Defense
Report reveals anxiety over new DHS personnel system
Union officials say the results are troubling, but agency officials say analysis is informative and helpful.
Defense
Los Alamos director steps down
Pete Nanos leaves the prestigious laboratory after two years of scandal and discord.
Defense
Security clearance czar still not named
OMB officials say they are taking the situation “very seriously.”
Pay & Benefits
Outside Expert
The FAA brings in a new labor relations chief to level the playing field between different groups of agency workers.
Pay & Benefits
Federal workers happy with health, retirement benefits
OPM survey shows high levels of satisfaction with the Thrift Savings Plan and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Pay & Benefits
Senator chastises Postal Service on executive relocation payments
The agency says the payments are needed because executives do not receive locality pay.
News
Civil service draws praise during public service week
Senate passes a resolution commending government workers for their service.
Pay & Benefits
Acrimonious Assembly
Defense workers’ unions are unhappy with the progress of the NSPS meet-and-confer sessions.
Defense
Union laments failed homeland security amendment
Legislation would have restored collective bargaining rights in the Homeland Security Department.
Defense
Pentagon spearheads nationwide foreign language push
The Defense Department has called on the president to appoint a senior official to promote the learning of foreign languages across all sectors of society.
News
Centers for Disease Control launches reorganization
Officials say overhaul will improve communication and efficiency in dealing with public health threats.
Pay & Benefits
Justice Department attorneys want travel comp time
Group asks Congress to examine department’s February decision declaring lawyers ineligible to receive the benefit.
Pay & Benefits
Bureau withdraws requirement for scientists to raise research funds
Bureau of Reclamation removes a controversial performance measurement less than two days after a watchdog group made the policy public.
Pay & Benefits
Healthy Choices
The Office of Personnel Management will seek carriers for supplemental dental and vision benefits for federal workers and retirees.
Pay & Benefits
House panel supports addition of TSP real estate fund
Lawmakers were not swayed by the objections of the Thrift board and TSP officials.
News
Oklahoma City bombing victims remembered ten years later
Vice President Cheney says events of a decade ago are "still deeply etched in our memory."
Defense
Pentagon to participate in international plague vaccine effort
United States will work with Canada and United Kingdom on project.
Pay & Benefits
Ex-IRS commissioner: performance measurement key to reform
Charles Rossotti says the tax agency suffered from faulty performance metrics.
Pay & Benefits
Boon or Bust?
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board might be forced to adopt a real estate investment fund it doesn’t want.
News
Defense personnel system wins measured praise
GAO chief praises proposed system's "reasonable flexibility," but urges Pentagon to continue working with unions to hammer out details.
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