Defense
Leadership void at TSA is a morale bust, say unions
Aviation security agency has been without permanent chief for more than a year.
Pay & Benefits
Furloughed Transportation employees have yet to receive checks
Budget analysts note compensating inspectors for two days of lost work would not add to the deficit because the money already has been appropriated.
Pay & Benefits
Feds would feel health care reforms
While details still are being hammered out, excise tax and other provisions would affect the government’s insurance program.
Pay & Benefits
Union urges permanent collective bargaining rights for New Deal agency
Labor group wants to ensure the power to negotiate isn’t left to the whims of Tennessee Valley Authority leaders.
Pay & Benefits
Health and Wealth
A Republican pushes his version of government-run health care; some feds could receive larger annuity payments.
Pay & Benefits
TSP annual leave investment bill unveiled
The measure could be a boon for federal employees who have large amounts of leftover leave, union leader says.
Pay & Benefits
KSAs could be kaput by April
OPM chief says plan to eliminate controversial essays from federal hiring process is on the fast track.
Pay & Benefits
Union seeks to boost IRS employees’ spirits
Group urges lawmakers to write letters of support in the wake of the February plane attack that has left many tax workers shaken.
Pay & Benefits
Performance chief calls for more nuanced employee ratings
More must be done to single out both outstanding and subpar employees, Zients says.
Pay & Benefits
Report shows jump in use of incentive payments
OPM says agency spending on three different kinds of bonuses increased 37 percent between 2007 and 2008.
Defense
Pentagon gunman linked to anti-government Web rantings
California man's apparent writings include a two-part treatise on big government.
Oversight
OPM aims to release revised retirement statements by mid-April
Agency is testing new system to fix a glitch in the annuity calculator that affected thousands of retirees.
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