Pentagon-VA partnership could save money, improve military health care

• Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
• February 18, 2003

TSP catch-up contributions program to start in July

Federal employees age 50 or older will be able to put extra money in their 401k-style Thrift Savings Plan accounts beginning in July, the board that runs the TSP announced recently.

• Brian Friel
• February 18, 2003

Congress passes omnibus spending bill with 4.1 percent pay raise

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 14, 2003

Buy-in

New permanent buyout authority gives agencies more flexibility in workforce planning.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 13, 2003

Lawmakers deliver bill to fix Postal Service retirement payments

• Matthew Weinstock
• February 12, 2003

Social Security tech workers demand promotions, pay raises

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 11, 2003

Federal Reserve to cut 400 jobs in restructuring move

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 10, 2003

January TSP numbers in doldrums

• Kellie Lunney
• February 6, 2003

Agencies now have permanent buyout authority

Federal agencies can start offering buyouts of up to $25,000 to their employees, under a regulation issued this week.

• Brian Friel
• February 6, 2003

Pay lowdown

The devil is in the details of the administration’s plan for senior executive pay reform.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 6, 2003

Nominee pledges to revive SEC

• Matthew Weinstock
• February 5, 2003

OPM to resubmit bill on Postal Service retirement payments

• Matthew Weinstock
• February 5, 2003

Patent Office restores work-at-home program

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 3, 2003

Two percent pay raise included in 2004 budget proposal

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 3, 2003

Questions surround Postal Service pension payments

• Matthew Weinstock
• January 31, 2003

Regulation clears way for officers’ overtime pay

The Office of Personnel Management on Thursday loosened up a regulation that could have cost federal law enforcement officers thousands of dollars a year in lost pay—and lowered their retirement benefits.

• Brian Friel
• January 31, 2003

Former TSP chief sues board members

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 31, 2003

Counting beans

The math behind why your paychecks don't always jibe with the General Schedule pay scale.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 30, 2003

Senator continues to push for personnel reform

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 29, 2003

Bush backs 2 percent raise; seeks performance pay fund

The Bush administration plans to give federal employees a 2 percent across-the-board pay raise in 2004, and create a new $500 million fund agencies can use to raise the salaries of high performers.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 26, 2003