Management
OPM finalizes rule tying bonuses to performance
Regulation contains few changes from draft version, despite concerns awards will be swayed by favoritism.
Pay & Benefits
Take Time, Give Life
Federal employees get 30 days of extra leave to serve as organ donors.
Defense
Pentagon limits executives’ pay raises
Separately, officials post 2007 pay tables for employees in new personnel system.
Defense
House votes to grant TSA screeners bargaining rights
White House opposes the move, arguing collective bargaining would hurt the agency’s ability to respond to terrorist threats.
Pay & Benefits
FAA boosts pay cap ceilings again
Payband system leaves some longtime employees with smaller raises than less experienced workers.
Pay & Benefits
Getting Ready
A to-do list for those who are ready to get serious about planning for retirement.
Pay & Benefits
International fund outperforms other TSP options for 2006
I Fund beats the second-highest earner in the retirement plan last year by more than 10 percentage points.
Pay & Benefits
Popularity Contest
Long-term care insurance isn’t as popular as new dental and vision plans, but employees may be wise to give it a second look.
Management
Federal employee trial periods at risk, MSPB warns
Two court cases have complicated the definition of which workers qualify for probationary terms, report says.
Pay & Benefits
Looking Ahead
How will you be affected by retirement benefits changes looming for 2007?
Pay & Benefits
Bush issues order for 2.2 percent pay raise
Chances slim for Congress to grant a higher 2.7 percent raise retroactively.
Pay & Benefits
Free Ride
The IRS raises the maximum transit subsidy to $110 a month in 2007, a nearly 5 percent increase over the 2006 level.
Pay & Benefits
Survey: TSP participants satisfied with plan
Large percentage of investors say they'd like to switch default option from G fund to life-cycle funds.
Pay & Benefits
Test Your Retirement Knowledge
A pop quiz on some of the basics about federal retirement rules and procedures.
Pay & Benefits
Part Time? Not This Time
President Bush’s proposal to end the penalty for switching to part-time work gets lost in the shuffle.
Defense
Coast Guard chief stresses importance of focusing on employees
Thad Allen cites plans for possible joint-duty requirements across Homeland Security agencies.
Pay & Benefits
OPM takes late enrollments for dental, vision insurance
Deadline was Monday, but those who had trouble getting through on Web site and phone lines have until Friday.
Defense