Pay & Benefits

Location, location

Changes to locality pay areas may remain at a standstill while OMB assesses new census information.

Management

IRS is human resources reform model, scholars say

Government executives looking to reform their hiring, performance management and other human resources programs should check out the Internal Revenue Service, a new report says.

Management

Former federal employees benefit from buyout

Employees of the first company formed by privatizing part of a federal agency are reaping a financial windfall after their firm was bought out by a group of venture capitalists.

Pay & Benefits

Pay-for-performance praise

One good government advocate says pay-for-performance can work in the federal workplace.

Defense

Pentagon seeks to create new civilian personnel system

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has sent a proposal to Congress to overhaul the Defense Department’s human resources management system and transfer authority over Defense civilian employees from the Office of Personnel Management to the Pentagon.

Pay & Benefits

Senior executives wary of Bush pay proposal

Members of the Senior Executives Association remain skeptical about a Bush administration proposal to replace the six-step executive salary scale with a performance pay salary band.

Pay & Benefits

Fair pay

Some lawmakers, feds are leery of pay-for-performance measures.

Management

Lawmakers oppose Bush’s pay-for-performance fund

Lawmakers from both parties said Tuesday they would oppose a Bush administration proposal to create a $500 million fund for performance-based pay raises for federal employees this year.

Pay & Benefits

TSP’s C fund shows signs of life in March

The Thrift Savings Plan’s C fund posted positive returns in March for the first time this year, according to the latest numbers from the plan.

Pay & Benefits

Thrift savings skinny

Federal employees may be able to check their TSP accounts daily by summer 2003.