Pay & Benefits

FDIC seeks personnel overhaul from Congress

The independent agency asks for more flexibile system, but a union leader says the plan would hurt workers.

Tech

Navy intranet chief says officials are targeting key problems

Outgoing Navy Marine Corps Intranet chief Rear Adm. Charles Munns says network officials are isolating and addressing high-priority complaints.

Defense

Homeland Security officials defend student visitor system

As international students arrive in Washington, officials say Student and Exchange Visitor Information System balances efficiency, security.

Pay & Benefits

Agencies triple student loan repayments

Reimbursements to employees under three-year-old benefit program totaled $9.1 million in fiscal 2003.

Pay & Benefits

Flexible Rollover

A senior lawmaker wants employees with flexible healthcare spending accounts to keep unspent money at the end of each year.

Pay & Benefits

Report seeks more federal support for childhood vaccinations

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter calls for more funding to be directed to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tech

Officials defend Navy intranet satisfaction survey

Navy Marine Corps Intranet officials said it does not present a conflict of interest for the network’s contractor to conduct the customer satisfaction survey.

Pay & Benefits

Pay problems plague Army Reserve

A Government Accountability Office survey of eight Army Reserve units finds that 95 percent of personnel experienced pay problems.

Tech

IT training programs can be linked to form federal plan, report says

A report from the Office of Personnel Management recommends integrating numerous training programs in information technology at different agencies.

Defense

Navy personnel question customer satisfaction survey results

A survey on Navy Marine Corps Intranet customer satisfaction has sparked a flood of anger from frustrated network users.

Pay & Benefits

Appealing Overtime

Three federal workers' unions are petitioning an appeals court to take another look at a case involving overtime for federal workers.

Pay & Benefits

OPM says its hiring success can be a model for the government

The Office of Personnel Management is touting its hiring process, which over the past nine months brought in employees at an average of 36 days each.

News

Study finds positive impression of federal government workers

New report from the Partnership for Public Service reveals that most Americans have a favorable view of the government, but think it is mired in bureaucracy.

Defense

Navy appoints new leader for NMCI

Rear Adm. James Godwin will take control of the $8 billion Navy Marine Corps Intranet program.

News

OPM issues emergency personnel regulations after hurricane hits Florida

Hiring and leave regulations would allow agencies to bring in critical assistance for short-term recovery efforts.

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Pay & Benefits

Davis steps down as chair of civil service subcommittee

Rep. Jo Ann Davis, R-Va., has taken a seat on the House Select Committee on Intelligence.

Pay & Benefits

Readying the Troops

OPM issues interim rules for senior executive rating, pay.

Defense

Officials, lawmakers at odds over how to eliminate security clearance backlog

Lawmakers want to provide more security clearance investigators, but they are frustrated by a lack of transparency and restrictive agency policies.