Pay & Benefits
Move over 'American Idol,' there’s a new contest in town -- FedPitch
Contestants get two minutes to pitch their ideas for better workforce management.
Pay & Benefits
OPM seeks enhanced hearing benefits in federal health plan
Move would follow last year’s move by most FEHBP carriers to provide hearing benefits to children up to age 22.
Pay & Benefits
The Five-Year Test
Details of the requirements for continuing federal health benefits into retirement.
Tech
Younger employees present challenge to information security, study shows
New generation of workers has more lax attitudes about technology than their older colleagues.
Pay & Benefits
Groundhog Day
The battle over pay parity between civilian employees and military members resumes.
Oversight
Panel urges new administration to go slow on pay reform
Government workforce gurus offer their two cents on federal pay scale, contracting.
Pay & Benefits
Telework pace picks up at National Science Foundation
More employees and managers favor working remotely, agency survey says.
Pay & Benefits
Washington's workforce tends to downplay age to get ahead
Age-related stereotypes affect younger and older employees.
Pay & Benefits
TSP trading activity down, officials say
Proposed plan to limit interfund transfers is showing results.
Oversight
GSA seeks to require federal travelers to use contract hotels
Comprehensive legislative package also would streamline the process of setting mileage reimbursement rates and expand child care services.
Tech
Government faces shortage of IT project managers, council reports
Chief Information Officers Council backs increased training in key areas.
Pay & Benefits
GSA adjusts per diem rates in six states
Changes will apply to all government travel in affected areas March 17.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers seek remedy for GAO pay reform
Legislation would restore raises to hundreds of agency employees.
Defense
Military and civilian pay are competitive, quadrennial review board finds
Commission recommends Pentagon seek more flexibility in rewarding high performers and retaining skills.
Oversight
Groups push FAA reauthorization as inspection officials come under fire
Wide range of organizations unite behind stalled legislation for varying reasons.
Pay & Benefits
Saving Sick Time
Employees question whether a proposed sick leave benefit is generous enough.
Defense
Defense, VA lay out plans to improve health care for wounded soldiers
For now, families must navigate a stovepiped system with "a fistful of business cards," says father of a wounded soldier.
Defense
House chairman asks agencies to probe Blackwater
At issue is whether the company can declare that its security guards are independent contractors, not employees.
Defense