Pay & Benefits
Making the Case
The administration wants to take the debate over federal pay reform mainstream.
Oversight
Obama’s merit board nominees have deep background in union law
Lawyers led legal challenge to Pentagon’s pay-for-performance system and set ground rules for union election at GAO.
Defense
Democrats blast Army's handling of toxic exposures in Iraq
Five soldiers who served at an Iraqi water injection facility in 2003 were unaware they had been exposed to sodium dichromate until they received letters from the service earlier this year.
Pay & Benefits
TSP rebounds in July
But most funds still have not recovered from the financial losses of fall 2008.
Oversight
GAO: Federal Protective Service lacks long-term workforce plan
Absence of strategic plan has led to inconsistent policies, report says.
Pay & Benefits
Stopping Saturday mail delivery could mean layoffs for USPS
Postal Service official tells House lawmakers he hopes cuts would come through attrition.
Oversight
Postal Service health is still a concern
Lawmakers worry about potential disruption to communities resulting from a switch to five-day delivery and post office closures.
Pay & Benefits
House panel passes amended domestic partner benefits bill
Subcommittee overseeing the federal workforce expands the measure to cover retirees, but rejects an amendment to include heterosexual couples.
Pay & Benefits
Labor board nominees call for more staffing and resources
Julia Clark and Ernest DuBester say alternative dispute resolution could help reduce case backlog.
Pay & Benefits
Vegas Odds
Sin City could be a more affordable location for federal travelers than more buttoned-down destinations.
Oversight
Panel approves hiring reform, expands whistleblower protections
Legislation to streamline employment process and protect whistleblowers sails through Senate committee markup.
Oversight
OPM takes strategic planning process public
Director sets Oct. 1 deadline for new plan, and suggests agency reorganization could follow.
Pay & Benefits
Senior officials praise federal employees for local philanthropy
OPM has set goal for 1 million pounds in food donations by Sept. 11.
Oversight
Senate committee will tackle Postal Service financial woes
Panel will consider on Wednesday a bill that would help the agency cover the costs of employees’ retirement health benefits.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Consortium sponsors competitions to develop cybersecurity workforce
Group aims to identify 10,000 highly skilled computer security high school and college students to fill the demand for cyber workers in federal agencies.
Pay & Benefits
Language to ease rehiring of retirees makes it into Defense authorization
Senate approves Collins amendment, despite blocking other federal workforce reforms.
Oversight
EEOC nominee has substantial civil rights experience
Jacqueline Berrien will face significant management challenges at overloaded anti-discrimination agency.
Oversight