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
EPA Cancels Another Furlough Day
Employees no longer must take unpaid leave Aug. 30; agency has cut a total of four days.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Court Limits Appeal Rights for Feds in 'Sensitive' Positions
Employees in designated jobs cannot appeal negative actions to MSPB, ruling says.
Management
Postal Notes: Nail Polish Sets Off Nerve Gas Scare and Other News
Suspicious package turns out to be innocuous delivery.
Pay & Benefits
Prohibiting VA Senior Exec Bonuses for 5 Years Would Save $18 Million
Other provisions, including charging vets higher loan fees, would save $182 million, CBO says.
Pay & Benefits
USPS Plan to Pull Out of Fed Health Benefits Could Cost Postal Workers
Proposal would shift significant costs from USPS to Medicare, GAO says.
Pay & Benefits
Budget Office Joins All Other Major Agencies in Reducing Furloughs
OMB has cut mandatory unpaid leave by two days.
Pay & Benefits
A Pair of Victories for Largest Postal Union
APWU workers to get COLA next month and more opportunity to fight use of contractors.
Pay & Benefits
Two States Lose Special Treatment Under Fed Health Plans
OPM still designates 12 states as ‘medically underserved areas.’
Pay & Benefits
Despite Furloughs and Pay Freeze, Feds Give Record Amounts of Food
Summertime drive helps kids who rely on school lunches the rest of the year.
Pay & Benefits