Oversight
Union criticizes report backing NASA workforce flexibilities
Group charges that until the agency receives more funding, its missions and workforce remain at risk.
Pay & Benefits
Model for Health Coverage
Democrats in the 2008 presidential campaign turn to the federal employee program as a health care solution.
Oversight
Lawmakers grill GAO chief over pay decisions
Analyst says compensation study had "significant" flaws.
Pay & Benefits
TSP board collects input on potential plan changes
Automatic enrollment, Roth option would require additional work from payroll offices.
Oversight
McCain pledges to reorganize federal workforce
GOP presidential hopeful says he'll devote "necessary resources" to making sure "government pay scales allow us to attract the finest public servants."
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers hear concerns on potential health premium increases
Witnesses disagree on effects of new consumer-directed plans on overall costs.
Pay & Benefits
Universities propose alternative to public service academy
Plan would create "virtual academy" out of network of existing institutions.
Defense
Labor panel rejects challenge to DHS union election
Decision upholds vote in favor of National Treasury Employees Union to represent 21,000 Customs and Border Protection employees.
Defense
Appeals court allows Pentagon to limit collective bargaining
Labor unions argue that one judge's strong dissent may merit a full court review of the decision upholding the Defense Department's new personnel system.
Pay & Benefits
Computing Your Service
Understanding your service computation date and its importance to your potential retirement income.
Oversight
House passes 3.5 percent military pay raise
Bill also would restore collective bargaining and appeal rights to new Defense personnel system, impose new outsourcing restrictions.
Pay & Benefits
OMB orders measures to limit abuse of transit benefit
Agencies will have to ensure that they take basic precautions such as checking that applicants aren’t simultaneously using free parking.
Pay & Benefits
Still Pushing
Short-term disability benefits and electronic retirement records remain high priorities for OPM Director Linda Springer.
Pay & Benefits
Union negotiates foreign language pay for customs, border officers
Agreement comes as election for representation of more than 20,000 non-Border Patrol employees remains in dispute.
Oversight
More than 200 GAO employees to petition for back pay
Employees and retirees are seeking pay and benefits they claim they were unfairly denied under new personnel system.
Oversight
Student aid chief took home $250,000 in bonuses
Theresa Shaw, whose Education Department office is under scrutiny for its oversight efforts, was covered by special performance-based pay system.
Pay & Benefits
Prospects for new whistleblower protections may be improving
Congressional efforts to strengthen 1989 law said to have bipartisan support.
Oversight
Lawmakers probe agencies’ diversity efforts
Ad campaigns and proactive job fair appearances are among the strategies being used to attract a diverse applicant pool.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Estimate: The Details
The lowdown on how your basic retirement benefit is determined.
Defense