Pay & Benefits
HUD Cancels 2 Furlough Days
Some 9,000 HUD employees must now take five, not seven, days of unpaid leave.
Management
Postal Service Still Losing Money, But Less Than Anticipated
Agency loses $740 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013.
Pay & Benefits
Pentagon Finalizing Plan to Provide Benefits to Same-Sex Military Spouses
Defense is working out details with the Justice Department; benefits could be available as soon as August.
Pay & Benefits
Sequester May End Civilian Pensions for Military Retirees
Civilians still face a series of cuts after furlough days were trimmed.
Oversight
Is the Latest Postal Reform Bill Too Much of a Compromise?
Legislation pitched by bipartisan duo has detractors on both sides.
Pay & Benefits
Fed Group Wants More Perks, Broader Eligibility for Partial Retirement
Phased retirement can help agencies deal with reduced budgets, NARFE says.
Pay & Benefits
Proposal to Reduce Fed Workers’ Comp Benefits Attached to Postal Bill
Measure would lower the compensation for retirement-eligible employees.
Oversight
Senators Introduce Postal Reform Bill With Bipartisan Support
Legislation would allow for end of Saturday and to-the-door delivery.
Pay & Benefits
House Passes Republican Plan to Limit 'Out of Control Bureaucracy'
Measures curbing bonuses and federal employee rights pass with minimal Democratic support.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Funds Back in the Black in July
Plan bounced back after performing poorly in June.
Pay & Benefits
Democrats Block Bills Limiting Feds’ Bonuses, Workplace Rights
Feds win temporary victory, though Republicans plan to move forward with legislation.
Briefing
Going Off Script
A federal labor leader breaks from his customary role to protest immigration legislation.
Oversight
Bills Targeting IRS Workers, Conference Spending Win House Approval
Proposals will move to Senate after winning bipartisan support in the lower chamber.
Pay & Benefits
Officials Make Good on Pay Docking
Lawmakers, Cabinet heads donate to charities and Treasury in solidarity with furloughed feds.
Pay & Benefits
Justice Dept.’s Defense of Unpaid Attorney Positions Doesn’t Satisfy Union
AFGE says the United States fought the Civil War to do away with unpaid labor.
Pay & Benefits
Bill to Limit Fed Bonuses Clears House Panel
Right to record any phone call with a fed also passes without Democrats' support.
Oversight
Bill Phasing Out Door-to-Door and Saturday Mail Delivery Heads to House Floor
Postal overhaul legislation once again passes committee in party line vote.
Pay & Benefits