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Refreshing COLA
The lowdown on the first cost-of-living adjustment in retirement benefits in two years.
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Use annual leave or lose it, OPM says
Employees -- and retirees leaving federal service in early January -- must schedule excess vacation by Nov. 19.
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GAO: No refund for USPS overpayment to retirement account
A reported $75 billion in excess funds was within the parameters of the law, report finds.
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Workers’ Compensation Woes
Benefits for employees hurt on the job need an upgrade, but nothing is changing -- yet.
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Cut Congress’ pay, lawmaker proposes
Legislation would tie salaries to federal spending; second bill would eliminate death benefits.
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EEOC threatens furloughs for employees
Budget woes also could reverse progress to reduce discrimination case backlog, observers say.
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Lawmaker urges end to early federal retirement
Proposal would prevent future government employees, including lawmakers, from retiring with full benefits before age 62.
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OPM expands affinity benefits for same-sex domestic partners
More plans under FEHBP will provide coverage in 2012.
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Complicating Factors
A cautionary tale of how federal retirement benefits, survivor annuities and Social Security can become tangled.
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Special counsel recommends reforms to law covering improper political activities
Federal employees would not automatically be removed from their jobs for violating the Hatch Act under proposed changes.
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Spending bills threaten Foreign Service pay and hiring
Congress urged to cut programs rather than people to keep diplomatic readiness intact.
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Tough Times
There are a few pieces of good news mixed in with the bad -- how do the changes and lack of changes affect you? Take our survey.
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Pension contribution levels rise
Federal agencies are paying slightly more into federal employees’ retirement plans.
Oversight
Federal hiring of Hispanics slows, nearly flat
Latino representation in federal workforce has stalled in recent years, report finds.
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A look at 20 of the all-time greatest federal employees
A guide to some of history's most illustrious civil servants.
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Retirement plan funds continue downward spiral
Majority of TSP options remain in the red for September and for the year to date.
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Government to unveil COLAs on Oct. 19
Federal retirees likely will receive a cost-of-living adjustment between 3.5 percent and 4 percent.
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