Tech
CIOs to hold online job fair for technology workers
Technology executives from throughout the government are joining forces with the Office of Personnel Management to put on the first-ever online federal job fair.
Pay & Benefits
OPM kicks off long-term care insurance program
Federal employees, military personnel, retirees and their family members can sign up for long-term care insurance during an early enrollment period that started Monday, Office of Personnel Management officials announced.
Pay & Benefits
Catch-62
Some military veterans who went on to civilian careers in government are getting a nasty surprise when they turn age 62. Their pensions are being cut.
Pay & Benefits
TSP 'catch-up' contributions clear Senate committee
Federal employees aged 50 and older would be able to boost their retirement savings under a bill approved by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Thursday.
News
“Rule of three” in federal hiring may get tossed
Federal managers would no longer have to pick new employees from a list of only three candidates, under a proposal debated on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
Management
Many Interior employees still stuck offline
More than 80 percent of Interior Department computers are back online after a three-month shutdown of Internet access. But workers at department headquarters and in three major agencies are still stuck with only the telephone, fax machine and post office to communicate with the outside world.
Pay & Benefits
Guarding the G Fund
Don't worry: When the government taps the Thrift Savings Plan’s G Fund to avoid hitting the federal debt ceiling, your nest egg is protected.
Pay & Benefits
Keep on rolling
New rules will allow feds to roll over more money into their TSP accounts.
Pay & Benefits
Law calls for 18.6 percent federal pay raise
Federal employees should get an average pay raise of 18.56 percent in 2003 under a 1990 law, a new Congressional Research Service report says.
Management
Agencies have much to translate, but not enough translators
Federal agencies need to get a better handle on their foreign language shortfalls, a new General Accounting Office report says.
News
Oversight board hunts for new IRS commissioner
The Treasury Department and the independent board that oversees the Internal Revenue Service are reviewing potential candidates for the job of IRS commissioner in the hopes of sending names to the White House within the next month.
Pay & Benefits
Cutting workers’ comp
The Bush administration wants to cut millions of dollars in benefits to injured federal workers.
Pay & Benefits
The latest legislation
What's new in pay and benefits on Capitol Hill. Plus, long-term care updates.
Pay & Benefits
Working overtime
In April, federal employees could start taking home more pay for the work they do beyond a 40-hour work week. Also, DoD adds buyout options.
Management
Panel to revisit ‘quiet crisis’ in the public service
Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker is heading up a sequel to the commission that uncovered a "quiet crisis" in the civil service 12 years ago.
Pay & Benefits
The battle begins
The Office of Management and Budget squares off against federal unions and Washington-area lawmakers on the size of the 2003 pay raise.
Management
Treasury asks Congress to make IRS ‘Ten Deadly Sins’ less deadly
The Treasury Department this week asked Congress to take some teeth out of a law that lists 10 offenses for which IRS employees can be fired—including filing tax returns late.
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