Management
IRS Paid Identity Thieves $5.8 Billion in 2013, Blames Budget Cuts
Smaller budgets have prevented the agency from properly preventing identity thieves from collecting fraudulent tax returns.
Management
Despite Scandal, VA Firings Nosedived in 2014
VA secretary’s numbers on firings related to data manipulation don't match report to Congress.
Pay & Benefits
Transit Benefits, Cutting Contractor Pay, Collective Bargaining and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
Postal Groups’ New Lethal Weapon? Danny Glover
Emergent alliance hopes celebrity support can save the U.S. Postal Service.
Management
Embattled Secret Service Spent Just 25 Minutes Training the Average Officer in 2013
Congressional oversight leaders expect bipartisan reform in the near future.
Management
Obama: Progress on Ebola Proves the Need to Invest in the Federal Workforce
Statement comes as White House moves to new phase of fight against outbreak.
Oversight
House Votes to Bolster Airport Security, Reduce Pay for Many TSA Agents
It's unclear whether the measures – now headed to the Senate -- would save money.
Management
'Rude' Postal Employees Could Cost USPS $300 Million This Year
USPS management calls IG's findings "irrelevant."
Oversight
Federal Employee Union Vows to 'Open a Can of Whoop Ass' on Unfriendly Lawmakers
Some lawmakers agree it's time to change the message on feds.
Management
11 Major Agency Reforms in Obama’s Budget
Consolidations, expansions and staffing change proposals in the fiscal 2016 blueprint.
Management
Liabilities Overshadow Postal Service’s ‘Fantastic Quarter’
USPS loses $754 million to start fiscal 2015, despite massive revenue growth.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Push to Repeal Feds' Pension Contribution Hikes
Democrats introduce a bill that would reverse two recent increases.
Oversight
Oversight Leaders From Both Parties Endorse Pay Raise for Feds
But agreement over treatment of federal workforce largely stops there.
Oversight
Republicans: Obama's Budget Is Providing 'a Good Laugh'
Federal employee groups like the White House's blueprint, but the plan is unlikely to get very far on Capitol Hill.
Management
As New Postal Leader Takes Charge, Obama Calls for Major USPS Reforms
Swearing in of postmaster general coincides with Obama's latest plan for an overhaul.
Management
Obama’s Budget Message to Feds: ‘I Have Your Back’
White House unveils its plan for ‘strengthening the federal workforce.’
Pay & Benefits
White House Seeks 1.3 Percent Pay Raise for Civilians, Troops
Boost would be the most generous in the past few years, but still small relative to most raises since the 1970s.
Pay & Benefits
Bill Targets Federal Employees' Bonuses – Yet Again
Senator wants to stop rewards for those who damage the integrity of the federal government.
Oversight
Obama’s Budget Will Soar Way Above Sequestration Spending Caps
White House looks to unwind three-year-old measure that has crippled agencies’ budgets.
Oversight