Pay & Benefits
Recouping Sick Leave
Some federal retirees who return to work can reclaim unused sick time.
Pay & Benefits
TSP funds post mixed results in May
Majority of investment options experience small losses, but all remain up for the year.
Pay & Benefits
From Nextgov: Social Security statements to go online
SSA has been especially cautious about putting info on the Web because Social Security numbers can be used in identity theft.
Pay & Benefits
Agriculture Department offers buyouts, early outs
Department joins growing list of agencies trying to contain costs in difficult fiscal environment.
Oversight
Senior executives give low marks to Obama appointees
Top career managers rate the president’s political leaders as less effective than those in the Bush or Clinton administrations.
Oversight
Wisconsin judge strikes down collective bargaining law
Ruling says the manner in which Republican legislators passed the measure violated the state's open meetings law.
Pay & Benefits
Congressional insiders back boosting employee retirement contributions
Big majority of Republicans and relatively high percentage of Democrats eye overhauling federal retirement system.
Pay & Benefits
Defense Dollars
House lawmakers consider a 1.6 percent military pay raise and a hike in TRICARE fees.
Pay & Benefits
Presidential hopeful would freeze federal salaries, reduce retirement benefits
GOP candidate Tim Pawlenty offers his vision for a smaller, leaner government to help reduce the deficit.
Pay & Benefits
Democrats still won’t rule out cuts to federal pay and benefits
Everything is on the table when it comes to deficit reduction, says House Minority Leader Steny Hoyer.
Pay & Benefits
Attempts to cut lawmaker pay stall . . . in Congress
Bills’ lack of potential impact draws criticism.
Pay & Benefits
Proposal to increase employee pension contributions draws fire
There's an intensifying public debate about over how much sacrifice should be demanded of federal workers as negotiators try to address the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt.
Pay & Benefits
Paying for It
A handy rundown of deficit hawks’ proposals targeting federal pay and benefits.
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Obama to thank CIA staff at Virginia headquarters Friday
The President expressed a desire to take the trip shortly after the bin Laden operation, spokesman says.
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OMB employees seek union representation
Elections could be held as soon as August, labor official says.
Pay & Benefits