Pay & Benefits

Intelligent Design

Does higher pay motivate federal employees to work harder?

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Pay Day

Federal employees could see a bigger salary boost if Congress ensures pay parity between military service members and civilian employees during the next few years.

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Ticking Clock

With time running out on the Bush administration, officials are making the case for keeping up the pace on pay reform.

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Dependent Clause

Once again, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program is part of a targeted effort to reduce the number of Americans without health insurance.

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Community of Caring

More flexibility for volunteer time can foster public service on and off the clock.

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Needed: Information, and Lots of It

Quick and aggressive dissemination of financial and health plan changes would help federal employees make better decisions about their benefits.

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Retirement Made EZ

A look at how the self-serve electronic benefits resource will work.

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Fair Trade

Members of the Thrift Savings Plan advisory council comment on new restrictions to interfund transfers.

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Imperfect Performance

Despite flawed programs and numerous failures, the U.S. is still ahead of the curve in measuring the effectiveness of government.

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Healthy Choice?

A study shows that high-deductible health plans have done little to crack down on rising costs.

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Groundhog Day

The battle over pay parity between civilian employees and military members resumes.

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Saving Sick Time

Employees question whether a proposed sick leave benefit is generous enough.

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Retirement Track

The Office of Personnel Management wants to give federal employees more resources to plan for retirement.

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Performance Pay Perils

A salary system for career executives might not be the model many had hoped it would be.

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Generation Gap

Don’t let stereotypes about young and older workers lead to flawed pay and benefits policy.

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Pushing Preferences

President Bush wants to expand a special hiring program for military spouses beyond Defense agencies.

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Fair Pay, Fair Play

In order for pay for performance to work, employees must believe it doesn’t reinforce existing biases.

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Winners and Losers

Will higher pay increases be enough to keep Defense employees under a new personnel system motivated?

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Defending Benefits

Federal employees are very protective of their benefits -- and wary of letting others in on the action.

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Reviewing Roth

The Thrift Savings Plan plans to look into adding a Roth 401(k) investment option.