Oversight
Unions vie for TSA hearts and minds
Rival groups are wooing airport screeners in the largest federal labor organizing campaign in history.
Pay & Benefits
Sick Leave Credit: The Calculations
Figuring how much your unused sick leave really adds to your retirement benefit.
Pay & Benefits
Thrift Savings Plan funds bloom in March
Investments in small and midsize firms grow the most and international stocks make a comeback.
Pay & Benefits
Child Coverage
As health insurance changes take effect, many employees look to keep young adults on their family plans.
Pay & Benefits
OPM will test new work flexibility program
Hundreds of agency employees will participate in pilot project that could serve as a governmentwide model.
Oversight
Army secretary won't enforce gay ban
John McHugh said he won't discipline gay soldiers who talked with him openly about serving in the military.
Pay & Benefits
Deadline for burning accumulated comp time is fast approaching
A three-year grace period on a rule to prevent workers from hoarding compensatory time off will end on May 22.
Oversight
Administration puts its stamp on 'inherently governmental'
OMB tells agencies to use definition in the 1998 FAIR Act.
Pay & Benefits
Employee health database could net major cost savings, OPM report says
Agency’s annual summary also tracks progress on FEHBP and retirement benefit processing.
Pay & Benefits
Unions seek bargaining over electronic pay stubs
Groups praise initiative as environmentally sound, but want to make sure no employees are left behind.
Pay & Benefits
Five-day mail delivery plan would cut tens of thousands of jobs
Postal Service needs Congress’ approval to move forward with the strategy.
Pay & Benefits
Managers might need a refresher course on hiring the disabled
Study finds federal officials have good intentions, but lack the knowledge to effectively recruit and accommodate disabled workers.
Defense
Leadership void at TSA is a morale bust, say unions
Aviation security agency has been without permanent chief for more than a year.
Defense
VA aims for a better G.I. Bill
The Obama administration hopes to launch new and improved claims processing software by April 1.
Oversight
Black farmers' leader slams Obama
John Boyd Jr. says president, USDA did not show leadership in the settlement of the discrimination lawsuit.
Pay & Benefits
Furloughed Transportation employees have yet to receive checks
Budget analysts note compensating inspectors for two days of lost work would not add to the deficit because the money already has been appropriated.
Pay & Benefits
It's really over this time; chambers finish health care overhaul
House and Senate pass reconciliation package tweaking legislation President Obama signed into law on Tuesday.
Pay & Benefits
Sick Leave Credit: The Details
A follow-up to last week’s column on getting sick leave credit toward retirement.
Defense
Pentagon revises gay ban enforcement policies
New regulations aim to introduce ‘a greater measure of common sense and common decency,’ says Defense secretary.
Defense