Pay & Benefits
OPM offers training to agencies involved in stimulus efforts
Initiative aims to help government boost hiring without sacrificing merit principles.
Oversight
Obama urged to reconsider pledge to thin management ranks
Agencies still are reeling from cuts during the Clinton administration.
Pay & Benefits
Low-Hanging Benefits
Congressional analysts have again examined federal employee benefits that are ripe for cuts.
Pay & Benefits
OPM delays implementing new promotion rules
Regulations that would expedite promotions for feds now will take effect on May 18.
Pay & Benefits
TSP funds continue to slide in February
Only government securities post positive returns for the month.
Pay & Benefits
Pension workers vote for union representation
Employees want to be more involved with staffing and benefit decisions.
News And Analysis
In the Line of Fire
Another president wants to weed out managers, but agencies still are reeling from earlier cuts.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers prod agencies to address veterinarian shortage
Congressional hearing comes on the heels of a GAO report that concluded the lack of vets hinders federal response to public health threats.
Defense
Obama backs 2 percent civilian pay raise, 2.9 percent for military
Federal employees, president said, must “do their part” in fiscal crisis.
Pay & Benefits
NASA officials say they’re prepared for delay in Moon program
Effort to send Americans back the moon and possibly to Mars could be pushed back to 2015.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers renew push for pre-tax health care for retirees
Measure would let retired military and civilian federal workers pay their monthly premiums with pre-tax dollars.
Pay & Benefits
OPM addresses shortage of federal veterinarians
Official says a new governmentwide effort to recruit and retain more vets builds on earlier initiatives.
Pay & Benefits
Location, Location
Adding a real estate fund to the TSP is not a sound investment, consulting firm says.
Defense
Pentagon urged to improve workforce planning
Defense is not prepared for the impending retirement of more than half its workforce, report says.
Defense
Pentagon issues performance pay and bonuses averaging 8.35 percent
More than 98 percent of employees rated under the National Security Personnel System received a performance-based pay boost in 2009.
Pay & Benefits
Talks begin on possible legislative enhancements to the TSP
Adding a Roth IRA offering is one of the changes under consideration.
Defense
Lawmakers urge halt to NSPS pending review
The Defense Department’s new personnel system has resulted in distrust and discontent among the civilian workforce, critics say.
Pay & Benefits
Staying the Course
A survey shows most Thrift Savings Plan participants are sticking with the program despite current financial market woes.
Defense
OPM gives Pentagon personnel system high marks
Multiple layers of oversight and data on performance ratings make the National Security Personnel System fair and transparent, report says.
Oversight
Senate strips protections for federal whistleblowers from stimulus bill
Chamber removes safeguards for government workers but strengthens them for employees of organizations in line to receive stimulus funding.
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