Pay & Benefits
A VA Fix That Goes Beyond Banning Bonuses
Lawmakers point to compensation for a quick scapegoat, but a long-term solution may be on the horizon.
Management
Lower-Ranking Feds Are Nine Times More Likely to Be Fired Than Senior Execs
HUD, Education and State fire the fewest employees.
Management
Democrats Also Want to Make It Easier to Fire VA Execs
Democratic bill attempts to ensure due process, while Republican says some employees deserve prison.
Management
VA Fired 2,247 People Last Year, But Only 2 Were Senior Executives
Three charts showing the agency’s tendency to fire its lowest ranking and lowest earning employees.
Management
Is It Constitutional to Make VA Execs At-Will Employees?
Experts say bipartisan bill to remove due process could spell the end of the civil service.
Management
Senator Wants to Make It Easier to Sue VA Employees, Take Their Money
Republican’s proposal also would remove red tape from firing workers involved in latest scandal.
Management
Pentagon Will Review Its Health Care System to Avoid VA’s Mistakes
Defense secretary orders assessment to determine any weaknesses.
Management
Widespread Discrimination Forces Agency to Create New Pass-Fail Performance Rating System
Agency will spend $5 million to address past disparities.
Management
Federal Employees and Retirees Owed $3.31B in Back Taxes at the End of Fiscal 2013
Total debts were down from the previous year, but the number of delinquent feds jumped.
Management
Senators Propose 3.3 Percent Pay Raise for Federal Employees
Bill mirrors House proposal; would far exceed President Obama’s proposed 1 percent pay hike.
Management
Senate Panel Advances More Legislation Targeting VA Executives
Spending bill includes provisions banning bonuses and making it easier to fire managers.
Pay & Benefits
Delinquent on Your Tax Bills? You Could Soon Get Fired
Senate panel picks up legislation that failed in the House.
Management
You May Soon Have a Longer Walk to Get Your Mail
With comprehensive postal reform stuck in neutral, House panel passes piecemeal legislation.
Management
How Agencies Can Get More From Their Employees Despite Budget Cuts
Chief human capital officers recommend changes to workforce management.
Pay & Benefits
Would a TSP-for-All Constitute Government Overreach?
Policy experts have mixed views on a proposal to offer feds’ retirement savings plan to the masses.
Pay & Benefits
Don’t Count on Higher Mass Transit Benefits Anytime Soon
Senate Republicans block bill that would have restored the benefits to their 2013 levels and privatized tax debt collection.
Defense
Commission Will Ask Military Service Members Which Benefits They Want Cut
Review board will survey former and current members for their thoughts on compensation.
Oversight
VA Chief Says He Does Fire Poor Performers -- Thousands of Them
Shinseki points to record of 6,000 terminations, transfers and forced retirements during a heated congressional hearing on mismanagement.
Management
Advocacy Groups Offer VA Whistleblowers a New Outlet
Website allows employees to air complaints of wrongdoing; investigators will try to follow up.
Pay & Benefits