House bill would cut premium pay for some Customs employees

• Kellie Lunney
• November 8, 2001

Healthy ideas

Readers’ ideas for improving the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Plus: Does the TSP have shares or units?

• Brian Friel
• November 8, 2001

Bill would expand volunteer opportunities in homeland defense

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 7, 2001

Three new locality pay areas may debut in 2002

Federal workers in three metropolitan areas may get an extra bump in pay next year if President Bush’s advisors give special locality pay increases to them.

• Brian Friel
• November 7, 2001

Union cries foul over anthrax safety announcements

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 7, 2001

Pentagon expands danger and hardship pay zones

• Jim Garamone
• November 5, 2001

Justice Department seeks feedback on victims’ compensation fund

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 5, 2001

OPM relaxes annual leave rules for feds called to help in national emergency

• Katy Saldarini
• November 5, 2001

Congress passes Treasury-Postal spending bill

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 2, 2001

The 2003 pay raise

With the 2002 pay raise almost wrapped up, the battle over the 2003 pay raise has begun.

• Brian Friel
• November 1, 2001

House makes long-term care insurance tax-free

Federal employees’ long-term care insurance would be free from state and local taxes, under a bill passed by the House on Tuesday.

• Brian Friel
• October 31, 2001

Defense Department employees get new telecommuting directive

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• October 29, 2001

Feds contribute more than $1 million to Sept. 11 relief fund

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• October 29, 2001

Spending bill funds pay raise, child care, contraceptive coverage

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• October 26, 2001

Lawmakers agree on 4.6 percent federal pay raise

House and Senate negotiators on Thursday agreed to a 4.6 percent average pay increase for federal civilian employees in 2002, the same basic pay raise that military personnel will receive.

• Bill Ghent
• October 26, 2001

Reining in the FEHBP

Rising costs in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program may be hurting your wallet. Unions, lawmakers and other observers have some ideas for holding down federal health care costs.

• Brian Friel
• October 25, 2001

Appeals court affirms right to union representation during IG questioning

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• October 24, 2001

Experts weigh in on what makes telecommuting work

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• October 24, 2001

Senator seeks to raise pay cap for new senior executives

Agencies may be able to pay new top-level hires more than the current law allows under legislation Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, plans to introduce later this week.

• Kellie Lunney
• October 23, 2001

Federal pension checks to go up 2.6 percent

Federal retirees in the Civil Service Retirement System will get a 2.6 percent cost-of-living increase in their pension checks in January. The cost-of-living increase for retirees’ annuities in the Federal Employees Retirement System will be 2 percent.

• Brian Friel
• October 22, 2001