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.
Pay & Benefits
GOP group calls for cuts in federal retirees’ benefits to fund Katrina relief
Reductions in annuities, health benefits aimed at saving $5.2 billion over ten years.
Pay & Benefits
Playing Catch-up
Catch-up contributions give the 50-and-over crowd a backdoor to the TSP.
Pay & Benefits
Life After Government: What To Do
In the third installment of our weeklong series, Karen Rutzick looks at the many and varied post-retirement options, from consulting to antiquing.
Pay & Benefits
Dental and vision insurance pushed back until December 2006
Supplemental coverage won’t be subsidized by agencies, but OPM will use large number of employees to negotiate lower costs.
Pay & Benefits
Cost of managing TSP continues to shrink
Administrative expenses are low and getting lower.
Pay & Benefits
Life After Government: The Big Picture
In the first in a weeklong series, Karen Rutzick reports on the ever-increasing number of employees who have their eye on a retirement date--and what comes next.
Pay & Benefits
Employee share of health insurance premiums to climb 10 percent
OPM says government oversubsidized premiums in 2005.
Pay & Benefits
Travel Math
Rules for getting compensatory time off for travel are fussy and complex.
Pay & Benefits
GSA raises mileage reimbursement rate by 8 cents per mile
Federal employees will be reimbursed 48.5 cents per mile for official government travel in personal vehicles.
Pay & Benefits