News
IRS measuring effect of “10 Deadly Sins”
Officials are still in the early stages of measuring the effect of Section 1203 on tax enforcement, GAO says.
Pay & Benefits
Salary council recommends 1 percent locality pay boost
Annual pay raise would also include 2.5 percent across-the-board increase in 2005.
Defense
Army National Guard focuses recruiting efforts on nonmilitary
Stop-loss orders in the active-duty military have caused a shortfall in recruiting goals for the Army National Guard, so personnel officials are turning to the private sector.
Pay & Benefits
Healthier Health Care
The Office of Personnel Management leads the charge for a consumer-driven federal health insurance system.
Defense
Border chief touts biometrics as security tool
Administration official says biometrics programs are a mainstay of homeland security efforts.
Pay & Benefits
House signs off on 3.5 percent pay raise
Civil service employees move a step closer to getting the same raise as military service personnel next year.
Pay & Benefits
Pentagon can't justify reserve retirement overhaul, report says
Legislative proposals to revamp the military reserve retirement system might end up costing the government more than it gains in retention, according to GAO.
Defense
Pentagon must improve long-term reserve planning, report says
The Government Accountability Office calls on the Pentagon to improve its planning for mobilizing and managing reserve forces.
Pay & Benefits
Pushing HSAs
Bush administration officials and the Office of Personnel Management are bullish on Health Savings Accounts.
Pay & Benefits
Some TSP services suspended due to Hurricane Ivan
The National Finance Center, which handles administrative duties for the Thrift Savings Plan, narrowly avoided a hit from a hurricane this week.
Pay & Benefits
Officials weigh mandatory retirement age for public safety officials
A Senate lawmaker questions whether compulsory retirement ages still make sense.
Pay & Benefits
Federal health insurance premiums to rise by 7.9 percent
The OPM announcement marks the first time in four years that the annual increase has not been more than 10 percent.
Defense
Unions, Pentagon agree to continue talking about personnel overhaul
Both sides upbeat after a day of discussions about the pending National Security Personnel System.
Pay & Benefits
Overhauling Overtime
Opinions diverge on what will happen if new overtime regulations are applied to the federal workforce.
Pay & Benefits
Senate panel approves military-civilian pay parity
Senate Appropriations subcommittee votes to give federal workers a 3.5 percent pay raise in 2005.
Pay & Benefits
Thrift Savings Plan funds grow slightly after losses in July
The F Fund, which invests in fixed-income securities, showed the largest gains.
Defense
NMCI officials refuse to release polling questions
Several experts say the poll would have more validity with an outside auditor.
News
Per diem rates dropped in several major cities
The General Services Administration releases the new rates for fiscal 2005 and federal travelers going to Washington, among other cities, will have to make do with less.
Pay & Benefits
Seeing Red
Union leaders appealed to Congress Wednesday to restart personnel talks with the Defense Department and also leveled harsh accusations, calling the National Security Personnel System a front for outsourcing government jobs.
Pay & Benefits
No timeline set for selecting new civil service subcommittee chief
A frontrunner for the top spot on a key House Government Reform subcommittee has announced that he will not seek re-election, leaving the field wide open.
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