Ethics office changes rule on travel reimbursements

• Katy Saldarini
• November 30, 2001

NSA pruning its workforce with early retirement deals

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 30, 2001

Executive order makes it easier for CIA retirees to return to work

• Katy Saldarini
• November 29, 2001

Feds don’t need paid parental leave, OPM says

Federal agencies don’t need a new benefit offering paid leave to federal parents when they have a baby or adopt a child, a new Office of Personnel Management study says.

• Brian Friel
• November 29, 2001

Locality pay decision coming

How much will federal workers' locality pay be next year?

• Brian Friel
• November 29, 2001

Move to block congressional pay raise would not affect senior executives

• Kellie Lunney
• November 28, 2001

GAO allows agency to reimburse employees for personal cell phone use

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 26, 2001

An extra day off

The next day off for federal workers could be Christmas Eve.

• Brian Friel
• November 22, 2001

Federal baggage screeners will be well paid, union says

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• November 21, 2001

TSP ‘catch-up’ bill introduced in House

Federal employees aged 50 and older would be able to contribute an extra $1,000 to their Thrift Savings Plan accounts next year if Congress passes a bill introduced in the House this week.

• Brian Friel
• November 21, 2001

SES performance appraisals should be more honest, OPM says

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 19, 2001

Lowdown on loans

Agencies need to stop sending mixed messages about a law allowing Uncle Sam to repay employees’ student loans.

• Kellie Lunney
• November 19, 2001

GSA takes over paycheck processing for OPM

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 16, 2001

Senate panel votes to let feds, military members keep frequent flier miles

• David Hess
• November 15, 2001

Planning annual leave

Starbucks is already serving coffee in festive holiday cups. You know what that means. It’s time to start planning your annual leave schedule for 2002.

• Brian Friel
• November 15, 2001

Defense Department recognizes terrorist attack heroes

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 14, 2001

President Bush signs 4.6 percent federal pay raise into law

Federal workers will get an average 4.6 percent pay raise in January, under a bill signed into law by President Bush on Monday.

• Brian Friel
• November 13, 2001

OPM revamps pay rules for Alaska, Hawaii, territories

The Office of Personnel Management has announced new procedures for setting pay rates for federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. overseas territories.

• Brian Friel
• November 13, 2001

VA has resources to tackle claims processing, expert says

• Kellie Lunney
• November 8, 2001

TSP stock funds on the rise in October

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• November 8, 2001