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

Appointees get fewer awards, but bigger ones, report finds

• Kellie Lunney
• October 19, 2001

Senior officials urged to set the pace in telecommuting

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• October 19, 2001

Law enforcement agencies make pitch for better pay, no-hassle hiring

• Kellie Lunney
• October 18, 2001

Pay-banding pros and cons

Why some federal managers and employees don’t like pay-banding—and why some love it.

• Brian Friel
• October 18, 2001

Mixed security found at federal buildings in Washington

While federal officials worry about anthrax arriving in the mail, some agencies are neglecting to pay attention to what’s coming through their front doors. A Government Executive staff report found mixed security at federal buildings in Washington.

• October 18, 2001

Unions, executives spar over pay and benefits proposals

• Tom Shoop
• October 17, 2001

Presidential Rank Award winners announced

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• October 17, 2001

House panel laments health premium hikes

In what has become an annual event, the House civil service panel on Tuesday complained about the rising costs of health care coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).

• Brian Friel
• October 16, 2001

White House legislation includes more buyouts, bonuses and flexible hiring

Federal managers could offer $25,000 buyouts, make on-the-spot hiring decisions and design personnel systems that could be permanently exempt from Title V of the Civil Service Code under legislation unveiled by the White House Monday.

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• October 15, 2001

Bush praises government’s top executives, pushes outsourcing

President Bush praised the dedication and commitment of the government’s career executives and underscored his administration’s support for outsourcing during a speech before the Senior Executive Service on Monday

• Kellie Lunney
• October 15, 2001

President seeks higher pay limit, more annual leave for federal executives

Senior federal executives would have a higher pay limit and could get more annual leave, under legislation proposed by the Bush administration Monday.

• Brian Friel
• October 15, 2001