Pay & Benefits
Playing Catch-up
Catch-up contributions give the 50-and-over crowd a backdoor to the TSP.
Pay & Benefits
GOP group calls for cuts in federal retirees’ benefits to fund Katrina relief
Reductions in annuities, health benefits aimed at saving $5.2 billion over ten years.
Management
Three government leaders honored for innovations
Health care, counterintelligence and information technology innovators garner awards.
Pay & Benefits
Life After Government: What To Do
In the third installment of our weeklong series, Karen Rutzick looks at the many and varied post-retirement options, from consulting to antiquing.
Management
Defense lags in SES pay-for-performance certification
Pentagon pushing ahead with plans to put all employees in a performance-based system.
News
Life After Government: When to Retire
In the second installment of our weeklong series, Karen Rutzick details the right age, year, and specific date to move on.
Pay & Benefits
Dental and vision insurance pushed back until December 2006
Supplemental coverage won’t be subsidized by agencies, but OPM will use large number of employees to negotiate lower costs.
Pay & Benefits
Life After Government: The Big Picture
In the first in a weeklong series, Karen Rutzick reports on the ever-increasing number of employees who have their eye on a retirement date--and what comes next.
Pay & Benefits
Cost of managing TSP continues to shrink
Administrative expenses are low and getting lower.
News
Agencies run by career execs get better management grades
Study finds that operations run by political appointees score lower on Bush administration's Program Assessment Rating Tool.
Pay & Benefits
Travel Math
Rules for getting compensatory time off for travel are fussy and complex.
News
FLRA general counsel position set to be filled
Vacancy left the labor disputes body unable to process many complaints.
Pay & Benefits
Employee share of health insurance premiums to climb 10 percent
OPM says government oversubsidized premiums in 2005.
Management
Smaller agencies biggest winners in 'Best Places to Work' survey
Homeland Security Department ranks near the bottom of the list.
Pay & Benefits
Proposed bill could bring retirement equity to law officers
Officers not recognized by law receive less pay and postpone retirements.
Management
GAO: Managers should focus on employee performance
Supervisors should use performance data to reward outstanding workers, report concludes.
News
Agencies survey ruined facilities in the Gulf Coast
Veterans Affairs officials report 800 still-missing employees; many are nurses.
News
Unions fight DHS’ attempt to move forward with personnel rules
They argue DHS officials failed to consult unions, Congress on latest plan.
Pay & Benefits
Life and Death Planning
Employees should get paperwork and information ready so survivors can claim their benefits when they die.
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