Pay & Benefits

Shattered Dreams

Federal labor unions' measured support for Homeland Security personnel reforms is giving way to angry denunciations.

Pay & Benefits

Homeland Security unveils performance pay plan

Homeland Security Department officials said Friday that they want to transfer as many as 8,000 employees to a performance-based pay system in fiscal 2005.

Defense

Unions object to Pentagon labor-management proposal

A Defense Department memorandum aimed at kicking off discussions about the pending National Security Personnel System is prompting angry denunciations from labor union officials.

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The State of the Civil Service

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Performance Pay Perils

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Space Transformation

House approval moves a NASA personnel reform bill to the launch pad.

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Two Raises

OPM loosens restrictions to allow Senior Executive Service members to get more than one pay raise this year.

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Capped

Federal Law Enforcement officers try again to ease pay compression in their top ranks.

Management

NASA reorganizes to align with revamped mission

NASA officials announced a restructuring of the agency's headquarters offices Thursday aimed at advancing space exploration technologies and the science of flight.

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Senior executives may wait months for new pay rates to kick in

It may take several months for members of the Senior Executive Service to benefit from increased pay rates authorized by Congress last fall.

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The End Is Near

Details about the Homeland Security Department’s new personnel system are forthcoming, officials say.

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Tipping the Scales

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Holiday Hangovers

The things Congress didn’t do for federal employees in 2003.