Pay & Benefits
March a solid month for TSP returns
In a reversal from February, the three riskiest funds in the Thrift Savings Plan post the strongest gains.
Pay & Benefits
Senator reintroduces pay for performance measure
Bill would deny annual raises to employees with low performance ratings.
Pay & Benefits
Back to Work, Again
A look at reader reaction to last week’s column on re-employed annuitants, with details on how the rules differ at the Defense Department.
Pay & Benefits
Shielding Benefits
Federal employment protects benefits where the private sector can’t.
Management
House panel votes to repeal DHS personnel overhaul
Move comes weeks after department announced its intentions to move ahead with portions of the new system.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers probe GAO decision on pay adjustments
House members seek more details on why 308 analysts did not receive the raises promised to them last year.
Management
Feds report job and pay satisfaction
Majority of survey respondents see benefits to pay for performance systems, but many are not confident of successful implementation.
Defense
Merit board seeks summary judgment powers
Top official sees heavier caseload ahead with retirements, tight budgets, pay for performance and potential expansion of whistleblower rights.
Pay & Benefits
Back to Work
What happens when you retire, but then are enticed to return to the civil service?
Pay & Benefits
Cleared for Higher Pay
New study shows workers with security clearances earn about 25 percent more than their noncleared counterparts.
Pay & Benefits
Labor leader pushes 3.5 percent military, civilian pay raise
More generous pay hike would help close the gap between public and private sector salaries, union president argues.
Pay & Benefits
Service Interruption
What happens to your retirement benefits when you have to leave your civilian federal job for active-duty military service?
News And Analysis
Back-Office Blueprints
OMB’s plan to consolidate IT infrastructure gets little fanfare in fiscal 2008 budget.
Pay & Benefits
Raising Expectations
Can federal employees trust top officials' promises that they won't be denied salary increases in performance-based pay systems?
Tech
HUD leads way in massive IT consolidation effort
Most of the department’s computer system infrastructure has been outsourced; costs have fallen 20 percent.
Management
Panelists suggest focus on job performance first, pay later
Compensation may not be the strongest motivation for doing good work, observers say.
Pay & Benefits
Part-Time Rules, Part Two
The second of a two-part series looks at the details of factoring part-time service into federal retirement benefits calculations.
Pay & Benefits
Executive Extras
Which agencies are the most generous when it comes to executive bonuses?
Management
Labor leaders seek permanent job competition limits
Union officials urge House panel to renew restrictions on competition from private firms for federal work, and make pitch for higher pay raise.
Management