Pay & Benefits
Senators vote not to take pay raise
Senate overwhelmingly approves amendment rejecting 1.9 percent projected cost-of-living increase for 2006.
Pay & Benefits
Senior executives see drop in performance ratings
Despite lower marks, more SES members receive performance awards.
Pay & Benefits
Life-cycle funds could become TSP default option
Indecisive investors would have their contributions automatically dispersed among existing TSP funds.
Pay & Benefits
Bill to revamp law enforcement benefits expected
Proposal could determine whether Customs and Border Protection officers will receive the same benefits as other federal law enforcement officers.
Pay & Benefits
Retirees to get 4.1 percent cost-of-living adjustment
Increase for members of Civil Service Retirement System is highest in more than a decade.
Pay & Benefits
TSP to open retirement fund management to competitive bids
All four managed funds have been run by Barclays Global Investors since inception.
Pay & Benefits
Senate moves to close pay gap for feds called to military duty
Amendment marks the fourth try at getting rule enacted.
Pay & Benefits
Figuring Your Locality Pay
The lowdown on what the Federal Salary Council's 2006 locality pay recommendations mean for you.
Management
Implementation cited as biggest obstacle to personnel reforms
Many policies already in place are underused, observers say.
Management
Contractor health care measure remains in Defense spending bill
Language prevents Pentagon from granting contractors an advantage in public-private job competitions if they pay less in employee health premiums than the government does.
Management
Lawmakers consider splitting governmentwide personnel reform bill
Labor relations portion could be separated from effort to craft new compensation system.
Pay & Benefits
Salary council releases locality pay recommendations
Average increase for 2006 would be 1.21 percent, on top of base pay increase of 2.1 percent.
Management
Pentagon personnel reforms on the brink of completion
Labor relations rules scheduled to be in place in less than three months.
Management
Agency decides pay banding is not the answer
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight switches from system with seven broad pay bands to more traditional structure with 18 pay grades.
Pay & Benefits
Safety Deposit
You don’t automatically get annuity credit for military service when you retire.
Management
Demonstration projects find success in personnel reform
Opponents argue that small-scale experiments are not applicable governmentwide.
Pay & Benefits
Life After Government: Financial Advice
In the last of our series on retirement issues, Karen Rutzick reports on what you need, where to get it and how much it costs.
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