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Highest Honor
Roughly one in 1.8 million federal employees receive the government’s top award for civilian service each year.
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Energy Department to lift moratorium on bonuses
Spending measure enacted last week provides a clear financial outlook, allowing officials to move forward with awards.
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Auditors stress importance of data security to TSP officials
Labor Department reviewers recommend continued security upgrades and better disaster recovery planning.
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Bill on retiree health insurance premiums re-emerges
Measure would let retired military and civilian federal workers pay their monthly health care premiums with pre-tax dollars.
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Short-Term Benefits
You don’t have to spend your whole career in government to reap the benefits of the federal retirement system.
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Exit Strategy
Federal employees save more money and more time for retirement than the average American worker.
Defense
Measure seeks to permanently correct military pay inequity
New bill would allow untaxed combat pay to count as income for tax credits.
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Taking Your (Sick) Leave
What happens to your unused sick leave when you leave government? It depends.
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Off With the Offsets
Lawmakers still are trying to repeal Social Security offsets for government employees.
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TSP officials see ‘huge growth’ in plan
Total investments could top $300 billion in three years; most TSP funds post gains in January.
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Administration seeks to trim retiree health subsidies
Under budget proposal, new retirees with fewer than 10 years of federal service would have to shoulder a larger burden of premium costs.
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Bush seeks 3 percent federal pay raise for 2008
Proposal would grant the same raise to civilians and military members, marking the second consecutive year of parity.
Defense
Spending bill trims $5 million more from DHS personnel system
Labor union official praises additional cuts and says the money would be better spent on new hires and training.
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Supplementary Information
Answers to reader questions about last week’s column on the FERS supplementary benefit.
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New spending measure could ease funding of pay raises
Under proposed joint resolution, agencies would get adjustments to cover half the cost of the raise.
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OPM releases agency-specific results of workforce survey
Small agencies with a narrow focus tended to rate better, but some larger agencies made it onto top 10 lists.
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OPM urged to beef up training on personnel reforms
Lead personnel agency also should provide a better forum for agencies to learn from problems and successes, GAO says.
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Supplementing FERS
If you’re looking to retire a little early, you may be eligible for a supplemental benefit to tide you over until Social Security kicks in.
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