Defense
Bill caps Veterans Affairs bonuses
House approves legislation that limits the amount the department can pay in performance awards to senior staff.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker urges end to early federal retirement
Proposal would prevent future government employees, including lawmakers, from retiring with full benefits before age 62.
Defense
Former Homeland Security employee heads to prison
William Mann is sentenced to 46 months for taking bribes and falsifying immigration documents.
Pay & Benefits
Special counsel recommends reforms to law covering improper political activities
Federal employees would not automatically be removed from their jobs for violating the Hatch Act under proposed changes.
Pay & Benefits
Pension contribution levels rise
Federal agencies are paying slightly more into federal employees’ retirement plans.
Oversight
Panel urges Congress to scrap annual budget process
After a year of multiple near government shutdowns and budget battles, lawmakers consider moving to two-year spending cycle.
Pay & Benefits
Government to unveil COLAs on Oct. 19
Federal retirees likely will receive a cost-of-living adjustment between 3.5 percent and 4 percent.
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Federal retirees could receive COLA boost for first time since 2008
Latest data indicate a possible 4 percent increase as of Dec. 1.
Pay & Benefits
Furloughed FAA workers will receive back pay
Transportation Department says affected employees will be compensated in Oct. 18 paychecks.
Oversight
Clinton-era government downsizing offers lessons for current crisis
Report says planning ahead and preparing employees can make budget cuts less painful.
Oversight
Budget chief won’t rule out more proposals affecting feds
Jack Lew is uncertain whether employees will have to sacrifice further in the name of deficit reduction.
Pay & Benefits
Feds could donate sick leave to agency banks under House bill
Legislation aims to help employees who need extra leave and save money in work productivity.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers again seek to cut federal workforce through attrition
Bill prompted by the public’s votes on the GOP YouCut website would allow one fed to be hired for every three who leave.
Oversight
Survey: Feds are happy at work despite tough times
But employees are less thrilled about pay and performance management.
Pay & Benefits
ATF offers hundreds of buyouts
Bureau hopes to save up to $20 million from voluntary separation packages.
Pay & Benefits
GAO contemplates layoffs
Government watchdog is considering all options in the face of likely major cuts to fiscal 2012 budget.
Oversight
Deficit reduction pain for federal employees could be worse, some say
Administration argues Obama’s proposal to raise feds’ retirement contribution levels is better than alternatives.
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