Pay & Benefits
Shattered Dreams
Federal labor unions' measured support for Homeland Security personnel reforms is giving way to angry denunciations.
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Thrift Savings Plan reconsiders administrative contract
TSP board members said Tuesday that they might end or downsize a $50 million annual contract with the Agriculture Department's National Finance Center.
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Homeland Security unveils performance pay plan
Homeland Security Department officials said Friday that they want to transfer as many as 8,000 employees to a performance-based pay system in fiscal 2005.
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Pentagon Parley
Navy Secretary Gordon England will serve as point man for negotiations with organized labor over controversial proposed changes to the Pentagon’s personnel system.
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OPM to play larger role in Defense personnel overhaul
OPM did not help develop the Pentagon’s personnel policy proposal sent to union leaders last week, but the agency is now planning to focus on the Defense Department’s personnel overhaul, a senior OPM official said Wednesday.
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TSP numbers climb in January
The Thrift Savings Plan's S, C, I, F and G funds all grew in January, according to the latest numbers from the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
Management
Administration says holding down pay raises helps agencies' budgets
The Bush administration wants to hold the 2005 civil servant pay raise at 1.5 percent because it does not want to saddle federal agencies with unfunded mandates, an administration official said Friday.
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Pay Raise Malaise
Federal workers are up in arms over President Bush’s proposed 1.5 percent raise for civilian federal employees in his fiscal 2005 budget.
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