Pay & Benefits
Cutting Benefits: Readers Bite Back
A sampling of responses to proposals to cut back on federal employee benefits.
Pay & Benefits
Watchdog praises VA for education on new GI bill
But the department needs to improve outreach to disabled vets, GAO says.
Pay & Benefits
All in the Family
OPM releases comprehensive guidance on FEHB coverage for dependents under age 26.
Pay & Benefits
Obama solicits ideas from federal workers for government reform
In video, president suggests that help can come from workers themselves.
Defense
Defense employees bear heavy burden in efficiency plan
Pentagon seeks $25 billion in savings through personnel and salary freezes of military civilians.
Pay & Benefits
Facebook-using federal managers “surge,” survey finds
Most of the government respondents who use the social networking site use it for work, the study says.
Pay & Benefits
TSP delays Roth option
Added time will accommodate needs of agencies having trouble adapting to new payroll requirements, officials say.
Oversight
Union demands concessions in the event of a government shutdown
AFGE deploys its members to fight for retroactive administrative leave, continued health care benefits.
Pay & Benefits
Government revoking pay raises, top career officials claim
Some senior executives believe their performance-based pay increases are being terminated because of the salary freeze.
Pay & Benefits
Are Cuts Coming?
Federal retirement benefits are under fire more than at any time in recent memory.
Pay & Benefits
USPS begins $20,000 buyouts, early retirement processes
Agency plans to cut 7,500 jobs and close seven postal districts, official says.
Pay & Benefits
Health insurers urged to expand federal benefits
OPM will seek expanded coverage and additional cost savings for 2012, Berry says.
Oversight
Wording matters when polling on collective bargaining
The word "rights" in national polling was making respondents change the way they answered.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers question pay for USPS employees
House committee plans hearing to scrutinize postal workforce costs and new union contract.
Oversight
IG faults locations of taxpayer assistance centers
IRS field facilities not serving optimal number of return filers who have questions, says Treasury watchdog.
Oversight
Progress cited on reorganization of government
OMB’s Jeffrey Zients says effort may involve short-term costs to achieve long-term gains.
Oversight
GSA boosts per diem rates in major metro areas
Federal employees on business travel to New York City and San Francisco will have more money for hotel expenses from April through September.
Defense
Report urges intelligence community to use more science in recruitment of analysts
Raw cognitive ability is a better indicator of success than specific expertise, says the National Research Council.
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