Pay & Benefits
What You Need to Know
Questions you should ask yourself and your HR office as you prepare for retirement.
Oversight
OPM meets most 2008 strategic goals
Agency still struggles with the rollout of its electronic retirement system.
Pay & Benefits
A Fresh Start
SEC’s collaborative approach to rebuilding its failed pay-for-performance system might offer lessons for other agencies.
Oversight
State Department urged to boost hiring
New report cautions against an increasing “militarization” of diplomacy.
Pay & Benefits
SEC, union settle pay-for-performance case
Agency will implement revised merit system and a diversity agreement.
Pay & Benefits
OPM announces 2008 Presidential Rank Award winners
Defense and Homeland Security boast most recipients.
Pay & Benefits
OPM issues guidelines for discrimination and retaliation cases
Report recommends less severe disciplinary actions for employees with long tenures and no record of previous problems.
Pay & Benefits
Study: Cost of domestic partner benefits could be limited
If state-level experiences are any indication, low enrollment would hold costs down.
Oversight
New directive will ease integration of intelligence agencies
Document establishes a common framework for cataloging employee skills.
Pay & Benefits
Take Charge of Your TSP
In times like these, it’s more important than ever to take responsibility for managing your retirement investments.
Pay & Benefits
TSP funds nosedive in September
Wall Street turmoil drags down funds, continuing yearlong trend.
Pay & Benefits
Homeland Security scraps plans for personnel system
Stopgap funding measure signed Tuesday prohibits department from moving forward with proposed pay-for-performance system.
Pay & Benefits
Senate passes bill approving locality pay for Alaska and Hawaii
Lawmakers say move will ensure federal retirees in those states receive equal benefits.
Pay & Benefits
Healthy Choices
A look at benefit changes for some of FEHB's most popular plans as premiums rise.
Oversight
Government reform groups unveil transition plan
Strong performance measurements and attention to workforce are called key to the next administration’s agenda.
Pay & Benefits
Salary council discusses 2009 raise, pay gap data
Private sector incentive pay could distort salary differences, which help to determine locality raises.
Defense
Pentagon drops plans to convert union employees to NSPS
Official says current plan is to convert only Defense’s 205,000 non-bargaining unit employees to new pay system.
Oversight
Bailout bill would have given Treasury chief unfettered authority
Legislation would have allowed Henry Paulson to waive acquisition rules and competitive hiring procedures.
Defense
Bush order allows direct hiring of military spouses
Order approving noncompetitive appointments to civil service jobs follows State of the Union pledge to expand benefits for military families.
Pay & Benefits