Pay & Benefits
FAA-union negotiations over labor contract stall
The agency's last offer will become final if Congress doesn't intervene within 60 days.
Pay & Benefits
FAA and union exchange formal labor proposals
Agency says it still wants to reach agreement, but union maintains formal negotiations have ended.
Management
Agencies urged to customize pay-for-performance systems
Merit Systems Protection Board says officials should make decisions about controlling costs and issuing ratings before designing systems.
Pay & Benefits
Employee buyouts on the rise
Cash incentives of as much as $25,000 were used in half of all government agencies in the last three years.
Pay & Benefits
Riskier TSP funds show greatest gains in March
The F Fund, made up of fixed-income bonds, was the only option to lose ground.
Management
Negotiations between FAA, controllers near breakdown
Air traffic controllers' union says meeting scheduled for next week is just a formality and that the two sides are at an impasse.
Pay & Benefits
House votes to include feds in student loan repayment program
Bill would remove burden from individual agencies to find money for the benefit.
Pay & Benefits
Pay to Stay
Agencies have the authority to grant retention bonuses to keep peak performers from leaving.
Pay & Benefits
First entrants to NSPS eligible for one-time pay bump
Buy-in will be the last within-grade increase seen by employees moving to the Pentagon's new personnel system in April.
Pay & Benefits
Bush team may drop labor part of civil service overhaul
Move to focus proposed legislation on pay for performance could avoid lawsuits similar to ones hindering efforts at Defense, DHS.
Pay & Benefits
Withdrawal Options
What should you do with the money in your TSP account when you retire?
Pay & Benefits
No Need for Part D
OPM says most federal retirees don't need to sign up for new Medicare prescription drug coverage.
Management
TSP officials say few plan members fell for ‘phishing’ scam
Grammatical errors in phony e-mail asking participants to divulge personal information aroused suspicion.
Pay & Benefits
Really, You Can Retire!
Responses to reader feedback on projecting your post-retirement income.
Pay & Benefits
Panel weighs proposal to digitize federal employee health records
Effort would be funded through an OPM account and eventual savings from technology; premiums would not rise.
Pay & Benefits
Long-Term Leaders
Lawmakers are intrigued by government’s success in convincing federal employees to sign up for long-term care insurance.
Pay & Benefits
OPM director pushes part-time work in lieu of retirement
Linda Springer says OPM is devising policy changes to ease transition to part-time.
Pay & Benefits
Labor relations ruling threatens Pentagon’s personnel reforms
While not directly addressing pay reforms, decision complicates rollout of National Security Personnel System.
Management