Management

Experts sound off on ways to improve government management

Improving agency performance in the federal government is a difficult, long-term process, but it can be done, according to a panel of experts who gathered Friday to discuss President Bush’s management agenda.

Pay & Benefits

Social Security Administration settles race discrimination suit

The Social Security Administration agreed Friday to pay $7.75 million to settle a discrimination suit lodged by 2,200 black male employees in 1995.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Funds fare well in December

Management

FirstGov searches for a new search engine

Pay & Benefits

OPM, union settle special rates pay case for $173 million

After more than 19 years of legal wrangling and tense negotiations with the National Treasury Employees Union, the federal government has agreed to pay more than $173 million to settle a back pay case that affects at least 212,000 current and former “special rate” employees.

Pay & Benefits

Postal inspector general criticizes executive awards program

For two consecutive years, every eligible executive in the Postal Inspection Service received a cash payout from its executive awards program, according to an inspector general's audit.

News

Report calls for targeted succession planning