Pay & Benefits
Army Allows Back Pay for Civilians Who Took Extra Furlough Days
Employees who took more than six furlough days can substitute paid annual leave for the excess furlough days.
Pay & Benefits
Ex-EPA Employee Allegedly Made Up CIA Employment to Get Out of Work
Over 12 years, John Beale is said to have scammed the government out of $880,000.
Oversight
Senator Calls $8.7M in Obamacare Ads a 'Blatant Misuse' of Taxpayer Funds
HHS defends campaign as standard educational outreach.
Pay & Benefits
Loans to Furloughed Feds Suspended
Fed-friendly organization cuts off emergency loans in order to remain solvent.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service IG Puts Retirement and Leave Benefits Under the Microscope
USPS auditor pursues private-sector advice on ways to reduce costs.
Thinking Ahead
Saving Earth and Agency
Dianne Shoaf is protecting both the environment and the Postal Service’s future.
Pay & Benefits
New Plan Would Give Feds a Year to Make Up for Religious Time Off
After eight years, OPM updates guidance on religious compensatory time.
Management
Postal Service Seeks to Lease Vehicles It Can't Afford to Buy
USPS pursues the cheaper alternative to replace its aging fleet.
Tech
Telling Citizens What Exactly Government Does Would Cost $100 Million
Bill’s sponsor says legislation would create ‘magnifying glass’ to root out waste.
Oversight
Postal Notes: Stealing, Crashing, Groping and Other USPS News
Misbehaving postal workers, a hero, an overly eager customer and a union deal.
Pay & Benefits
OPM: Your Health Benefits Are Safe Under Obamacare
Feds get educated on how health care reform affects them.
Defense
Thousands of Civilian Medical Staffers Leave Defense Amid Furloughs
Doctors and nurses quit DoD in favor of VA, other positions.
Management
Reeling from Sequestration, Forest Service Fights Rim Fire
With firefighting budget dried up, agency faces one of California’s largest ever.
Pay & Benefits
Suspended and Unlicensed VA Physicians Receive Pay Bonuses
Every physician in GAO's random sample received performance pay.
Pay & Benefits
Pentagon Planning to Lay Off Thousands of Civilians After September
Defense Department issues new details on sequestration plans for fiscal 2014.
News
Uncle Sam Wants You (to Work on Your Golf Game)!
U.S. Army is hiring a 'golf pro' at a Japan base.
Pay & Benefits
State Department Says Unionizing Its Foreign National Workers Would Threaten Security
Doing so would also be a logistical nightmare, official says.
Pay & Benefits