Pay & Benefits
Understanding TSP contributions
Answers to your questions on how to map out TSP contributions.
Pay & Benefits
OMB defends decision to break military-civilian pay link
The Office of Management and Budget is using benefits federal employees received in previous years to justify giving employees a 3.6 percent pay raise next year.
Pay & Benefits
Pushing a pay raise
A 4.6 percent average federal pay raise is looking more and more likely. Plus, bills on the Hill, IRAs and smart TSP planning.
Management
Scholars want AID folded into State Department
The Agency for International Development should be folded into the State Department, two scholars recommend in this month’s Foreign Service Journal.
Pay & Benefits
Experts push incentive plan to attract science, tech workers
In exchange for public service, the federal government should offer low-interest loans, scholarships and loan forgiveness to college students seeking science and technology degrees, former federal officials recommended last week.
News
Most Bush administration applicants file resumes online
Ninety percent of the 60,000 people who have applied for Bush administration jobs have filed their applications online, the White House director of presidential personnel said Thursday.
Pay & Benefits
The cost of benefits
Why so many federal pay and benefits ideas never become reality. Plus, pay parity and TSP expenses.
News
Forest Service chief decides to move on
Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck will retire at the end of this week after four years as head of the 33,000-employee agency.
Pay & Benefits
TSP makes new investment options official
Federal employees will have two new Thrift Savings Plan investment options, under rule changes published in the Federal Register Monday.
Pay & Benefits
A quicker TSP start
New employees have to wait for up to a year to begin receiving matching contributions on their TSP investments—at least for now.
Pay & Benefits
Free health care!
Some Defense civilians get a break on health insurance premiums. Plus, higher TSP limits and long-term care news.
Management
Powell plans hiring, technology initiatives if budget hike approved
Secretary of State Colin Powell is asking Congress for a 14 percent increase in the State Department’s operating budget next year, with much of the money aimed at filling job vacancies, buying new computer equipment and improving embassy security.
Pay & Benefits
Employees must catch TSP errors, new rule says
Federal employees are responsible for catching errors in their Thrift Savings Plan accounts, a new rule for the 401k-style investment plan reminds employees.
Pay & Benefits
Meet the S fund
Learn about a new TSP fund, available in May, that covers a diverse range of companies.
Pay & Benefits
Meet the I fund
You’ll have two new Thrift Savings Plan investment options starting in May. Here’s an introduction to one of them. Plus, special patent pay and benefits talk.
Pay & Benefits
Bush budget includes 3.6 percent pay raise next year
President Bush's budget includes a 3.6 percent pay increase for civilian workers in 2002. If that figure holds, the administration would de-link military and civilian raises for the first time since 1986.
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