Pay & Benefits
Agencies triple student loan repayments
Reimbursements to employees under three-year-old benefit program totaled $9.1 million in fiscal 2003.
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Report seeks more federal support for childhood vaccinations
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter calls for more funding to be directed to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Flexible Rollover
A senior lawmaker wants employees with flexible healthcare spending accounts to keep unspent money at the end of each year.
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Unions seek to force DHS to keep negotiating on personnel rules
Labor leaders lobby members of Congress to put pressure on Homeland Security officials to extend discussions.
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Pay problems plague Army Reserve
A Government Accountability Office survey of eight Army Reserve units finds that 95 percent of personnel experienced pay problems.
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Senior executives fear new salary rules will roll back job protections
Group asks House leader to push for revision of regulations.
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OPM says its hiring success can be a model for the government
The Office of Personnel Management is touting its hiring process, which over the past nine months brought in employees at an average of 36 days each.
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Appealing Overtime
Three federal workers' unions are petitioning an appeals court to take another look at a case involving overtime for federal workers.
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Union fights decision to change work schedules for some CMS employees
After impasses panel rules in favor of management on 25 of 26 issues, AFGE files motion for reconsideration.
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Davis steps down as chair of civil service subcommittee
Rep. Jo Ann Davis, R-Va., has taken a seat on the House Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Public service group endorses performance pay
The Coalition for Effective Change says federal managers are committed to improving government operations.
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TSA alters two pay regulations
Change in overtime pay rules puts Transportation Security Administration in line with other federal agencies.
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Federal law enforcement officers shoot for pay parity
Managers in high-cost cities are frustrated that they cannot counter salary offers made from more generous state and local police forces.
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Three TSP funds lose value in July
The C Fund, S Fund and I Fund lost value in July, but grew significantly over the past year.
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The Latest Legislation
Bills dealing with health benefits and reserve pay await action in Congress.
Management
HHS monitors scientists’ meetings with international groups
New policy requires official notification to meet with ‘multilateral’ groups, even in this country.
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Healthy Explanation
Federal officials release details about new Health Savings Accounts and who can take advantage of them.
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