Pay & Benefits
TSA union election tentatively set for March
Dates have yet to be finalized, but labor leaders are confident voting will move forward this spring.
Pay & Benefits
Wisdom of two-week furlough proposal is subject to debate
Plan might not affect benefits, but could carry hidden costs and will hurt government operations and employee morale, observers say.
Oversight
SEC transparency faulted by watchdog group
Project on Government Oversight assembles previously unpublished reports examining employee misconduct and retaliation against whistleblowers.
Oversight
Interior to reinstate ousted Park Police chief after eight years
Department will not appeal MSPB order to give Teresa Chambers her job back.
Defense
Watchdog puts price tag on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
Discharging openly gay service members cost nearly $200 million during the past five fiscal years, GAO concludes as Pentagon prepares to implement repeal.
Pay & Benefits
Be Prepared
Changes in retirement benefits could be on the way. Here’s how to get ready for them.
Pay & Benefits
USDA confronts challenge of youth recruitment
Secretary Tom Vilsack highlights steps Agriculture is taking to attract and cultivate a new generation of employees.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers propose five-year pay freeze, federal job cuts
Bill would keep spending at 2006 levels for a decade and reduce funding for civilian employees.
Defense
Army Reserve and Guard suicide rates more than doubled last year
Active-duty suicides declined slightly from 2009 to 2010.
Oversight
GAO: Army contractors performing inherently governmental functions
Review shows private workers in thousands of jobs designated for federal employees.
Pay & Benefits
Pay freeze could affect employee attrition
Agencies must improve recruiting, training and rewarding of employees, report says.
Oversight
Postal Service seeks efficiency through staff cuts
Agency will eliminate 7,500 jobs and press for changes in pension funding, postmaster general says.
Defense
Military extends health care coverage for adult children
TRICARE will allow unmarried dependents to stay on their family’s insurance plan several years longer.
Pay & Benefits
Refunds and Redeposits
The lowdown on some recent news about service credit payments and retirement contributions.
Pay & Benefits
Federal workers’ compensation payments called wasteful
Sen. Susan Collins requests GAO probe of reports that retirees in their 90s continue collecting under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act.
Oversight
Union: Rising costs built into $1.2 billion Marine Corps food contract
Documents surface as France-based Sodexo awaits outcome of bid to renew agreement.
Pay & Benefits
On Defense
As Congress returns, federal unions gear up for a fight over employee pay and benefits.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Navy aims to limit use of Social Security numbers
As it awaits Defense guidance, the service tries to better safeguard personal information.
Oversight