Defense
Defense recognizes contributions of disabled employees
Sixteen civilian employees are honored for outstanding contributions to the department.
Defense
Army chief says troops strained, calls pace 'unsustainable'
Gen. George Casey says fight between Congress and the White House over the supplemental funding for Iraq and Afghanistan makes his job more difficult.
Oversight
Six agencies win performance awards
Health and Human Services honored for agencywide performance and innovation.
Pay & Benefits
TSP equity funds post losses for November
Every stock-based funds in the 401(k)-style retirement savings plan lost money last month.
Pay & Benefits
Davis urges IRS to clarify tax benefit for retired safety officers
Lawmaker says agency needs to define exactly who qualifies for benefits under a 2006 law.
Pay & Benefits
Two Weekends Left
That’s how much time you have to consider your health, dental and vision insurance choices for next year.
Pay & Benefits
Limited Trading
Thrift Savings Plan participants react to new restrictions on the number of interfund transfers allotted each month.
Pay & Benefits
President issues plan to limit pay raise to 3 percent next year
Alternative salary increase plan issued to prevent larger increases from automatically taking effect.
Oversight
Executive diversity legislation gains support
Groups back House and Senate efforts to provide training for women and minorities.
Oversight
USDA's chief economist to leave post in January
Keith Collins, a 32-year career federal employee, has served in the position since 1992.
Pay & Benefits
OPM authorizes retention bonuses for agencies facing restructuring
Agencies with offices subject to closure or relocation can offer payments to employees likely to move to other federal jobs.
Defense
Making sensors more sensitive nets Army engineer top civilian award
Joshua Fairley uses supercomputer to develop supersensors.
Pay & Benefits
Younger generation redefines public service
Aspiring public servants often see nonprofits as an attractive alternative to the federal government.
Pay & Benefits
Experts call for top leaders at agencies to commit to diversity
Structural changes needed if agencies want to increase diversity of their workforces, panelists say.
Pay & Benefits
TSP to restrict interfund transfers
Thrift Savings Plan board votes to allow only two transfers between investment funds per month starting next spring.
Oversight
Senator probes HHS help line
Aide says the swiftest connection to a customer service representative was 14 minutes, while another staffer was on hold 30 minutes.
Defense
Pentagon opens high-level jobs to civilian senior execs
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England creates corps of key executive positions that "require an enterprise perspective."
Pay & Benefits
Generational stereotyping seen as barrier to recruiting
Experts say younger workers, like older employees, prefer to be treated as individuals, rather than as representatives of a generation with shared characteristics.
Pay & Benefits