Defense

Pentagon deploys massive personnel and pay system

The Defense Department has finished setting up a massive computer system to handle pay, benefits and personnel records for the more than 800,000 civilians that work for the department worldwide, according to Pentagon officials.

Pay & Benefits

Federal retirees' cost-of-living increases set

Retired federal employees will receive a 1.4 percent cost-of-living increase in their pensions this winter.

Pay & Benefits

Where the bonuses are

Federal executives' bonuses hinge partly on what agency they work for.

Pay & Benefits

New TSP computer system hits another delay

A new computer system that would give federal employees more control over their 401k-style Thrift Savings Plan accounts won’t be ready for a previously announced kickoff date in November, the TSP board announced Friday.

Pay & Benefits

Nonprofit workers more motivated than federal employees

Employees in the nonprofit sector are more committed than federal employees to their jobs, according to a new study.

Pay & Benefits

Locality pay game

How to win higher pay for the federal workers in your town.

Management

OPM pushes for lower executive performance ratings

Too many federal executives are receiving top performance ratings and rewards, Office of Personnel Management Director Kay Coles James suggested in a recent letter to agency chiefs.

Pay & Benefits

House approves TSP catch-up contributions

Federal workers age 50 and older would be able to contribute more money to their Thrift Savings Plan accounts each year, under a bill approved by the House Monday.

Pay & Benefits

Vets fight White House over military pension boost

Veterans groups are sparring with Bush administration officials over a legislative proposal to boost pension benefits for disabled military retirees.

Pay & Benefits

Fear and longing

Some feds can’t wait for pay reform. Others dread it.

Pay & Benefits

Cape Codders to get locality pay; others left out

The Federal Salary Council on Tuesday said federal employees in Cape Cod should be paid as much as federal employees in Boston, a change that would put thousands of more dollars into the pockets of Cape Cod employees each year.

Pay & Benefits

Panel sets 2003 locality pay rates

Federal employees would receive pay increases ranging from 4.02 percent to 4.87 percent in January 2003, under recommendations endorsed by the Federal Salary Council.

Management

Agencies lower executives’ ratings, limit bonuses

Some federal agencies are getting tougher on senior executives, issuing lower performance ratings and giving out fewer bonuses, according to a new report.

Pay & Benefits

A case for reform

An argument for changing the way federal employees are paid.