Pay & Benefits

Playing Catch-up

Catch-up contributions give the 50-and-over crowd a backdoor to the TSP.

Pay & Benefits

Life After Government: TSP Tips

It’s never too late to boost your TSP savings.

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.