Pay & Benefits
Officials explain compensatory time off for travel
OPM forum raises as many questions as it answers.
News
Education unveils database of accredited schools
As part of an effort to combat diploma mills, the department compiles a list of accredited colleges and universities.
Defense
Nuclear agency withholds more than $5 million from Los Alamos operator
NNSA levies an historic fine on the University of California for mismanagement at nuclear laboratory.
Tech
Federal IT workforce aging rapidly, study shows
About 45 percent of technology workers will be more than 50 years old by 2008.
Pay & Benefits
No Peeking
Proposed regulations for the National Security Personnel System should be reviewed and approved in the next few weeks.
Pay & Benefits
Federal workers will get time off for travel
The Office of Personnel Management has set interim rules to award compensatory time off for traveling federal workers.
Defense
Law could cut security clearance backlog by September, House chair says
Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., calls for action on "huge problem" that has “cost the government likely hundreds of millions of dollars.”
Pay & Benefits
TSP board resists pressure to establish a real estate fund
Lobbyists push Real Estate Investment Trusts as TSP vehicle; board members are cool to the idea.
Pay & Benefits
Countdown to Life Cycle
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board is on track to release its new life-cycle investment option in the summer of 2005.
Pay & Benefits
FAA workers plan lawsuit challenging pay caps
Workers whose base salaries are capped plan class action lawsuit against the agency.
Pay & Benefits
FAA will not lift pay caps on long-term employees
More than 800 workers have reached the top of their pay bands and are no longer eligible for base salary increases.
News
Major university close to withdrawing from Los Alamos competition
Chancellor of the University of Texas system recommends that it not pursue Los Alamos National Laboratory contract.
Pay & Benefits
Take Your Time
The Office of Personnel Management decides not to dismiss federal employees from work early on the eve of the inauguration.
Defense
Study calls for public health preparedness standards
New Century Foundation reports finds that federal funding might be wasted if uniform public health standards are not put in place across the country.
News
Watchdog group calls for tougher Los Alamos performance standards
Project on Government Oversight presses the Energy Department to implement a more stringent performance evaluation process.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Pals
Senior House Democrat wants to work with the White House to develop a new pay plan for federal employees.
Pay & Benefits
Treasury officials hesitant to alter flexible spending account rule
Allowing workers to roll money over in flexible spending accounts could undercut another administration effort—the heavily promoted Health Savings Accounts.
News
Advocacy group for women in government rates lawmakers
Grades based on votes affecting the federal workforce.
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