Pay & Benefits
Drop General Schedule system by 2009, report says
National Academy of Public Administration recommends pay banding salary system.
Pay & Benefits
Chief Reform Officer
A career civil servant has been handed the job of implementing the Defense Department's new personnel system.
Pay & Benefits
Senators push bill to eliminate TSP open seasons
Action comes just a few days after a House subcommittee approved similar legislation.
Pay & Benefits
OPM report shows telework numbers far below goal
Progress extremely slow, House Government Reform Committee to address problems in July.
Pay & Benefits
Senator seeks pay boost for federal workers serving in reserves
Proposed amendment would pay them their civilian salary while they are deployed in the National Guard or Reserves.
Management
Officials say recruiting efforts will offset retirement wave
The civil service is still an attractive option for job applicants, administrators say.
Pay & Benefits
Closing Open Seasons
House subcommittee takes a step toward getting rid of Thrift Savings Plan open seasons, which restrict participant changes to certain times of the year.
Pay & Benefits
Panel passes bill to increase benefits and hiring incentives
Measure includes recruitment and retention bonuses, comp time and enhanced vacation benefits for mid-career hires.
Defense
Army provides no funds for vaccine care centers
The service hasn't budgeted any money in fiscal 2005 for centers that treat soldiers with complications from military-administered vaccines.
Management
Postal unions raise concerns about Senate reform bill
Draft legislation includes a provision that could reduce compensation for postal employees injured on the job.
Management
Plan to recruit nurses to VA jobs wins backing
House subcommittee approves a measure that would test use of professional recruiters and advertisers.
Pay & Benefits
NIH under fire for alleged conflicts of interest
Reports conclude that agency scientists have taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from private firms over the past decade.
Pay & Benefits
Healthy Skepticism
A federal employee union fights a lonely battle against the VA's plan to close and consolidate hospitals.
Management
Nuclear agency managers among diploma mill users
National Nuclear Security Administration officials said Tuesday that the bogus degrees would not affect the managers' job status.
Management
Senate panel to give diploma mills the third degree
While investigating fake degree-granting institutions, GAO auditors obtained two diplomas under a Senate leader's name.
Pay & Benefits
Mixed Messages?
Administration officials praise federal employees, but union officials say actions speak louder than words.
Defense
OPM puts security clearance merger plans on ice
Agency postpones absorbing Defense unit, a move that may have speeded up the security clearance process at the Pentagon.
Defense
Senate panel backs 3.5 percent military pay raise
Subcommittee also votes to implement a health care program for Guard and Reserve troops.
Pay & Benefits