House appropriators approve VA-HUD spending bill

• Lisa Caruso
• July 22, 2003

House committee to investigate TSP system

The House Government Reform Committee will review customer service problems associated with the Thrift Savings Plan’s new automated record keeping system at a July 24 hearing, a committee spokesman said Thursday.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 17, 2003

Hurricane help

OPM offers a helping hand to employees hit by Hurricane Claudette.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 17, 2003

Poor performers will not fare well under GAO personnel reform plan

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 16, 2003

Bush official refutes appointee bonus critics

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 15, 2003

Appointee bonuses topped $1 million in 2002

The Bush administration awarded nearly $1.5 million in performance bonuses to political appointees in 2002, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 11, 2003

Follow the leader

Pentagon leaders might follow the example set by Homeland Security Department officials when it's time to implement civil service changes.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 10, 2003

Lawmakers push health premium conversion benefit for retirees, military

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 9, 2003

House approves bill protecting federal retiree drug benefit

House lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that would ensure federal retirees retain the same prescription drug benefits federal employees have after Congress approves its Medicare prescription drug legislation.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 8, 2003

Bush signs bill to expedite SEC hiring

• July 3, 2003

Independence day

The government's watchdog agency wants a new name and more freedom to manage its workforce.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 3, 2003

TSP funds post positive returns in June

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 2, 2003

Appointees, civil servants share secrets to a good relationship

• Amelia Gruber
• July 2, 2003

Labor Department and union wrangle over transit subsidy

An 18-month-long dispute over increasing the transit subsidy benefit for some employees at the Labor Department led union members to stage a second protest Tuesday in front of the agency’s headquarters.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 1, 2003

At DHS, the Bush team and unions are actually getting along

Federal unions and officials at the new Homeland Security Department are doing a surprising thing: They’re getting along.

• Brian Friel
• July 1, 2003

Veterans Affairs Committee approves legislation to improve vets’ health care

• Sara Steines
• June 27, 2003

NASA personnel bill advances with union support

The House Science-Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee approved a measure Thursday giving NASA greater flexibility in attracting and retaining employees.

• Roxanne Yaghoubi
• June 27, 2003

TSP trials

Readers express frustration over the new TSP record keeping system and the lawsuit it sparked.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• June 26, 2003

TSP settles lawsuit with contractor

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board and a former contractor have settled a lawsuit over a botched effort to modernize the TSP’s computer system—leaving TSP participants footing a $36 million bill for the failed modernization contract.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• June 23, 2003

Packin’ it in

Agencies can now use early outs when they need to realign their workforce.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• June 19, 2003