Oversight
Unions are anxious for details of spending freeze
Employee organizations applaud overall message in State of the Union address, but raise some concerns about proposals to keep budgets in check.
News
Obama to broaden top-level pay freeze
Fiscal 2011 budget will propose holding steady the salaries of high-ranking political appointees governmentwide.
Oversight
OPM launches revamped USAjobs.gov
Officials praise new version’s greater efficiency and flexibility.
Pay & Benefits
Tax Trap
Changes to the federal withholding formula could mean unpleasant surprises when it comes time to file income tax returns.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers include feds in excise tax relief
But fate of health care bill is still uncertain.
Pay & Benefits
Bill would boost oversight of FEHBP prescription drugs
Legislation aims to keep costs to federal employees in check.
Oversight
Feds are left out of excise tax compromise
A proposed five-year delay of the Cadillac tax does not apply to most federal employees’ health care plans.
Defense
Outgoing intelligence HR chief says pay-for-performance can work
Personnel reform has a better chance if stakeholders are given a seat at the table, Sanders says.
Pay & Benefits
Unions create governmentwide coalition
With a nod to the alliance that fought NSPS, employee groups band together to work with the administration on personnel reforms.
Oversight
Intelligence HR chief is stepping down
Ron Sanders has been instrumental in creation of intelligence pay-for-performance systems.
Pay & Benefits
Healing Touch
Policy act provision makes it easier for employees to spend time caring for loved ones injured during military service.
Pay & Benefits
Cadillac health care tax is closer to law
White House supports levy on insurers; federal employee groups oppose idea.
Pay & Benefits
Student interns head back to college to tout Energy Department
Six undergraduates interned this past summer, and now are receiving stipends from a nonprofit to promote the department at their respective schools.
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