Pay & Benefits
Feds give TSP thumbs up
Rollout of Roth option could frustrate enrollees, board officials acknowledge.
Pay & Benefits
Fed pension hike advances in House
Committee backs bill requiring feds to pay 5 percent more toward their retirement.
Pay & Benefits
Diplomats get a break on pet travel costs
Airline relents and will waive some fees for Foreign Service employees shipping their pets overseas.
Pay & Benefits
Defense overtime pay cap waived again
Certain civilian Pentagon employees can receive basic and premium pay up to $230,700 for the year.
Pay & Benefits
Pay and benefits feature prominently in postal reform bill
Senate will consider amendments Tuesday, including one that would require eligible employees to retire.
Oversight
Republican seeks to cut lawmakers’ pay
Rep. Kevin Yoder of Kansas introduces bill to reduce congressional salaries by 5 percent.
Defense
VA will hire more mental health care workers
Agency adding 1,900 in light of growing veteran demand for psychological, social services.
Pay & Benefits
Roth Delays in Perspective
At least three-fifths of federal workers won’t be able to enroll on the May 7 launch date for the new TSP option.
Oversight
More watchdogs could be on the way for GSA
Agency should assign top employees to provide more oversight of its regional offices, senator says.
Pay & Benefits
GSA boosts mileage reimbursement rate
High gas prices spur agency to adjust 2012 rates.
Pay & Benefits
Do you like your job? Uncle Sam seeks feedback
Full and part-time employees can weigh in on annual job satisfaction survey through the end of June.
Pay & Benefits
IG: Customs shelling out millions in workers’ comp
The agency has not effectively managed costs of compensating employees injured on the job, watchdog says.
Pay & Benefits
Government wants more ethics rules for Afghanistan reconstruction employees
Regulation would require workers get approval for some activities.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement claims backlog is down since January
OPM made more of a dent in March than it expected to, despite an increase in new applications.
Pay & Benefits
EEOC urged to tackle conflicts of interest in federal complaint process
General counsel offices should not coach witnesses or review affidavits of management involved in discrimination cases, civil rights leaders say.
Pay & Benefits
‘Telework’ isn’t working, some say
Panelists wonder whether the word itself is hurting the benefit’s reputation.
Pay & Benefits
TSP fund growth slows in March
All the plan’s offerings except the F Fund posted modest positive returns last month.
Briefing
Spotlight On USPS
Are too much oversight and too little operational flexibility to blame for the Postal Service’s fiscal crisis?
Oversight
House postal bill would save billions, CBO says
Nonpartisan number-cruncher says cutting Saturday delivery would boost USPS savings.
Pay & Benefits
House backs pay freeze extension
The GOP fiscal 2013 budget proposal includes provisions affecting federal benefits and salaries.
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