senate resolution would consolidate satellite offices and boost security.
Pay & Benefits
House bill would extend pay freeze
GOP plan to finance payroll tax holiday also would require feds to contribute more to their pensions.
Pay & Benefits
A guide to the federal government's holiday parties
From department to department and office to office, no federal holiday party is exactly the same.
Pay & Benefits
Senate again rejects payroll tax cut bills
Republican measure included provisions that would have extended the federal pay freeze and reduced the government workforce.
Oversight
Labor Department asks contractors to step up hiring of disabled workers
Specific target of 7 percent seen as more effective than ‘good faith effort.’
Pay & Benefits
Mass transit commuter perks set to expire
Without congressional action the benefit would drop from $230 to $125 a month, beginning in January 2012.
Pay & Benefits
Groups urge House to reject proposals reducing federal pay and benefits
Federal employee advocates implore lawmakers not to finance payroll tax holiday at the expense of government workers.
Oversight
USPS, unions extend contract negotiations again
Deadline has been moved back more than a week, to Dec. 16.
Oversight
Another legislative standoff looms
Democrats say they'd make Republicans regret leaving for Christmas without a deal on extending the payroll tax holiday.
Oversight
Fraud persists within U.S. Postal Service
New inspector general report reveals letter carriers who stole mail and collected false payments.
Pay & Benefits
TSP returns disappoint in November
All but three funds posted negative returns last month.
Pay & Benefits
Senior managers awarded smaller bonuses in 2010
The percentage of top career executives receiving performance awards also decreased.
Pay & Benefits
Experts urge federal employees to consider switching health plans
With the open season deadline approaching, analysts emphasize that all workers should review their options annually.
Pay & Benefits
Senate rejects bill with pay freeze extension
The measure would have prolonged the federal salary freeze and reduced the government workforce.
Pay & Benefits