Pay & Benefits
House reform committee passes civil service bills
Pre-tax health insurance premium legislation headed to the House Ways and Means Committee, where it stalled last year.
Defense
Unions continue fight against Pentagon personnel system
Coalition presents recommendations to Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England.
Pay & Benefits
New Recruits
A group of disgruntled FAA employees tries to woo more workers to their cause.
Pay & Benefits
Congressmen schedule base closing meeting in Virginia
Reps. Tom Davis, R-Va., and Jim Moran, D-Va., will host the June 20 town hall meeting in state where recommendation is to move thousands of workers.
Pay & Benefits
Subpoena spurs Pentagon to release base-closing documents
Sen. Joseph Lieberman says Defense has been “at least partially responsive” to questions about BRAC.
Pay & Benefits
Case for personnel reform varies by agency
A senior Bush administration official says civil service reform outside of the Defense and Homeland Security departments is needed to improve recruitment and retention.
Pay & Benefits
Bush administration expanding personnel reform quickly
Senior personnel officials say that there is no benefit in waiting for results from changes at the Defense and Homeland Security departments.
Pay & Benefits
DHS secretary urges swift personnel overhaul
Michael Chertoff also urges full funding for the pay-for-performance system.
Pay & Benefits
Union opposes draft civil service changes
NTEU says governmentwide civil service changes are premature and misguided.
Pay & Benefits
Courtesy Pay
Under draft OPM legislation, future pay increases would be tied not just to written performance standards, but unwritten guidelines such as common courtesy.
Pay & Benefits
Medicare beneficiaries sent empty envelopes
Recipients were supposed to receive information about new prescription drug benefits, but Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services acknowledges some problems with mailing.
Pay & Benefits
Bush administration developing governmentwide personnel reform bill
Proposal would do away with the General Schedule system by 2010.
Pay & Benefits
Defense personnel reform postponed
Target date for first group of employees to join the system shifted from July until the fall.
Defense
Defense ends conversations with unions over personnel system
Union leaders say meetings accomplished little, if anything.
Pay & Benefits
Enabling the Disabled
The House is trying to speed the process of providing higher compensation for disabled military retirees.
Defense
Senator wants $96 million restored to DHS management
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, says total cuts to Homeland Security management programs could endanger the new personnel system.
Pay & Benefits
More Flexible?
A new, longer window for private sector workers to spend money in Flexible Spending Accounts has not yet been extended to the federal workforce.
Defense
Homeland Security appeals for personnel funding
Agency asks Congress to reverse House vote diverting funds from implementation of new system.
Defense
Pentagon appeals decision halting anthrax vaccinations
Defense Department argues that FDA studies show vaccine is safe and effective in combating all forms of anthrax.
Defense