Pay & Benefits

Eight more agencies win authority to hike SES pay

Four Cabinet departments and four independent agencies win certification for new performance evaluation systems.

Pay & Benefits

GAO releases details of new pay structure

Pay caps raised for some employees; maximum potential earnings drop for others.

Management

Chilly Atmosphere

The temperature in your office can impact workforce productivity.

Management

More 'plum' jobs available in second Bush administration

New edition of report on political jobs cites an increase in noncompetitive positions.

Pay & Benefits

Nine more agencies gain SES pay certification

About 3,000 of the nearly 7,000 top civil service executives now are eligible for salary hikes to nearly $160,000 a year.

Management

Minor Adjustments

Often, the best outcome is incremental improvement, not the kind of jump in management effectiveness that agencies need.

Pay & Benefits

OPM rules allow agencies to raise some SES salaries

Only those with certified performance systems can boost pay rates to new base cap.

Management

GAO, scholars push for governmentwide personnel reform guidelines

Agencies warn that not complying with personnel reform could fracture the civil service.

News And Analysis

Cold Comfort

News And Analysis

The Best and the Rest

Features

Processing People

Management

Agencies say GAO overlooked key issues in embassy construction audit

Program would assess fees to departments using space abroad, but complaints say agencies would have no say in embassy building.

Management

Perform or Else

GAO ditches across-the-board pay hikes, denying raises to employees who don't meet expectations.

Pay & Benefits

Eleven agencies win approval to raise executive pay

OPM and OMB certify that the agencies have implemented new performance appraisal systems for senior executives.

Management

Union leaders hit the road to stump for Kerry

Leaders of federal labor unions are making it clear where they stand in Tuesday’s election.

News And Analysis

Perform or Else

News And Analysis

People Person

Management

Course Correction

The Pentagon tries a new approach to managing the design of its new personnel system.

Features

Hope Springs Eternal

News And Analysis

Yearning to Breathe Free