Pay & Benefits
GAO: Social Security isn’t ready for baby boomers
Staffing constraints and heavier workloads are hurting the quality of service at SSA field offices, report says.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker reintroduces FERS sick leave bill
Measure would allow federal employees hired since 1984 to count unused sick leave toward their pension.
Pay & Benefits
OPM urged to notify CSRS participants about survivor annuity rule
Provision in pension program prevents widows and widowers of some former federal employees from receiving benefits.
Pay & Benefits
TSP council grows wary of proposed change in default fund
Group also expresses hesitation about a mutual fund window, but backs automatic enrollment and a Roth IRA feature.
Pay & Benefits
Bill would restore pension credits for returning federal workers
Measure aims to entice experienced former employees back to government service.
Defense
State Department recruits for Civilian Response Corps
Agency seeks federal workers willing to deploy to war zones for reconstruction and stabilization.
Pay & Benefits
TSP weathers a bleak January
Only the G Fund posts positive returns during the first month of 2009.
News And Analysis
Senior Seminar
Some of the government’s top career executives have transition homework to do.
Oversight
SSA chief says financial crisis is increasing claims backlog
Commissioner blames the tough economy for inflating the disability claims caseload by 10 percent.
Pay & Benefits
Pay-for-Performance Pointers
Management group offers recommendations for improving federal salary system.
Oversight
House backs whistleblower provision in stimulus bill
Amendment extends protections to FBI and intelligence community whistleblowers and strengthens them for federal contractors.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers reintroduce paid parental leave bill
Measure calls for four weeks of paid leave for federal employees for the birth or adoption of a child.
Pay & Benefits
Obama freezes pay for senior White House staff
President plans to hold level the salaries of about 100 employees who make more than $100,000 annually.
Defense
Defense finalizes changes to NSPS hiring, promotion rules
Rules authorize use of direct-hire authority, temporary appointments and alternative promotion procedures for personnel system.
Pay & Benefits
Room to Improve
Federal employees are happy with their paid vacation and sick leave, but are less enthusiastic about some other benefits.
Pay & Benefits
GSA lowers mileage reimbursement rate for 2009
Rate dips 3.5 cents to 55 cents per mile.
Pay & Benefits
OPM to modify senior executive selection process
Move comes after successful run of a pilot project that did away with lengthy application narratives.
Pay & Benefits
Undergraduates cite government as a top career
Survey shows thousands of U.S. college students hope to enter public service after graduation.
Oversight
Advocacy group urges Obama to focus on EEO compliance
Move comes after report shows half of agencies failed to meet special reporting requirements in fiscal 2006.
Pay & Benefits
FBI seeks more than 3,000 new staff in historic hiring blitz
Recruitment targeted at professionals with foreign language, technology and engineering skills, among others.
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