Defense
Homeland employees’ jobs, pay safe for at least a year
Homeland Security Department employees will be able to keep their jobs and current pay rates for at least a year after they transfer from their current agencies to the new department, Office of Personnel Management officials said Tuesday.
Defense
Homeland officials must work with employees on civil service rules
The Homeland Security Department’s leaders must consult with employee organizations before making any changes to civil service rules for the department’s 170,000 employees, under the law creating the new Cabinet-level agency.
Defense
Homeland Security leaders win broad power over civil service rules
Civil service laws governing pay and promotions, job classification, collective bargaining, performance appraisals, discipline and firing will not apply to the 170,000 employees of the new Homeland Security Department under the homeland legislation approved by Congress this week.
Management
Bill ties higher SES pay to lower performance ratings
Federal agencies could pay their best senior executives more each year—if the agencies lower performance ratings for their executives overall, under a provision included in the pending homeland security legislation.
Defense
Homeland bill includes personnel, benefits changes for all agencies
Agencies across the federal government will get new personnel powers and incentives for employees under the bill creating the new Department of Homeland Security.
Pay & Benefits
OPM announces new executive team
The Office of Personnel Management will have a new executive team within the next few weeks, OPM Director Kay Coles James announced Tuesday.
Defense
Transportation agency hires 44,000 screeners; union aims for them
The Transportation Security Administration met a congressional deadline to federalize passenger screeners at the nation’s 429 major airports, hiring more than 44,000 employees in the last year, Bush administration officials said Monday.
Pay & Benefits
Senate passes TSP catch-up contributions bill
Federal employees age 50 or older will be able to contribute thousands of more dollars to their Thrift Savings Plan accounts each year, under a bill passed by Congress this week.
Pay & Benefits
Buyouts all around
Most agencies are getting a gift in the Homeland Security bill: new buyout authority.
Management
GAO backs printing office in dispute with White House
Federal agencies cannot use appropriated funds to purchase printing services without first going through the Government Printing Office in most cases, a General Accounting Office official said in a letter this week.
Management
Proposed rule requires competition for printing
The Government Printing Office would have to compete with companies for federal agencies’ printing jobs, under a proposed rule published this week.
Pay & Benefits
Base pay raise for 2004 pegged at 2.7 percent
Federal employees are likely to get a 2.7 percent across-the-board pay raise in 2004, based on figures released by the Labor Department Thursday.
Defense
States find success with civil service reform, report says
Personnel directors in three states that have eliminated civil service laws can more quickly hire, fire, promote and re-assign workers than they could when the laws were in place, a new report says.
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