Pay & Benefits

Retirement backlog continues to fall

Despite the progress, many federal retirees still wait months for their full annuity.

Pay & Benefits

Bill curbs bonuses at VA

Legislation would limit the total amount department can pay in annual performance awards to senior employees.

Pay & Benefits

Federal travelers could have fewer lodging options

Fiscal 2013 per diem rates could take a hit because of governmentwide effort to rein in spending.

Pay & Benefits

House passes bill that would ax federal tax cheats

Legislation would allow government to fire employees who fail to pay their share.

Pay & Benefits

TSP head expresses regret over cyberattack

The board’s executive director says agency now has a plan in place to notify participants of security breaches.

Pay & Benefits

Military moves one step closer to a pay raise

Senate subcommittee advances bill with 1.7 percent salary boost for service members next year.

Defense

Lawmakers question Pentagon’s request to move TRICARE funds

Defense wants to shift $708 million from its health care accounts to fund other unspecified priorities.

Pay & Benefits

Union, TSA near final labor contract

The first collective bargaining agreement between the two sides will cover more than 40,000 airport screeners.

Management

Uncle Sam still can’t write very well, study shows

Plain language gurus grade the federal agencies on their ability to communicate.

Pay & Benefits

TRICARE Fertility Care

A provision in a Senate bill would expand health care coverage for certain military personnel unable to conceive children.

Management

Union sounds off over governor’s Gestapo comment

NTEU demands full apology from Maine Republican who compared IRS to Nazi secret police.

Pay & Benefits

Firefighters win health care benefits

President Obama orders agencies to extend health insurance to part-time workers who battle wildfires.

Pay & Benefits

White House takes appropriators to task on pay, TRICARE

Obama threatens to veto yet another spending bill that omits a civilian pay raise.