Pay & Benefits

House Passes Bill Capping Fiscal 2016 VA Senior Executive Bonuses

Companion legislation approved by Senate does not include language limiting VA performance awards for top career leaders.

Pay & Benefits

Feds Petition for Paid Day Off After Thanksgiving

President has power to declare federal agencies closed, but generally reserves it for Christmas time.

Pay & Benefits

You Have TSP Questions; We Have Answers

Why you should do a dry run of your taxes before pulling the plug on work, and other tips.

Management

New Defense Employees Will Be on Probation Longer

Legislation headed to the president would extend to two years the probationary period for new hires at the department.

Pay & Benefits

OPM Has Sent Notifications to About One-Third of Hack Victims

Five percent of impacted individuals have enrolled in the suite of protective services available to them.

Pay & Benefits

Disabled Vets Hired as Feds Get Advance Sick Leave

President Obama signed into law legislation that gives wounded warriors hired by the government 104 hours of sick leave up front.

Pay & Benefits

House Approves Troop Pay and Benefits Bill – Again

New version of the Defense authorization bill retains military retirement reform provisions.

Tech

NASA is Hiring Astronauts

The last time NASA opened up astronaut applications, in 2012, it received over 6,000 responses

Management

Lawmaker: VA Isn’t the Only Agency That Can’t Fire Bad Employees Fast Enough

Florida Republican would like to see VA accountability bill provisions extended governmentwide.

Management

VA Moves to Punish Senior Executives

Two department officials plead the Fifth during Monday night congressional hearing.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Rebounds in October

All the retirement funds posted positive returns last month.

Pay & Benefits

Senators Want to Make Sure Federal 'Tax Cheats' Don't Get Bonuses

Bipartisan group reintroduces a bill to prohibit tax delinquent and misbehaving IRS employees from receiving performance awards.