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.
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.
Pay & Benefits
2016 Pay Raises, Self-Plus-One, Military Retirement Changes and More
A roundup of the latest federal pay and benefits news.
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
More Senior Executives Win Top Honors in 2015
Pentagon, NASA top list of Presidential Rank Award winners.
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.
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