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 Pay & Performance

  1. Taxpayers pay millions for fed workers' student loans

    Congress may let student loan interest rates double July 1, but some federal workers and congressional staff likely are protected from the impact by a taxpayer-funded benefit that provided more than $20 million last year for them to pay down their college

    • Jun. 19, 2013
  2. Carol Bonosaro, president of the Senior Executives Association, objected to the White House's decision not to issue Presidential Rank Awards. Rob Curtis / Staff

    White House suspends Presidential Rank Awards

    The White House this year will not issue Presidential Rank Awards, which carry bonuses worth tens of thousands of dollars to selected executives and senior-level professionals,an administration official confirmed to Federal Times Wednesday.

    • Jun. 12, 2013
  3. Ex-wife, as beneficiary, should get FEGLI benefits, high court rules

    The Supreme Court on June 3 ruled that a deceased federal employee's life insurance policy should go to his ex-wife, and not his widow, because the fed never changed his beneficiary designation after his divorce.

    • Jun. 7, 2013
  4. 19% fewer pension claims processed in May

    The Office of Personnel Management's processing of pension claims fell 19 percent in May — the first full month since the agency halted all overtime in its retirement services division.

    • Jun. 5, 2013
  5. OPM to offer buyouts, early outs

    The Office of Personnel Management is planning to offer buyouts and early retirements to nearly 300 employees — and some of those buyouts are likely to result in slower pension processing times.

    • Jun. 4, 2013
  6. The IRS, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Management and Budget, and the Housing and Urban Development Department — which have a combined staff of about 116,600 — closed down entirely May 24 to help meet their mandated budget cuts. Above is the IRS headquarters in Washington. Mark Wilson / Getty Images

    5% of federal workforce furloughed Friday as agencies shut down

    Roughly 117,000 federal employees are on leave without pay Friday in the first major round of sequester-driven furloughs.

    • May. 24, 2013
  7. Federal employees at civilian intelligence agencies will most likely be spared furloughs this year, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Tuesday. SAUL LOEB/Saul Loeb / AFP

    DNI Clapper: No furloughs for civilian intel workers

    Federal employees at civilian intelligence agencies will most likely be spared furloughs this year, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Tuesday.

    • May. 15, 2013
  8. Report: Recruit more science and tech talent

    Federal agencies must creatively and aggressively recruit science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medical employees to keep up with rising demand and competition from the private sector, according to a new report that will be released Thursday.

    • May. 15, 2013
  9. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to announce Tuesday plans to furlough most civilian employees for 11 days by the end of September. Jim Watson / AFP

    DoD employees to get 11 furlough days

    The Defense Department plans to furlough some 680,000 civilian employees for 11 days by the end of September as the result of sequester-related budget cuts.

    • May. 14, 2013
  10. The White House on Friday ordered agencies to start studying ways to narrow the pay gap between men and women in the federal government. JEWEL SAMAD/Jewel Samad / AFP

    Obama orders gender pay gap study

    The White House on Friday ordered agencies to start studying ways to narrow the pay gap between men and women in the federal government.

    • May. 10, 2013
  11. Passengers line up to a Transportation Security Administration officer at Portland International Airport in Oregon. Because of the sequester, TSA has cut employees' overtime hours. Natalie Behring / Getty Images

    Sequester hits home for federal employees

    Until last year, the Office of Personnel Management's program to process federal employee retirements was a sluggish, bureaucratic morass that left new retirees waiting six months to a year for their full pensions.

    • May. 6, 2013
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