Pay & Benefits
Facing Disability
How your benefits and retirement can be affected if you become sick or injured.
Pay & Benefits
Employees in the dark on telework policies
New study says one of out three federal employees is ignorant of their agency’s telework policy.
Pay & Benefits
Generation Gap
Don’t let stereotypes about young and older workers lead to flawed pay and benefits policy.
Defense
Officers say military weakened, not broken, by Iraq and Afghanistan
Three out of five think the military is not as strong as it was five years ago, according to new survey.
Defense
Court dismisses Homeland Security labor relations case
Move ends protracted fight over collective bargaining rights.
Pay & Benefits
GSA employee goes from union organizing to stapler filling
Agency calls it routine reassignment; clerk sees ulterior motive.
Pay & Benefits
TSP tech upgrade progressing, officials say
Two-year plan to improve efficiency and enhance security is on track.
Defense
State Department drops ban on HIV-positive diplomats
Change was made after consultation with medical experts and in response to a lawsuit.
Defense
Security clearance process still a paperwork exercise
Technology association official says only a Web-based system will reduce backlog of needed clearances.
Defense
DHS abandons proposed labor relations system
Omnibus spending measure effectively prevented department from implementing new rules.
Pay & Benefits
SEC scales back pay-for-performance ambitions
Agency vows to move more cautiously before linking employees' pay to reviews.
Oversight
Federal officials strategize on boosting acquisition workforce
Internships and new training programs are tools agencies hope will attract and retain contracting employees.
Pay & Benefits
Federal workforce growing more diverse, says OPM
Government boasts more minorities than general labor force, but Hispanics and women still underrepresented.
Pay & Benefits
Pushing Preferences
President Bush wants to expand a special hiring program for military spouses beyond Defense agencies.
Pay & Benefits
Vets' groups urge IT budget boost for benefits processing
The agency would see 18 percent cut under president’s 2009 request.
Pay & Benefits
Pay reforms said to need scrutiny, care-taking
Pay-for-performance systems susceptible to bias and money woes, witnesses tell House panel.
Oversight
Bush urges federal agencies to purchase from blind, severely disabled
President promotes a federal procurement initiative that provides jobs for disabled Americans.
Oversight
Coalition calls for more Social Security funding and oversight
Groups criticize office closures, Bush funding request.
Defense