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
Final contract between union and TSA expected next week
AFGE argues for a less discriminatory pay-for-performance system.
Pay & Benefits
EEOC unveils changes to discrimination complaint process
Rules aim to improve how claims are filed, processed and decided.
Pay & Benefits
Civilians in Iraq eligible for premium pay cap waiver through 2012
Executive order allows certain federal employees to receive higher pay.
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.
Pay & Benefits
Government extends some benefits to feds’ same-sex partners
Rules build on President Obama’s 2010 executive order.
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.
Pay & Benefits
Part-time firefighters now eligible for health care
Government expedites rule-making process.
Management
TRICARE contractor drops challenge to award
TriWest cites uncertainty, cost as reasons behind decision.
Pay & Benefits
Service members weigh in on pay versus benefits
Survey finds compensation preferences vary among the ranks.
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.
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