Pay & Benefits

White House Revives Retirement Cuts in 2020 Budget Proposal

The Trump administration has requested the same grab bag of reductions in federal employee benefits for each of the last three years, thus far unsuccessfully.

Pay & Benefits

Trump Proposes Civilian Pay Freeze for Second Consecutive Year

President's budget includes 3.1 percent increase for military personnel, but only targeted bonuses for select civilians.

Pay & Benefits

Trump’s Border Wall Could Be Funded Partly With Leftover Military Pension Money

The Pentagon won’t confirm reports that it is considering reprogramming $1 billion in “leftover” funds in Defense Department pension accounts to apply toward the controversial wall.

Pay & Benefits

Feds Won’t Be Getting Their Pay Raise This Week

Nearly a month after President Trump signed the law authorizing a pay increase for federal civilian employees, the raise still has not been implemented.

Pay & Benefits

Lawmakers' Renewed Push for Paid Family Leave for Feds Includes More Generous Benefits

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the bill's author, predicts this will finally be the year the reforms are implemented.

Oversight

Senator Takes on Budget, Pay and Hiring Reforms in Latest Version of Annual Waste Report

Lankford goes beyond the usual rundown of silly grants, suggesting ways to end shutdowns and save money through benefits changes.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Returns Mostly Positive in February

Portfolios in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program continued their upward trajectory in 2019.

Pay & Benefits

Federal Employee Appeals Board's Doomsday Has Arrived

With no board members, lawmakers and analysts question whether MSPB can continue to function.

Pay & Benefits

Comments, Questions and Answers

Reader feedback on everything from FEHBP to Social Security.

Pay & Benefits

The Longer-Term Effort to Compensate Feds for Shutdown-Related Damages

Although the Trump administration is seeking the dismissal of legal challenges against forcing federal employees to work without pay, at least dozen other lawsuits will continue.

Pay & Benefits

Despite Silence from Administration, Pay Raise Likely in March

A federal employee union has requested an update on implementation of the 1.9 percent pay increase for federal civilian employees, approved earlier this month.

Pay & Benefits

Trump Administration Again Bashes Salary Council's Federal-Private Sector Pay Gap Calculation

The annual report from the President’s Pay Agent endorses a controversial plan to change how pay disparities are determined.

Pay & Benefits

Judge to Hear Additional Arguments in Shutdown Lawsuits in May

The Justice Department is expected to file a motion to dismiss legal challenges against agencies’ ability to make employees work without pay during a lapse in appropriations in the coming days.

Pay & Benefits

Army Ends $18,000 Child Care Subsidy for Civilians

Secretary says savings will go toward "higher priority Army programs" for military families.

Pay & Benefits

Agencies Expose $200 Million Health Fraud Involving Tricare

Justice, Defense and IRS obtain guilty plea from Mississippi woman who laundered money.