Oversight
Workforce challenges linger at Federal Air Marshal Service
Policies show signs of progress but aren’t perfect yet, witnesses testify before a House Homeland Security subcommittee.
Oversight
TSA begins meetings with unions
Labor groups say collective bargaining, pay and evaluation systems are key concerns.
Pay & Benefits
Health Care Heartburn
As reformers eye FEHBP as a template for affordable coverage, some look to guard federal benefits.
Oversight
Court allows challenge to intern program to go forward
Labor union is seeking to overturn the program, saying it lets agencies circumvent the merit system.
Oversight
Academy urges major management reform at Energy
Serious problems, especially in human resources, jeopardize department’s mission, independent review finds.
Oversight
Defense acquisition workforce plan called insufficient
Procurement law expert tells congressional panel that the Pentagon should hire every available qualified contracting professional.
Pay & Benefits
Personnel chief calls for better attitude toward civil servants
OPM Director John Berry says positive relationships with Congress and OMB will be keys to ambitious agenda.
Pay & Benefits
Facelift of TSP Web site stays on schedule
Redesign with features such as an improved retirement calculator is scheduled to be complete by 2010.
Oversight
Unions urge Obama to mend, not end, current federal pay system
Leaders call on administration to address problems with General Schedule before creating a new framework.
Pay & Benefits
House passes 2 percent pay raise
Financial services legislation advances with Obama’s pay raise proposal included.
Pay & Benefits
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Oversight
Deputy OPM nominee receives bipartisan support at hearing
Christine Griffin, a longtime disability advocate, is expected to tackle diversity and management issues in the federal workforce.
Pay & Benefits
Panel recommends reform of Pentagon pay system
Draft report supports current moratorium on NSPS conversions, but does not call for elimination of personnel system.
Pay & Benefits
Student Aid
A government benefit that erases student loan debt for some public servants has a few catches.
Defense
Senators seek to add workforce provisions to Defense bill
Amendment includes language ironing out differences in treatment of unused sick leave in the two federal employee retirement systems.
Pay & Benefits
Agency heads discuss possibilities for joint wellness programs
Green space, farmers markets and centralized child care are among the ideas on the table to brighten the atmosphere at four neighboring agencies.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Senate approves E-Verify expansion
Amendment to Homeland Security spending bill allows employers to use electronic verification system for existing employees as well as new hires.
Oversight
Private sector not necessarily a model for hiring reform
Some practices such as relying primarily on résumés aren’t suitable for the federal government, consultancy says.
Defense
Senators seek to eliminate 23 senior Pentagon positions
Lawmakers decry 'proliferation' of deputy undersecretaries, say positions should be redesignated with other titles.
Pay & Benefits