Defense
House subcommittee votes to roll back parts of Defense personnel system
GOP staffers may seek to reverse action in full committee markup.
Pay & Benefits
Mobility cited as key to recruiting top science talent
Training and educational incentives including loan repayments are also helpful, panelists say.
Management
Union to file for first-ever election at GAO
Group set to submit election cards from more than half of the agency’s 1,500 analysts.
Pay & Benefits
Civil service honored in week of events
Agencies to host displays on the National Mall, letting the public see what government does.
Defense
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Here’s your guide to the ins and outs of our redesigned site.
Pay & Benefits
Basic Retirement Computations
Understanding the math behind computing your basic retirement benefit.
Defense
Pentagon rolls out performance-based pay
Sixty-four percent of employees in first group to enter new personnel system are deemed "valued performers."
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker backs pay parity, 3.5 percent raise for 2008
Rep. Tom Davis tells appropriators that providing competitive pay for civilian and military personnel will help recruitment and retention.
Defense
House panels trim missile defense, exceed personnel requests
Subcommittee rejects administration attempt to increase fees for military retirees’ health care.
Pay & Benefits
Darfur Divestment?
Members of Congress want to know if investments in the Thrift Savings Plan are helping to fund atrocities in Sudan.
Pay & Benefits
House panel approves 3.5 percent military pay raise
Federal labor unions hope to secure an equivalent hike for civilian employees.
Pay & Benefits
Senator renews push to reduce burden of pension offset
Proposal to cut penalty applied to some retirees’ Social Security benefits comes with price tag of $8.2 billion over 10 years.
Pay & Benefits
Common stocks lead April TSP earnings
International investments in the 401(k)-style plan post the strongest 12-month returns.
Management
Agencies report rise in student loan repayments
Budget limitations and tax liabilities remain obstacles to offering the benefit.
Management
GAO settles pay dispute with 12 of 308 senior analysts
Counsel finds data and calculations used to conduct the employees' performance evaluations were flawed.
Pay & Benefits
Estimating Your Benefits
If you’re thinking about retiring, it’s a good idea to at least get a ballpark figure on the benefits you’ll be receiving.
Pay & Benefits
OPM proposes new rules on higher pay for hard-to-fill jobs
Regulations seek to boost agency use of "underutilized" pay flexibility.
Pay & Benefits
Move Around
One of the upsides of working for the federal government is that you can jump to a new agency and keep your benefits.
Defense
Bill would keep Defense labs out of new personnel system
Pay-for-performance demonstration projects are working, so there’s no need to move employees to the National Security Personnel System, sponsor says.
Pay & Benefits