Management

Demoted VA Senior Executives Appeal Their Punishment

The Merit Systems Protection Board will render a decision on Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves in the next few weeks.

Management

OPM: Not Every Senior Executive Is Outstanding

Agency urges federal managers to make meaningful distinctions in performance ratings and bonuses in 2016.

Management

Panel Approves Bill Making It Easier to Suspend and Fire Senior Execs

Committee also advances legislation extending the probationary period for new feds from one to two years.

Pay & Benefits

VA Demotes and Reassigns Former Senior Executives – Again

Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves can appeal the $50,000-plus pay cuts to their annual salaries.

Management

VA Watchdog Can’t Prove Calif. Facility Sat on Thousands of Claims

Still, an investigation found other errors at the Oakland regional office that led to years-long delays in benefits to some vets.

Pay & Benefits

Proposed Rule Seeks to Save Money on Government Travel

GSA wants to categorize ATM fees incurred during government travel as incidental expenses to limit reimbursement amounts.

Pay & Benefits

TRICARE Drug Co-Pays Will Rise on Feb. 1

Some beneficiaries will see a hike of between $2 and $4 for certain prescriptions.

Management

After Government Screw-Up, Contractor Will Resume Control of Army Child Care Program

In some cases, service members were shelling out more than $1,000 per month for child care as part of a subsidy program -- and waiting months for Uncle Sam to reimburse them.

Management

Obama Wants to Hire Hundreds More FBI, ATF Staff

White House hopes more analysts and investigators will expedite gun background checks and help better connect the dots to prevent violence.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Has a Bleak December

All offerings except the G Fund ended the month in the red.

Management

Feds Won’t Press Criminal Charges Against Former VA Senior Executives

Justice Department rejects VA watchdog’s criminal referral related to Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves.

Management

VA Decides No Discipline Necessary For ‘Hit List’ Managers

Investigators determine some allegations already were being addressed; others resulted from personality conflicts, not ‘unlawful activity.’

Pay & Benefits

2016 Federal Pay Tables Are Out

Top senior executives will earn $1,800 more in annual salary next year than they did in 2015.

Pay & Benefits

Feds Interested In Self-Plus-One Have Another Shot in February

OPM announces limited enrollment period – and record number of transactions during Open Season.

Management

Are Snow Days in Washington A Thing of the Past?

Telework is an increasingly important tool for agencies and employees during bad weather and other emergencies that trigger federal closures.

Pay & Benefits

VA to Make It Easier For Camp Lejeune Vets to Get Disability Compensation

Department is working on final rules that recognize eight medical conditions associated with drinking water contamination at the Marine training base between 1953 and 1987.

Management

Senate Says Federal Prison Guards Can Carry Pepper Spray

Legislation, which applies to employees at medium- and higher-security federal penitentiaries, honors officer killed by an inmate in 2013.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Board Starts to Tackle Military Retirement Reform

Agency that runs the government’s 401(k)-style benefit ramps up to auto-enroll new troops beginning in 2018.