Defense
Twice as Many Vets Now Are Eligible for Non-VA Care
Change to Choice program calculates distance between veterans' homes and nearest VA facility using the fastest instead of the shortest route.
Pay & Benefits
Survey on Pay, Job Satisfaction Will Hit Employee Inboxes Soon
Feds have until early June to fill out the 2015 federal workforce viewpoint survey, and results will be announced in the fall.
Oversight
New Bill Would Give VA Secretary 'Sweeping' Authority to Fire Bad Employees
Legislation also would extend probationary period for new workers to 18 months.
Management
Twenty-Four Senior Executives Win 2014 Presidential Distinguished Rank Awards
After being canceled in 2013, the nation’s highest award for civil service returns to honor government's best.
News
Did VA Officials Encourage Employees to Pay To Talk to Dead People?
Party at official's home allegedly featured a working medium – who also happened to be married to one of the bosses.
Defense
VA Senior Exec Hedges on Congressional Questions Over $300K Relocation Package
Department paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to move top official from Washington to Philadelphia in 2014.
Pay & Benefits
Vets Sue VA Over Access to Medical Records
Plaintiffs say department has ignored their requests for documents necessary to apply for disability benefits.
Pay & Benefits
New Program Will Give Feds a Break on the Cost of Higher Ed
Partnership between OPM and Vermont college will offer feds and their families up to 70 percent off online tuition rates.
Management
Broadcasting Board Offers Buyouts
The application period runs through May 29, and this is the final round the agency will offer in fiscal 2015.
Pay & Benefits
American Tragedy: 20 Years After the Oklahoma City Bombing
Twenty years after the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building devastation, and the only thing we really know for sure is that 168 people should not have died.
Management
Tracking Individual Feds Over Time Could Improve Employee Viewpoint Survey
Academics look at the methodology of the annual survey gauging the attitudes of federal workers.
Defense
Panel Approves Bill Allowing VA Secretary to Claw Back Pension Benefits From Misbehaving Feds
Legislation also would cap the number of senior executives eligible for bonuses.
Management
Women Senior Execs Dominate at HHS
Female SESers make up 53 percent of the top leadership corps at the department, and 34 percent governmentwide.
Pay & Benefits
TSA Reinstates Fired Pregnant Worker
An agency internal review board overturned employee’s termination, finding it violated her due process rights.
Management
Are Low-Wage Federal Contract Workers Getting Ripped Off?
Good Jobs Nation has filed a complaint with Labor on behalf of contract janitors, bus drivers and groundskeepers.
Management
How VA Is Trying to Rewrite the Story on Caring for Vets
Maura Sullivan hopes the department’s focus on "success, one veteran at time" will change the narrative.
Management
Executive Order Protecting LGBT Contract Workers Takes Effect
Obama's action bans federal contractors from discriminating against employees because of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Management
Widespread Power Outages Send Some Washington-Area Feds Home
OPM offers its non-essential workers early dismissal during outage that has affected agencies in the region.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Claims Backlog Dips in March
OPM makes some progress after influx of new applications hits a high in February.
Pay & Benefits
Congress Doesn’t Have Appetite For Messing with the G Fund, Senator Says
A proposal to limit the return rate on the TSP’s most stable offering is unlikely, according to Maryland Democrat.
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