Pay & Benefits
Ensuring a Healthy Retirement
It pays to know the rules about continuing your federal health insurance coverage into retirement.
Pay & Benefits
Do It Yourself
Some federal employees have taken it upon themselves to jump-start inventive new benefits.
Pay & Benefits
House backs 2.7 percent civilian pay raise for 2007
Bill specifically includes Defense, Homeland Security employees in the increase.
Tech
Privacy language urged for bill to digitize federal employee health records
Legislation would give 8 million federal workers access to free health records.
Management
Senate bill paves way for pay-for-performance
Legislation introduced by Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, requires beefed-up performance reviews, but stops short of fully linking raises to ratings.
Pay & Benefits
OPM to reconsider dental, vision contract bids
Move comes after Blue Cross Blue Shield lodges protest; OPM says new benefits still will be ready in time for scheduled debut in November.
Tech
Human resources consolidation project advances
OPM signals that federal shared service providers will compete with the private sector, but details have yet to be released.
Defense
House conflicted on extra pay for feds called to military duty
Bill would stem severe pay hit for federal employees serving in the Guard, reserves.
Management
Bill to reopen FAA labor negotiations fails
National Air Traffic Controllers Association vows to continue the fight against the contract the agency recently implemented.
Pay & Benefits
Coveted Benefits
Congressional candidates campaign to make the health benefits enjoyed by federal employees available to the public.
Pay & Benefits
House committee approves civilian-military pay parity
Members push the federal employee annual raise to 2.7 percent for 2007, still the lowest figure in several years.
Management
Bill returning FAA to bargaining table faces veto threat
Vote on legislation requiring negotiations with union expected Wednesday; agency already has implemented contract.
Management
Agencies test new performance management systems
Bush administration attempts to keep up momentum on pay-for-performance movement.
Defense
Pentagon to automate personnel management systems
One computerized system will make salary and benefits details easily accessible.
Pay & Benefits
A Thoroughly Modern Retirement System
Two out of three contracts have been awarded in the move to automate federal pension processing.
Pay & Benefits
May marks bleak month for the TSP
Fixed-income bonds fall into negative territory for the year.
Pay & Benefits
Scarce Payback
Federal employee student loan repayments are growing, but remain a relatively rare benefit.
Management
House to vote on bill reviving FAA-union negotiations
Legislation would need approval of two-thirds of members to pass.
Pay & Benefits