Pay & Benefits
The Waiting Game
Labor officials wonder whether they'll see the Homeland Security Department's personnel reform proposals before the November election.
Tech
Agencies urged to step up telework efforts
House leader threatens to hold back on budgets if agencies don’t improve telework opportunities.
Pay & Benefits
Personnel flexibility bill heads to President Bush
Measure includes authority for recruitment bonuses, vacation incentives and compensatory time off for travel.
Pay & Benefits
House votes to grant agencies hiring, pay flexibility
Bill allows larger bonuses and compensatory time off for time spent on official travel.
Pay & Benefits
The Reformation
Will performance pay and other personnel reforms spread to the rest of the government? No one really is sure.
Pay & Benefits
Thrift Savings Plan funds continue steady growth
Funds gained across-the-board in September.
Pay & Benefits
Treasury bureau, union reach settlement on unpaid overtime
After a year of negotiating, hundreds of Treasury employees will receive back pay and damages covering more than two years.
Defense
Pentagon group developing another sexual assault report
Critics call for action and express skepticism, citing numerous studies already completed.
Pay & Benefits
Housing agency works with personnel officials to overhaul hiring
The Office of Personnel Management is helping HUD officials survey their workforce and streamline hiring processes.
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Personnel chief says officials avoid veterans hiring rules
Some federal managers intentionally avoid laws that provide employment protection for veterans and reservists, says OPM Director Kay Coles James.
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Survey shows government workers more satisfied with pay
A survey of government and private sector workers shows satisfaction with pay is significantly higher in the public sector.
Pay & Benefits
Service to America Medal winners honored
Federal employees from eight agencies recognized in Washington for exceptional service to the country.
Pay & Benefits
Salary council recommends 1 percent locality pay boost
Annual pay raise would also include 2.5 percent across-the-board increase in 2005.
Pay & Benefits
Healthier Health Care
The Office of Personnel Management leads the charge for a consumer-driven federal health insurance system.
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More workers would get locality pay under OPM proposal
About 15,000 employees in outlying areas around big cities could win eligibility for additional locality pay.
Pay & Benefits
House signs off on 3.5 percent pay raise
Civil service employees move a step closer to getting the same raise as military service personnel next year.
Defense
Defense fine-tunes new personnel system regulations
Union bargaining will be limited and civilian personnel rules will be more flexible.
Pay & Benefits
Pay raise may not kick in until next spring
A 3.5 percent civil service raise is likely to pass, House Democratic leader says, but probably not in time to take effect in January.
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