Pay & Benefits
Overhaul Objections
A coalition of unions has filed a lawsuit in an effort to force the Defense Department to start over with its personnel reform effort.
Pay & Benefits
Bush's A-list: Who gets the top salaries?
A rundown on the senior White House aides who get the much-coveted title of "assistant to the president" and the top West Wing pay.
Pay & Benefits
Report: TSP needs to assess customer service
TSP managers focus on quantitative measures rather than assessments of the quality of service provided.
Pay & Benefits
Limited Support
Even among Republicans on Capitol Hill, the Bush administration’s push for sweeping personnel reform still has only qualified backing.
Defense
Senator urges go-slow approach to personnel reform
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, wants to see the results of efforts at Homeland Security and Defense before taking reform governmentwide.
Defense
Senator offers alternative appropriations overhaul
If Senate followed House plan, Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, would end up losing her subcommittee chairmanship.
Defense
New Pentagon personnel system mirrors DHS plan
Unions plan to file lawsuit alleging Defense officials violated mandate requiring collaboration with employee groups in developing personnel system.
Defense
DHS personnel system attacked, lauded
Several officials tell Senate subcommittee that extensive training is needed if overhaul of system is to succeed.
Pay & Benefits
Easing the Burden
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer wants the government to pay a higher percentage of health insurance premiums.
Pay & Benefits
House Government Reform Committee creates new subpanels
In reorganization, Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., will lead new Federal Workforce and Agency Organization Subcommittee.
Defense
Appropriators modify plan for military quality of life panel
Plan to eliminate subcommmittees keeps military personnel accounts within the Defense appropriations bill.
Pay & Benefits
Washington-area lawmakers pledge to fight for pay parity
Union official less optimistic about equal pay increases for military service members and civil servants in 2006.
Pay & Benefits
Bush to seek bigger military pay raise again
President’s budget includes 3.1 percent pay raise for service members, 2.3 percent average increase for civilian employees.
Pay & Benefits
Officials explain compensatory time off for travel
OPM forum raises as many questions as it answers.
Management
Bush issues call to slash spending, create TSP-like retirement system
In State of the Union message, president pledges to eliminate 150 poor-performing programs.
Pay & Benefits
Thrift Savings Plan may be model for Social Security reform
The idea, which President Bush has already floated, raises questions about how such a program would work.
Defense
House, Senate committee chiefs urge slow approach to personnel overhaul
Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Tom Davis want to review new personnel system before it is deployed governmentwide.
Defense