Pay & Benefits
Ditching Debt
A look at what current benefit programs and proposals mean for federal employees with student loan debt.
Pay & Benefits
Hitting the Ceiling
Limits on salaries are causing employees in the top echelons of government to fall behind on pay.
Pay & Benefits
Playing Up Performance
Pay-for-performance is starting to seem inevitable, but may still be a long ways off.
Pay & Benefits
Pushing Parental Leave
The idea of granting paid leave to new parents is gaining traction on Capitol Hill.
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Pay Raise Prospects
The process of approving a 2008 pay raise for federal employees is running smoothly, for now.
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Trials and Tribulations
How your federal health insurance stacks up if you wish to participate in a clinical trial.
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Health Savings Shortfalls
A look at how health savings accounts could affect comprehensive health plans.
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Payband Balancing Act
Some advice for agencies on striking a balance among efficiency, equity and employee acceptance in pay for performance systems.
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Survivor Savings
Employee group representative proposes allowing surviving spouses to hold on to TSP accounts.
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Getting to the SES
Training and leadership programs can help employees get to the top of the civil service ladder.
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Model for Health Coverage
Democrats in the 2008 presidential campaign turn to the federal employee program as a health care solution.
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TSP board collects input on potential plan changes
Automatic enrollment, Roth option would require additional work from payroll offices.
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Still Pushing
Short-term disability benefits and electronic retirement records remain high priorities for OPM Director Linda Springer.
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Performance-Based Perils
Another federal organization that was supposed to be a model of personnel reform faces scrutiny.
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Darfur Divestment?
Members of Congress want to know if investments in the Thrift Savings Plan are helping to fund atrocities in Sudan.
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Move Around
One of the upsides of working for the federal government is that you can jump to a new agency and keep your benefits.
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Paybanding Evolution
New regulations give IRS supervisors more and more flexibility to set pay, as long as it’s not according to the General Schedule.
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Pay Ploy?
A new analysis tests the idea that alternate pay systems are a tactic to decrease pay.
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