Pay & Benefits
Union calls for changes to compensatory time off rules
NTEU president says interim regulations should be improved.
Pay & Benefits
Court Support
A recent Supreme Court ruling provides fuel for a discrimination complaint against the FAA.
Pay & Benefits
Senators say NIH ethics policies are now too stringent
Lawmakers fear new rules will affect recruitment and retention at the agency.
Defense
Navy to hold online training sessions on Defense personnel system
Courses to include “change management, coaching, performance management, interpersonal communications, and strategic alignment and thinking.”
Pay & Benefits
Vets’ Preference
OPM officials say new form streamlines veterans’ preference regulations.
Pay & Benefits
Report: Relocation companies could cut costs of employee moves
Agencies could save $60 million by contracting with relocation management companies to help with sales of employees’ homes.
Defense
Pentagon offers new reservist health benefits
For every 90 days of active-duty service, Guard and Reserve personnel will be eligible for a year of Tricare coverage, if they continuing serving in the reserves.
Pay & Benefits
Senior federal employees get additional leave
Another facet of the 2004 Federal Workforce Flexibility Act has been codified with regulations from OPM.
Pay & Benefits
Class Action Complaint
A group of FAA employees have formally filed age-discrimination complaint, but leader not hopeful for reconciliation.
Pay & Benefits
Senator calls for privacy protections in health benefits program
Democrat says he is worried about privacy as the FEHBP system adopts new technologies.
Pay & Benefits
Changes in travel comp time regulations unlikely
Experts say there are few obstacles to issuance of final rules on providing compensatory time off for federal employees' business travel.
Pay & Benefits
Foreign Service officers eligible for travel comp time
Office of Personnel Management originally indicated that Foreign Service members would not be eligible under new regulations.
Management
Bush picks former OMB controller to head OPM
Linda Springer would be the administration’s lead official on human resources issues.
Pay & Benefits
GAO says reservists experiencing travel reimbursement problems
Pentagon officials said difficulties are being addressed, and will be ultimately solved by the Defense Travel System.
Pay & Benefits
Performance Pay Push
The federal government is spending more money on performance bonuses.
Pay & Benefits
Senator says Pentagon executive pay decisions erode confidence
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said the Defense Department should build trust if it wants the new National Security Personnel System to succeed.
Pay & Benefits
Congress, employees still await details of Defense personnel system
Defense officials tell Senators that more information will emerge during upcoming "meet and confer" period.
Management
Shift to moon-Mars focus affects 2,680 NASA jobs
About 15 percent of civil service workforce will be transferred or paid to leave by end of fiscal 2006.
Pay & Benefits