Pay & Benefits

Nest egg

Federal employees will soon be able to sock away money for extra health care expenses.

Management

Feds satisfied with pay, but not with management

Most federal employees are satisfied with their salaries, but they hold their leaders in low esteem, a new survey of 100,000 government workers has found.

Pay & Benefits

Federal employees receive 1 percent locality pay for 2003

Federal civilian employees will receive an average 4.1 percent pay raise in 2003, which includes 1 percent for locality-based pay, according to an executive order issued Friday.

Pay & Benefits

House chairman makes deal to avoid cuts in employee benefits

House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., has maneuvered to avoid having to cut $39 billion from federal employee benefits programs. But the cuts will have to come from other agency spending.

Pay & Benefits

Tax relief

Lawmakers want to reduce civilian and military retirees’ tax bills.

Management

House panel orders cuts in benefits spending, pushes pay parity

The budget resolution passed by the House Budget Committee on Thursday proposed a $39.46 billion cut in spending on federal benefits programs over the next 10 years. The House panel also approved a provision supporting military-civilian pay parity.

Pay & Benefits

Interview skills

Asking the right questions during an interview can help agencies hire the best employees.

Management

Three former officials call for fewer political appointees

Three former political appointees told House lawmakers Thursday that reducing the number of appointees would help the government run more efficiently and improve the morale of career civil servants.

Pay & Benefits

Fair game

One agency’s effort to improve the merit promotion system distinguishes itself.

Defense

Lawmakers question homeland chief about pay and benefits report

Two lawmakers with oversight of civil service and agency management issues are concerned that they haven’t yet seen the Homeland Security Department’s plan for consolidating pay and benefits systems. The plan was due to Congress on Feb. 24.