Pay & Benefits
GSA adjusts per diem rates in six states
Changes will apply to all government travel in affected areas March 17.
Pay & Benefits
Saving Sick Time
Employees question whether a proposed sick leave benefit is generous enough.
Pay & Benefits
Legislation would allow more feds to cash out sick leave at retirement
Civil servants under the Federal Employees Retirement System could receive a one-time payment up to $10,000.
Pay & Benefits
Nonprofit launches leadership institute for federal managers
Partnership for Public Service says seven-month program will address inadequate management skills.
Pay & Benefits
House revisits paid leave for federal parents
Legislation would provide feds with eight weeks of leave for the birth or adoption of a child.
Pay & Benefits
House committee calls for military-civilian pay parity
Budget Committee passes resolution supporting equal pay for federal employees and military personnel in 2009.
Pay & Benefits
Union calls for 3.9 percent federal pay increase in 2009
NTEU also will push to increase government’s share of health insurance premiums, among other legislative priorities.
Pay & Benefits
Riskier TSP funds post losses for February
Least risky funds lead the pack for monthly and yearly earnings.
News And Analysis
Transition Threat
DHS works to shore up its shrinking executive ranks during the change of administration.
Oversight
Social Security chief calls eliminating backlog a ‘moral imperative’
Commissioner cites hiring more judges, congressional budget approval as key to reducing disability hearings backlog.
Pay & Benefits
Performance Pay Perils
A salary system for career executives might not be the model many had hoped it would be.
Pay & Benefits
OPM launches electronic retirement system
Agency aims to improve quality of services to more than 3 million active federal employees.
Magazine
HR council launches training academy
More than 80 agencies have pooled resources to train junior human resources staff members.
Pay & Benefits
TSP tech upgrade progressing, officials say
Two-year plan to improve efficiency and enhance security is on track.
Pay & Benefits
SEC scales back pay-for-performance ambitions
Agency vows to move more cautiously before linking employees' pay to reviews.
Pay & Benefits
Pushing Preferences
President Bush wants to expand a special hiring program for military spouses beyond Defense agencies.
Pay & Benefits
Pay reforms said to need scrutiny, care-taking
Pay-for-performance systems susceptible to bias and money woes, witnesses tell House panel.
Pay & Benefits
GAO, union reach agreement on 2008 pay raises
Some agency analysts would receive a pay boost of 4.49 percent.
Defense
GAO says Defense workforce plan insufficient
The Pentagon is not prepared to tackle a pending retirement wave and other looming workforce challenges, says watchdog agency.
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