TSP funds close on a high note in 2003

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 6, 2004

Bush sets 2004 pay raise at 2 percent

President Bush issued an executive order on Dec. 30 formally implementing a 2 percent civil service pay raise in 2004, but Congress is poised to grant a significantly higher increase in the pending fiscal 2004 omnibus budget bill.

• Amelia Gruber
• December 31, 2003

Defense contracting employees to vote on union representation

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• December 22, 2003

Senior Foreign Service members decry executive pay changes

• Shawn Zeller
• December 18, 2003

Holiday Hangovers

The things Congress didn’t do for federal employees in 2003.

• Shawn Zeller
• December 18, 2003

The early bidding on 2005 pay raise: 2.5 percent

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• December 15, 2003

Mileage reimbursement rates to increase in 2004

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• December 15, 2003

Overtime pay cap raised for supervisors

High-ranking General Schedule employees who work overtime have won a long battle to increase their compensation, thanks to a provision in the 2004 Defense Authorization Act.

• Shawn Zeller
• December 12, 2003

Raising the Roof

Senior Executive Service members will get some salary stretching room in 2004.

• Shawn Zeller
• December 11, 2003

MSPB to close offices, lay off employees

• Shawn Zeller
• December 10, 2003

First special rates settlement checks in the mail

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• December 10, 2003

President gives federal employees extra Christmas holiday

• Shawn Zeller
• December 9, 2003

House passes spending bill with 4.1 percent civil service pay raise

• Peter Cohn
• December 8, 2003

Pay Bonding

A look at how three agencies have tackled the challenge of linking pay to performance.

• Shawn Zeller
• December 4, 2003

TSP funds up across the board in November

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• December 3, 2003

Senate inaction on huge spending bill could delay pay raise

• Peter Cohn and April Fulton
• November 25, 2003

OPM raises flexible spending account ceiling to $4,000

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 21, 2003

Performance Problem

The Defense Department is taking on a task that has eluded virtually every other federal agency: creating an effective, credible, trusted performance evaluation system.

• Shawn Zeller
• November 20, 2003

GAO chief seeks last piece of personnel flexibility puzzle

• Shawn Zeller
• November 18, 2003

Bush grants extra leave to returning military reservists

• November 14, 2003