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
Three New Bills That Could Change Feds' Benefits
Proposals would affect legislative, military and executive branch personnel.
Pay & Benefits
Rubio Pitches Giving All Americans Access to the TSP
TSP administrators say it is probably a bad idea.
Management
The Federal Government Doesn’t Need Any More Big Ideas
Public policy expert says federal managers just need to shift the way they present their reform initiatives.
Management
Federal Leaders: Government Needs to Do a Better Job of Self-Promotion
Public engagement key to effective 21st century government, USDA secretary and management chief say.
Management
Agencies Could Track Feds’ Speeding to Reduce Fuel Costs
More data could help lower federal fleet expenses, watchdog report says.
Management
USPS Loses $1.9 Billion in Second Quarter Despite Operating Profits
Retiree health benefits and other liabilities continue to drive the Postal Service into the red.
Briefing
Around Government
Spidey’s speedy delivery, states and their federal money, weather forecasts months in advance.
Pay & Benefits
Why Congress Might Want to Enact Legislation to Protect LGBT Federal Employees
Gay and lesbian feds are much better off than they were, but still do not have some protections under current laws.
Pay & Benefits
How the Postal Service Could Overhaul Its Retirement and Leave Benefits
USPS inspector general compares the agency’s benefits programs to those of other organizations, suggests updates.
Management
House Democrats Won't Get on Board With Republican, White House-Backed Postal Bill
Oversight committee postpones vote after failing to win bipartisan support.
News
EPA Employee Spent 2-6 Hours per Day at Work Watching Porn
Federal worker kept 7,000 pornographic files on agency server.
Pay & Benefits
EPA to Collect Retention Bonuses It Mistakenly Paid to Employees
Agency gave nearly $500,000 in incentive payments without properly verifying the need to do so.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Finalizes Plan to Allow Most State and Local Government Employees to Run for Partisan Office
Hatch Act update will take effect in June.
Pay & Benefits
OPM's Progress on the Retirement Claims Backlog in One Chart
Slowly but surely the inventory is shrinking, despite a hiccup earlier this year.
Tech
Federal Employee Just Wants to Be Heard
Frustrated worker asks White House to help the little guy navigate the bureaucracy of federal government.
Pay & Benefits