Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers push retroactive pay for furloughed feds
Bill would guarantee reimbursement for all employees at the end of a shutdown.
Oversight
Would you have been furloughed?
Federal employees sent updates Friday on their status and that of other employees in their agencies.
Oversight
Where the cuts would have come: agency-by-agency furlough counts
Estimates show large numbers of employees would not have been permitted to work if government had shut down.
Pay & Benefits
Feds vent shutdown fears and frustration at town hall meeting in Va.
Rep. Jim Moran warns angry residents that a shutdown could stretch into May if agreement is not reached soon.
Pay & Benefits
Pocket Change
A rundown on the (limited) changes in the retirement benefits world this year.
Defense
Gates: Troops could face delay in full pay for April
Defense secretary in Iraq war zone tells service members that size of their next check depends on duration of a government shutdown.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies told to begin furlough notifications
OMB has instructed agencies to begin notifying employees who would be furloughed if the government shuts down.
Defense
Military and essential civilians would be paid after shutdown
Defense contractors would be paid out of funds already obligated, Pentagon officials say.
Pay & Benefits
Administration backs retroactive pay for feds in event of shutdown
The ultimate decision to compensate employees is up to Congress.
Oversight
Union: Employees work without pay, or risk jobs
Pressure on excepted personnel to work without guarantee of pay violates Anti-Deficiency Act, labor leader says.
Oversight
Reid expects shutdown, constituents say; White House announces new meeting
Reid, Boehner to meet with Obama at 1 p.m. for second meeting in 18 hours.
Pay & Benefits
Pay for Some
Lawmakers try to assuage fears of shutdown-related salary lapses for select military and support employees.
Pay & Benefits
No back pay for furloughed feds predicted
Rep. Jim Moran expects nonessential employees won't be reimbursed if agencies shut down.
Oversight
Hundreds of thousands of feds face furloughs
Senior administration official says about 800,000 employees could be furloughed during a government shutdown.
Pay & Benefits
GOP budget resolution calls for pay freeze through 2015
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s plan to cut spending would have feds contribute more to their pensions.
Oversight
Postal Service defends new labor contract
Agreement offers best cost savings possible without legislative change, officials tell Congress.
Oversight
Union sues government over lack of shutdown information
OMB still has not directed agencies to release their specific contingency plans on how a government hiatus would affect employees.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service labor agreement to save $3.8 billion over four years
Union contract reduces agency’s health care spending and creates a more flexible workforce.
Pay & Benefits
TSP funds post mixed results in March
Federal retirement investment options were all over the map for the month, but they remain in the black for the year.
Oversight