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
DHS touts progress on recruitment, morale
Senior official tells lawmakers the department is learning from poor results on a 2006 federal workforce survey.
Pay & Benefits
Performance-Based Perils
Another federal organization that was supposed to be a model of personnel reform faces scrutiny.
Defense
White House threatens to veto bill repealing DHS personnel overhaul
Administration says measure would interfere with the department's management authority, hinder the department's ability to conduct missions and conflict with the fiscal 2008 budget request.
Defense