Pay & Benefits

Job simulations could help agencies make better hires, report says

Tryouts also can help applicants decide whether they really want the position.

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Happy 40th Anniversary to Sesame Street!

Pay & Benefits

Legislators clash over health care reform’s impact on FEHBP

Republicans say bill could force feds out of their current insurance plans, while Democrats decry claims as scare tactics.

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OPM Expands Information Sharing

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Obama Amends Labor Executive Order

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Cost-Plus Questions Persist

Pay & Benefits

Most TSP funds slip in October

Despite some losses, all the funds are up since the beginning of 2009

Pay & Benefits

OPM chief: ‘Cracks are showing’ in the General Schedule

Options for reform include extending bonuses to rank-and-file employees.

Features

Warming Trends

Carol Waller Pope ushers in a new era in federal labor relations.

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Idea Factory Goes DHS-Wide

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Formatting Plain Language

Pay & Benefits

Hidden cost hikes aren’t new to federal benefits programs

Premium jumps in the long-term care insurance program are the latest example of stealthy rate increases.

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State Department Diaries

Pay & Benefits

Growing Pains

Some Pentagon employees’ salaries increased so fast under NSPS that it will be difficult to find a place for them when they return to the General Schedule.

News

So You Want to be an Administrative Law Judge?

Oversight

Forum participants see ‘urgency’ in hiring reform

House majority leader also calls for overhaul of federal pay system.

News

McCaskill Chimes In On DCAA Leadership Change