Pay & Benefits
Study reveals the success of Pentagon personnel system is unclear
The Congressional Budget Office says it’s too early to tell whether NSPS is improving employee performance and making hiring and pay decisions easier.
Pay & Benefits
November a gloomy month for all but two TSP funds
Stock-based options continue to sustain losses, but not to the same extent as in October.
Pay & Benefits
Extra day off after Christmas likely for feds
Presidents often grant a bonus day or half-day of vacation when the holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday.
Pay & Benefits
TSA announces 2009 performance-based payouts
Roughly three-quarters of employees under the agency’s new pay system will receive performance-based bonuses on top of the governmentwide increase.
Pay & Benefits
TSP holds steady amid economic downturn
Board is examining the trading practices of contractors.
Pay & Benefits
Outlook for public service academy brightens
Obama and many of the top candidates for jobs in his administration support creating such an institution.
Pay & Benefits
Medicare Mysteries
An exploration of the tangled relationship between Medicare and FEHBP.
Pay & Benefits
Union challenges proposed rule on employee suspensions
OPM says regulation would clarify notification requirements and types of offenses that apply.
Oversight
Twenty percent of senior executives unprepared for transition
Some high-level career officials can’t cite any presidential transition activities at their agencies, survey finds.
Pay & Benefits
Silver Lining
Federal employees invested in the Thrift Savings Plan have reason to look on the bright side during this gloomy economy.
Pay & Benefits
NTEU releases workforce reform agenda
Union says document will prepare employees to brief agency policy review teams during the transition.
Oversight
Agencies send ‘hot lists’ of key issues to Obama review teams
Summaries are designed to help the incoming administration home in on urgent challenges.
Oversight
Changes to FAA error measurements spark questions
Union says pay for performance creates incentive to underreport air traffic controller mistakes.
Oversight
Best and worst agencies for employee engagement
A look at where employees are the most involved in their jobs, and where they are simply putting in the hours.
Pay & Benefits
Merit board links employee engagement and productivity
Study also finds that higher salaries and education correlate with greater involvement in work.
Oversight
Nonprofits urge Obama to focus on program performance
Coalition also calls for more investment in human resources and the strategic use of technology to enhance service delivery.
Pay & Benefits
Review Time
Take a couple of hours to consider your health care options this open season, and you could save a lot of money.
Pay & Benefits
Health Plan Checkup
Employees should do their homework before enrolling in a new health plan during open season.
Oversight