Pay & Benefits

VA Senior Executive Bonus Ban Advances

Opponents argue that provision in major spending bill will further damage department’s recruitment and retention efforts.

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A Perk For Feds: Cheaper Seats at the Old Ball Game

Washington Nationals offer discounts to government employees, military service members.

Pay & Benefits

It’s Official: Family and Medical Leave Act Now Includes Spouses of Gay Feds

OPM’s final rule codifies benefits that have been available since 2013 to federal employees in same-sex marriages.

Pay & Benefits

Defense Has Wrongly Taxed Disabled Combat Vets For Years

New legislation would correct a problem that may have affected as many as 14,000 vets, going back as far as 1991.

Pay & Benefits

Are You Getting the Credit You Deserve?

It pays to check your official service records well before you’re ready to retire.

Pay & Benefits

Retirement Backlog Still High Despite Slight Progress

OPM managed to process nearly 10,000 applications in March, but the backlog still stands at more than 19,000 claims.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Rebounds in March

All of the funds end the month in the black, with one gaining more than 8 percent.

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Mandatory Coverage of Autism Treatment Could Affect FEHBP Premiums

Insurance carriers have to submit their 2017 benefit and rate proposals to OPM by May 31.

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A Divided Supreme Court Hands Public-Sector Unions a Win

The justices split 4-4 in Friedrichs v. CTA, leaving a pro-union ruling in the lower courts intact.

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HUD Seeks to Recoup Nearly $150,000 From Public Housing Authorities That Overpaid Executives

Six PHAs in California, New Jersey, and New York violated a federal spending compensation cap on top officials in 2014.