Oversight
Distinguished executives honored at Washington gala
State Department event recognizes achievements of key career civil servants.
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Supporting Your Survivors
What will happen financially to the people who depend on you if you die?
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Dozens of federal health plans require high payments for specialty drugs
Pricey prescription drug coverage for many federal employees could become more common.
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Retirement Made EZ
A look at how the self-serve electronic benefits resource will work.
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Federal paid parental leave bill heads to full House committee
Legislation would allow all federal employees eight weeks of paid leave with benefits for the birth or adoption of a child.
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House bill aimed at increasing diversity among senior executives advances
New SES office would be responsible for hiring more women, minorities and persons with disabilities into top government ranks.
Defense
Army Reserve broadens recruiting efforts
Public-private partnerships seek to benefit both military and industry.
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Union opposes nomination of Treasury official to IRS board
President Bush nominates Kenneth Carfine, a department assistant secretary, to fill the employee representative seat on oversight group.
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Senator urges agencies, Congress to hire more disabled employees
The latest report from EEOC finds that the government employs fewer disabled people now than in the past 20 years.
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Senators seek broader TSP outreach efforts
Board nominees urged to educate employees on weathering economic downturns and to increase enrollment of military service members.
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Make Retirement Easy
That’s what OPM says its new electronic processing system will do.
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GAO to seek input from employees on changes to new pay system
Acting comptroller general says feedback is necessary to making the system "transparent and inclusive."
Tech
Government slow to implement ID system
Witnesses at House hearing say agencies have distributed just 3 percent of new credentials and lack the technology to use them.
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Fair Trade
Members of the Thrift Savings Plan advisory council comment on new restrictions to interfund transfers.
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VA pay hurts recruiting of medical personnel, panel says
Lawmakers say problems associated with veterans’ care highlight concerns about overall U.S. health services.
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OPM increases leave cap for senior Defense employees
Executives can carry over 90 days, on par with Senior Executive Service rule.
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OPM adds substance abuse services to federal health plan
Most employees’ insurance will cover a medical procedure that screens for alcohol and drug abuse.
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Panel approves bill to restore back raises to GAO employees
Legislation would offer lump sum to analysts who were denied salary increases under new pay system.
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Diversity lacking among agencies' senior ranks, say lawmakers
The number of African-American men in the Senior Executive Service has decreased over the past seven years, according to GAO.
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