Pay & Benefits
House passes pay-for-performance measure
When House lawmakers passed the fiscal 2004 Defense authorization bill, they included a $500 million fund managers can use to bump up the salaries of high-performing employees.
Management
White House opposes pay parity, job competition restrictions
The Bush administration announced Thursday that it opposes language in a House bill calling for military-civilian pay parity, and objects to an effort to prohibit the use of goals for putting Defense Department jobs up for competition with the private sector.
Defense
House GOP blocks effort to scale back Defense personnel overhaul
House Republicans this week blocked Democrats’ efforts to rein in a proposal to let the Defense Department overhaul its civilian personnel system.
Pay & Benefits
Anticipay-tion
Employees at many agencies will have to wait to take advantage of one new benefit, but another is on its way.
Defense
Revamp of Defense personnel system may hinge on Senate action
While the House rushes a bill to the floor this week that would give the Defense Department wide latitude to overhaul its civilian personnel system, the measure’s ultimate fate may rest on two senators’ ability to forge a consensus on the issue.
Defense
Defense personnel overhaul backed by full House panel
After lengthy debate, the House Armed Services Committee approved a $400.5 billion Defense authorization bill that would give the Pentagon broad new powers to manage its civilian workforce.
Pay & Benefits
Congress urged to hold Thrift Savings Plan officials more accountable
Thrift Savings Plan officials should be held more accountable to Congress, the General Accounting Office said in a report issued Thursday.
Pay & Benefits
Spend and save
Setting aside money in a flexible spending account could increase your take home pay.
Pay & Benefits
New TSP system on track, but at a higher cost
A much-delayed computer system that would give federal employees more control over their retirement savings accounts is still on track to debut in mid-June, officials said Monday. But the new system will cost more than originally expected.
Defense
House panel approves overhaul of Defense personnel system
The House Government Reform Committee approved legislation late Wednesday that would overhaul the civilian personnel system at the Department of Defense, as well as give broad personnel flexibilities to NASA and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Pay & Benefits