Defense

DHS agency issues payments to private security guards, reviews disputed claims

House lawmaker vows continued oversight of security contracting.

Oversight

After Gonzales, Justice seeks to regain trust of employees

Successor's job, department officials say, will be to improve morale at headquarters and U.S. attorneys' offices.

Pay & Benefits

Laboring Another Day

Every day you keep working, you add to your retirement benefit.

Defense

Hackers steal info on users of federal job site

Intruders gain access to names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of 146,000 job seekers, OPM says.

Pay & Benefits

Reserve Returns

New court decision provides relief to federal employee military reservists who were improperly charged for military leave dating back to 1980.

Pay & Benefits

Executives list obstacles to outsourcing HR services

Study shows challenges include inadequate standards and lack of funding to implement new programs.

Defense

NASA report rebuts astronaut drinking allegations

Safety chief finds no evidence astronauts flew drunk, says agency has policies in place to prevent unsafe behavior.

Pay & Benefits

IRS seeks strategy to recruit, retain employees

Oversight board projects agency will lose about 4,000 employees a year over the next four years.

Pay & Benefits

Employee groups praise Gonzales -- for leaving

Representatives of Justice Department employees say move is first step to shoring up low morale.

Pay & Benefits

OPM proposes new rules for electronic retirement system

Federal employees would be able to submit signatures, retirement forms and other records online.

Pay & Benefits

D-I-V-O-R-C-E

How splitting up with your spouse can affect your retirement benefits.

Pay & Benefits

Benefits Bills

A look at how your federal pay and benefits could change when Congress returns from its August recess.

Oversight

FAA administrator to head trade group when term expires

Marion Blakey will take over at the Aerospace Industries Association in November.

Defense

OPM unveils technology to speed security clearance processing

If pilot is successful, all agencies could begin receiving background check files electronically by Oct. 1.

Pay & Benefits

Officials to shore up TSP against transaction influxes

Recent stock market dips trigger officials to assess the retirement plan's capacity to handle increased activity.

Pay & Benefits

Employees in U.S. Virgin Islands to get cost-of-living bump

Workers in Puerto Rico and some areas of Alaska may be headed for further decreases, but rates will remain the same for now.

Pay & Benefits

Feeling Special: Q&A

Answers to your questions on special retirement provisions for law enforcement officers and others.

Pay & Benefits

Continuing Coverage

Union leader says the government should consider letting dependent children stay on federal employee health insurance until age 25.

Pay & Benefits

Union members rally against labor relations official

Some NLRB employees say general counsel has violated labor law by refusing to work with a consolidated bargaining unit.

Defense

Security clearance challenges defy easy fixes

During a six-month period ending in March, the government took an average of 208 days to issue secret and confidential clearances and 276 days to grant top-secret ones.