Oversight
Special counsel takes heat for personal e-mail use
Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., chides Office of Special Counsel chief Scott Bloch for offering commentary on work issues using a personal account.
Pay & Benefits
Group proposes scholarships to fill mission-critical jobs
Recipients would be required to work for the government for two years; program would depend on funding from Congress.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Raise Prospects
The process of approving a 2008 pay raise for federal employees is running smoothly, for now.
Pay & Benefits
Senate appropriators back 3.5 percent civilian pay raise
Committee also approves funding for project to shift paper-based employee retirement records to an electronic system.
Pay & Benefits
House backs student loan forgiveness for public servants
Bill would make it easier for college graduates with high loan debt to enter public service.
Pay & Benefits
Advocacy group touts training program for federal women
Federally Employed Women to launch 38th national training program next week, expanding opportunities for women in government.
Pay & Benefits
Senate panel backs 3.5 percent civilian pay raise
Move follows House passage of similar 2008 increases for both federal employees and military members.
Pay & Benefits
Union suggests timetable for GAO organizing effort
GAO chief says collective bargaining would differ from that at most other agencies because employees could negotiate over pay.
Pay & Benefits
OPM modifies rules for figuring certain employees' retirement benefits
Employees on workers’ compensation who hold a full-time appointment but are only able to work part time will get credit for full-time service.
Defense
Senate drops effort to grant airport screeners bargaining rights
President Bush had threatened veto of 9/11 Commission bill over provision; labor unions say they will continue to push the idea.
Pay & Benefits
Trials and Tribulations
How your federal health insurance stacks up if you wish to participate in a clinical trial.
Pay & Benefits
Security, law enforcement workers in high demand
They make up many of the 193,000 jobs agencies must fill over the next two years, a new report says.
Defense
Unions seek full court review of Defense personnel ruling
Coalition asks appeals court to look at discrepancies between May ruling and earlier decision on DHS system.
Pay & Benefits
State Department reaches settlement over personnel violation
Officials broke a law that prohibits agencies from granting unauthorized preferences or advantages to job applicants.
Tech
Lawmakers urge DHS to speed up financial consolidation
Department is moving component agencies to one of two management systems, financial chief says.
Pay & Benefits
Health Savings Shortfalls
A look at how health savings accounts could affect comprehensive health plans.
Pay & Benefits
House backs 3.5 percent civilian pay raise
The White House says "arbitrary" across-the-board increase will cost agencies more than $600 million in fiscal 2008.
Oversight
Stronger training urged for front-line supervisors
As agencies move to pay for performance, supervisors will need better "soft skills," report says.
Pay & Benefits
High court ruling protects feds from racketeering lawsuits
Supreme Court says allowing a Wyoming rancher to sue six federal employees personally would run the "risk of raising a tide of suits" against civil servants.
Pay & Benefits
Report touts progress linking execs’ pay, performance
Performance awards outpace pay raises as a percentage of overall compensation increases.
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