Pay & Benefits

HUD Will Post Officials' Salaries Online

Department will make available by May 16 comprehensive salary data of the country’s public housing authority directors.

Pay & Benefits

Did the Federal Government Pick Up Your Student Loan Tab?

If you received money from Uncle Sam to help pay for your higher ed, we want to hear how you obtained the benefit.

Pay & Benefits

Uncle Sam Will Ask Feds About Pay, Job Satisfaction This Spring

OPM will administer its annual survey of the government workforce beginning in late April.

Pay & Benefits

Uncle Sam Has Shrunk the Gender Pay Gap Over the Past 20 Years

Federal women in 2012 earned 87 cents for every dollar a man earned – 17 cents more than in 1992.

Pay & Benefits

House Votes to Increase Feds’ Pension Contributions

The Republican fiscal 2015 budget resolution includes several provisions affecting the government workforce.

Oversight

House Panel: No Pay Raises for Congress in 2015

Appropriations committee rejects a bid to grant lawmakers a per diem for living expenses.

Pay & Benefits

Student Loan Perk Doesn’t Benefit Most Federal Employees

Republicans want to eliminate a $70 million incentive to reduce overall spending.

Pay & Benefits

House Panel Approves Plan to Increase Feds’ Pension Contributions

Republican fiscal 2015 budget resolution would require feds to contribute up to 5.5 percentage points more to their retirement benefit.

Pay & Benefits

Military Families Worry About Possible Commissary Closures

A Pentagon proposal to slash subsidies that keep base stores affordable would negatively affect middle-class personnel, survey finds.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Wilts in March

Last month brought small gains for some funds, negative returns for others.

Oversight

Republican Budget Asks Federal Employees to Contribute More to Pensions

The fiscal 2015 blueprint also would shrink the workforce through attrition and eliminate the student loan repayment benefit.

Pay & Benefits

Congressional Pensions Are Still More Generous Than Federal Employees’ Benefits

Retired lawmakers in 2012 received on average between $27,000 and $33,000 more in annuities than federal workers.

Pay & Benefits

The Government Is Actually Not Growing When It Comes to Earnings

The federal government was the only industry to see a decline in earnings in 2013, according to new statistics.

Tech

OPM Seeks IT Security Pros

The agency says it won’t lay off employees as part of its technology overhaul.

Pay & Benefits

House Panel Approves TSP Bill

Legislation would auto-enroll new federal hires into one of five lifecycle funds instead of the government securities fund.

Pay & Benefits

Bill Would Change TSP Default Settings

House panel marks up legislation Wednesday that would auto-enroll new federal hires into one of five lifecycle funds instead of the government securities fund.

Management

Fiscal 2015 Budget Winners and Losers

The Justice Department and the Small Business Administration would see the biggest decreases in spending from their 2014 enacted levels in the president’s latest proposal.