Oversight
NSPS employees can expect 2.26 percent pay boost
Workers also will be eligible for performance-based raises up to a salary cap of $155,500.
Oversight
Lawmaker revives proposal to cut jobs, extend pay freeze
Bill supports deficit commission recommendations to reduce the federal workforce and to hold salaries level for three years.
Oversight
Postal Service will cut more of its workforce
After eliminating senior positions, USPS will begin early retirement and personnel reduction.
Pay & Benefits
Defense proposal would raise long-steady TRICARE fees
Savings also are possible through civilian pay and hiring freezes, Gates says.
Pay & Benefits
Proposal continues crackdown on recruitment and other bonuses
Draft regulations are designed to help agencies spend wisely on payments to attract and keep candidates for hard-to-fill positions.
Pay & Benefits
The Index: 2011 Edition
Your annual guide to the critical retirement information covered in this column.
Pay & Benefits
Analysis: Pay reform at the crossroads
The next two years are the ideal time to introduce more performance-based factors in the General Schedule system, drawing on 30 years of research and experience.
Pay & Benefits
Memo clarifies status of federal interns during program overhaul
Most existing hiring tools will remain at agencies’ disposal until officials finalize new policies.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker proposes ban on union activities during work hours
Bill is an early attack on government employees, labor group says.
Pay & Benefits
MSPB upholds appeal rights of feds in lower-level security positions
The board will review adverse actions against employees in noncritical sensitive jobs.
Oversight
Analysis: Goodbye to a workforce champion
Despite the small number in his Buckeye State, retiring Sen. George Voinovich stood up for federal employees.
Pay & Benefits
Feds receive revised retirement statements
Participants have six months to pay down outstanding balances, OPM says.
Defense
Navy commander permanently replaced over raunchy videos
Captain is reassigned to administrative duties as the service continues its investigation into the homemade movies.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement funds finish strong in 2010
Investment options bounce back after a rocky November.
Oversight
IRS said to commit inaccuracies in processing nonresident tax returns
Lack of controls could cost government millions because funds outside U.S. are hard to recoup, audit finds.
Oversight
2010: The Year in Quotes
A selection of some of the best quotations from our daily "Quote/Unquote" feature.
Oversight
Obama ends popular internship program, creates new pathways to federal service
Federal Career Intern Program has been used to hire thousands of employees but has drawn criticism that it circumvents merit system.
Oversight
Whistleblower protection bill dies again, on the 1-yard line
Measure clears House on Wednesday, but is blocked in Senate through an anonymous hold.
Pay & Benefits