Pay & Benefits
Report: Federal pay, benefits double private sector's
New numbers don’t account for higher education of federal employees, and fail to evaluate comparable jobs, critics say.
Pay & Benefits
Bargaining for Pay
Will the new Defense and Homeland Security personnel systems open salaries to negotiation?
Pay & Benefits
TSP international fund far outpaces others in yearlong returns
Small and mid-size domestic companies continue volatile streak, dipping in July.
Management
OPM blamed for under-representation of Hispanics in government
New report gives the personnel agency a flunking mark for leadership, accountability.
Features
Unquiet Minority
Hispanics hold a smaller percentage of jobs in federal agencies than in the private sector, and they're not happy.
Pay & Benefits
Cost-of-living adjustment to remain same for Alaska, Hawaii, territories
OPM study finds different methodology would not alter housing cost estimates enough to warrant cost-of-living changes.
Pay & Benefits
California feds seek pay policy change
Citing recruitment and retention problems, report advocates housing allowances in lieu of locality pay system.
Pay & Benefits
Enabled
A government program provides free technology to help federal workers overcome physical limitations.
News
Senator to interns: Go for government jobs
Seeking a "big bank account" and a "fancy house" shows a "poverty of ambition," says Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
Pay & Benefits
OPM, lawmakers seek to ease rehiring of federal retirees
National Intelligence Director issues policy for creating retiree corps.
Pay & Benefits
Report: Cabinet pay falls compared to senior executives
New GAO study looks at salaries over 36 years and finds a drop of at least 27 percent in Cabinet officials’ pay, adjusted for inflation.
Pay & Benefits
A Year in the Life-Cycle Funds
Option introduced last summer outperforms the most popular basic funds, and keeps employees from chasing returns.
News
New campaign targets college students for federal jobs
On-campus poster and Web campaign will feature the stories of young civil servants.
Pay & Benefits
Senate panel votes to give civilians higher raise than military
Appropriations bill also retains language introduced last year to limit public-private competitions.
Pay & Benefits
SES ratings drop under new performance evaluation system
Average pay raise grows slightly in fiscal 2005 from previous year.
Pay & Benefits
Think tank blasts TSP real estate fund proposal
Move would shift the balance of power for oversight of the federal retirement fund from the TSP board to Congress, Heritage Foundation report argues.
Pay & Benefits
Senators take new stab at redefining law officer jobs
Expanding the definition of federal law enforcement officer would give more employees early retirement option.
Pay & Benefits
A Dip in the Pay Pool
A look at how the Defense Department’s new system for setting pay raises will work.
Management
Lawmaker proposes panel to study employee appeals backlog
Managers’ groups support idea but unions say commission would be stacked with political appointees.
Defense
Thousands more employees to join new Defense pay system
Unions label the announcement a political move to counter congressional efforts to eliminate funding.
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