Defense
Defense personnel system boasts supporters
Pay-for-performance at the Pentagon has many detractors, but also a fair share of defenders.
Pay & Benefits
Endless Summer, Endless Questions
Providing some basic information and monitoring the rumor mill.
Oversight
Reviews of NSPS sharply divided at first public hearing
Panel on Defense personnel system focuses on links between pay and performance, trust and training issues.
Pay & Benefits
House sounds death knell for Pentagon pay-for-performance system
Lawmakers approve fiscal 2010 Defense authorization bill, which requires department to dismantle NSPS within one year unless it demonstrates improvement.
Pay & Benefits
Bill would allow kids to remain in the federal employee health plan longer
House member renews push to increase cutoff age for coverage of dependent children from 22 to 25.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker pledges more oversight of FEHBP drug costs
Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., calls current system ‘a scam.’
Pay & Benefits
Pay Reform Pitfalls
Agencies struggle to get new personnel systems off the ground amid mixed results.
Defense
Administration calls language gutting Pentagon pay system ‘premature’
The results of an ongoing review will help lawmakers make informed decisions about the future of the pay-for-performance arrangement, White House says.
Pay & Benefits
House resuscitates FERS sick leave fix
Lawmakers plan to roll federal retirement reforms stripped out of previous legislation into Defense authorization bill.
Pay & Benefits
Pay parity supporters push for 3.4 percent civilian raise
Figure would exceed Obama’s request for civilians by 1.4 percentage points.
Defense
Senate Defense bill to raise military pay by 3.4 percent
Plan sets pay hike a half-percent higher than the Obama administration requested.
Pay & Benefits
Administration declines request to suspend pay-for-performance governmentwide
OMB chief tells lawmakers it is unnecessary to issue a blanket order halting systems tying pay to quality of work.
Oversight
Metro crash hits close to home for NOAA
Commutes to Silver Spring, Md., campus are disrupted by train collision, but no major injuries are reported among workforce.
Pay & Benefits
Personnel chief sets timeline for pay reform efforts
Administration aims to include a proposal in the fiscal 2011 budget, and to pass legislation before the midterm elections.
Pay & Benefits
Employee groups push SES diversity bill
Legislation to increase number of women and minorities in the senior executive ranks faces uncertain path in the Senate.
Defense
House turns to Defense authorization, approps bills
Defense measure is expected to pass by a wide margin.
Pay & Benefits
Cost of CSRS retirement fix pegged at $40 million over 10 years
But Congressional Budget Office says bill to allow agencies to rehire retirees is budget-neutral.
Pay & Benefits
Workforce subcommittee chair pushes pay reform, personnel flexibilities
Rep. Stephen Lynch seeks administration input, quick movement on management priorities.
Pay & Benefits