Pay & Benefits

Lowering the Bar

Lawmakers blast a Homeland Security proposal that would lower the standard of proof needed to discipline or fire an employee.

Pay & Benefits

Shattered Dreams

Federal labor unions' measured support for Homeland Security personnel reforms is giving way to angry denunciations.

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Pentagon Parley

Navy Secretary Gordon England will serve as point man for negotiations with organized labor over controversial proposed changes to the Pentagon’s personnel system.

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Pay Raise Malaise

Federal workers are up in arms over President Bush’s proposed 1.5 percent raise for civilian federal employees in his fiscal 2005 budget.

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Space Transformation

House approval moves a NASA personnel reform bill to the launch pad.

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Two Raises

OPM loosens restrictions to allow Senior Executive Service members to get more than one pay raise this year.

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Capped

Federal Law Enforcement officers try again to ease pay compression in their top ranks.

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The End Is Near

Details about the Homeland Security Department’s new personnel system are forthcoming, officials say.

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Holiday Hangovers

The things Congress didn’t do for federal employees in 2003.

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Raising the Roof

Senior Executive Service members will get some salary stretching room in 2004.

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Pay Bonding

A look at how three agencies have tackled the challenge of linking pay to performance.

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Performance Problem

The Defense Department is taking on a task that has eluded virtually every other federal agency: creating an effective, credible, trusted performance evaluation system.

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It's Not About the Money

The leaders of agencies voted the best places to work in government say pay isn't what motivates their employees.

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'Tis The Open Season

Open enrollment for federal health plans and flexible spending accounts begins Monday.

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Graduation Day

A bill that increases the amount of money agencies can spend repaying employees' student loans gets a passing grade.

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The Right Stuff

Officials weigh the need for pay-for-performance against the difficulty of implementing it.

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Back to the Future

The government still grapples with many of the same personnel problems it faced 25 years ago when the Civil Service Reform Act became law.

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Location, Location

Federal employees on Cape Cod make another attempt to win special locality pay.

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Paying for Protection

Lawmakers wants to close the gap in pay among federal law enforcement officers.

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Preemptive Strike

Veterans’ advocates try to squash a proposal that would severely limit vets’ benefits.