Pay & Benefits
Senate to weigh measure delaying postal facility closures
Amendment to reform bill up for debate this week also would encourage creative suggestions for getting USPS out of the red.
Defense
FBI needs long-term plan for counterterrorism vacancies, watchdog says
Targeted recruitment and other incentives have helped, GAO finds.
Pay & Benefits
Thrift Savings Plan Roth option delayed for Pentagon employees
Some other agencies also will have to wait until after the May 7 launch.
Oversight
Postal closures would save money, GAO says
Report lends support to some reform measures that House Republicans and USPS support.
Management
EEOC commissioner Ishimaru resigns
Panel praises Ishimaru for helping rebuild underfunded and understaffed agency.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Roth option to launch May 7
Offering will allow participants to begin investing money that already has been taxed.
Tech
Feds are paying for some telework technology themselves
Despite adequate IT setups many employees are at least partially covering costs out of their own pockets, survey of 152 shows.
Pay & Benefits
Many public workers agree they have it better than private sector peers
Nearly half of government employees surveyed feel they don’t work as hard and 62 percent cite greater job security.
Defense
Alaska base overhaul circumvents BRAC, lawmakers say
The Pentagon says it doesn’t need Congress’ blessing to realign military installations.
Pay & Benefits
Travel on the Up and Up
Despite its extravagant Las Vegas conference, GSA sets travel requirements for feds.
Defense
Companies commit to flexible jobs for military spouses, veterans
Partners in first lady’s initiative pledge to open about 15,000 positions.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service racks up big bill for unauthorized overtime
Proponent of House reform measure says latest audit raises questions about USPS’ self-sufficiency.
Oversight
USDA ‘playing chicken with safety,’ protesters charge
Poultry inspectors balk at Agriculture’s proposed changes.
Briefing
Too Tough To Count
Some say federal workforce estimates are too big, others say too small, but none of the calculations are just right.
Management
More career feds would join Senior Executive Service under new bill
Sen. Daniel Akaka’s legislation calls for fewer appointees.
Management
Capital area charity drive’s expenses questioned
Audit suggests campaign workers should not be reimbursed for meals and travel.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service plan to drop federal health program faces murky future
Claims of $7 billion in annual savings generate some skepticism among House lawmakers.
Pay & Benefits
TSP closely watches retirement provisions in transportation bills
Board backs language allowing retirees to roll over leftover annual leave, objects to provision letting IRS levy participants’ investment funds.
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