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  1. Gregory Long is executive director of the Thrift Savings Plan. Tom Brown/Staff

    More feds investing in TSP's L Funds

    The number of Thrift Savings Plan participants enrolled in the L, or lifecycle, Funds reached a record 864,469 in April.

    • May. 20, 2013
  2. 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

  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Patrick McFarland, Office of Personnel Management inspector general, left, and Kenneth Zawodny, OPM associate director of retirement services, testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on federal workforce. OPM is failing to chase down suspected pension fraud in its quest to speed up pension processing, McFarlan said Thursday. Thomas Brown / Staff

    IG frustrated by OPM's handling of improper payments to dead retirees

    The Office of Personnel Management is failing to chase down suspected pension fraud in its quest to speed up pension processing, the agency's inspector general testified Thursday.

    • May. 9, 2013

  7. As OT cuts loom, OPM processes 13K pensions

    The Office of Personnel Management in April processed its third-highest number of federal pension claims.

    • May. 6, 2013
  8. 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
  9. Associate Director of Retirement Services Ken Zawodny said the steep budget cuts forced OPM to suspend overtime for employees in his division. Office of Personnel Management

    Sequester forces OPM to cut pension overtime

    The Office of Personnel Management announced Monday it has suspended all overtime for its employees working on processing federal retirees' pensions.

    • Apr. 29, 2013
  10. The Federal Aviation Administration should use newly approved budget latitude to cancel furloughs for all agency employees, not just air traffic controllers, the head the FAA Managers Association urged Friday. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images

    Group presses for end to all furloughs at FAA

    The Federal Aviation Administration should use newly approved budget latitude to cancel furloughs for all agency employees, not just air traffic controllers, the head of the FAA Managers Association urged Friday.

    • Apr. 26, 2013
  11. Defense Secreary Chuck Hagel said last week that DoD officials were “probably a couple of weeks away” from making a final decision on the number of furlough days that will be needed. Mark Wilson / Getty Images

    Lawmakers press DoD to avoid furloughs

    The Defense Department should rethink its plans for furloughs and other cutbacks to its civilian workforce, a bipartisan group of 126 House members said in a letter Tuesday to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

    • Apr. 24, 2013

  12. Unions want more TSP loan options for furloughed feds

    Employee unions are pressing the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to give employees more options to borrow against their Thrift Savings Plan accounts while employees remain vulnerable to furloughs.

    • Apr. 22, 2013

  13. IRS employees to get 5 to 7 furlough days

    IRS employees face between five and seven furlough days between May and September because of sequester-related budget cuts, according to an email from acting Commissioner Steve Miller.

    • Apr. 22, 2013
  14. Former Sen. Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles recommended in a new report that federal employee pension contribution rates gradually rise so that current employees eventually pay one-quarter of the cost and new workers pay one-half. Mark Wilson / Getty Images

    Simpson, Bowles renew call for cuts in employee benefits

    The former leaders of a White House deficit reduction commission are again urging dramatic cuts to federal employee benefit programs, with a goal of saving tens of billions of dollars over the next decade.

    • Apr. 19, 2013

  15. Republicans praise Obama’s proposal to adopt ‘chained CPI’

    The White House’s inclusion of the so-called chained CPI, or consumer price index, in its fiscal 2014 budget gave House Republicans ammunition Thursday as they called for adopting a less-generous measure of inflation.

    • Apr. 18, 2013

  16. RIFs authorized at 60 AF installations; layoffs possible

    The Air Force may have to lay off some employees to help meet its fiscal 2012 budget cut targets.

    • Apr. 17, 2013
  17. A view of Seaside Heights, N.J., after it was pounded by Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to shut down most agency operations for four mandatory furlough days in July and August in response to sequester-related budget cuts, according to the agency's acting chief. AFP

    NOAA plans to shut down agency for 4 days

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to shut down most agency operations for four mandatory furlough days in July and August in response to sequester-related budget cuts, according to the agency’s acting chief.

    • Apr. 16, 2013
  18. President Obama's budget has drawn fire from a number of groups representing federal workers and retirees. AFP

    Obama budget calls for 1% raise, but higher pension contributions

    Commenting on how the White House’s proposed 2014 budget treats federal pay and benefits, William Dougan, head of the National Federation of Federal Employees, said: “With friends like these, who needs enemies?”

    • Apr. 15, 2013
  19. Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry on Thursday announced he will step down when his four-year term expires at the end of this week. Office of Personnel Management

    OPM chief Berry stepping down this week

    Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry on Thursday announced he will step down when his four-year term expires at the end of this week.

    • Apr. 11, 2013
  20. Copies of the Obama Administration's proposed FY 2014 federal budget are on display before going on sale at the Government Printing Office Book Store on April 10 in Washington. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Obama budget proposes hike in pension contributions for feds

    President Obama’s budget plan for 2014 proposes increasing the retirement contributions for federal employees hired before 2013 by 1.2 percentage points, phased in over three years, as part of his fiscal 2014 budget.

    • Apr. 10, 2013

  21. Obama proposes ‘self plus one’ health plan enrollment option

    Federal employees would be able to sign up for a “self plus one” health plan beginning in 2015 under Federal Employee Health Benefits Program reforms the White House is proposing in its fiscal 2014 budget.

    • Apr. 10, 2013
  22. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies March 12 before a Senate committee in Washington, D.C. Jewel Samad / AFP via Getty Images

    Intel-wide pay for performance is dead, DNI says

    Dismantling the intelligence community’s first large-scale experiment with pay-for-performance cost the government $60 million, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said, and he has no interest in giving it another shot.

    • Apr. 9, 2013
  23. Sylvia M. Burwell, President Obama's nominee for federal budget chief received a half-million-dollar signing bonus from her last job as president of Walmart's charitable arm, according a recent financial disclosure form. Thomas Brown / Staff

    OMB nominee received $500K signing bonus as head of Walmart Foundation

    President Obama’s nominee for federal budget chief received a half-million-dollar signing bonus from her last job as president of Walmart’s charitable arm, according a recent financial disclosure form.

    • Apr. 9, 2013
  24. Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry Alex Wong / Getty Images

    Retirement numbers continue outpacing projections

    More than 10,000 federal employees submitted retirement claims in March — more than twice as many as the government expected.

    • Apr. 5, 2013
  25. The White House next week is expected to propose $35 billion in cuts to federal retirement benefits and reductions in retirees' future pension increases as part of the fiscal 2014 budget. AFP

    Obama to propose cuts in retirement benefits

    The White House on Wednesday will propose $35 billion in cuts to federal retirement benefits and reductions in retirees’ future pension increases as part of the fiscal 2014 budget.

    • Apr. 5, 2013
  26. Tom McKinney, a 20-year NARFE member who has been raising the alarm about the unfunded liability in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, will be resigning from the organization. Staff

    Prominent NARFE member quits over pension concerns

    Retired Army auditor Tom McKinney thinks a financial bomb is ticking in the federal employee pension system. And after waging an unsuccessful six-year campaign to get the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association to take on what he thinks is a serious problem, McKinney — a 20-year NARFE member and one of the group’s chapter presidents in Dunwoody, Ga. — on Wednesday announced his resignation from the organization.

    • Apr. 5, 2013
  27. President Obama waves as he makes his to board Marine One on April 3 in Washington, D.C. Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images

    Obama takes pay cut in show of solidarity with furloughed feds

    President Obama will voluntarily return 5 percent of his annual salary in a show of solidarity with at least 1 million furloughed federal workers.

    • Apr. 3, 2013

  28. Man sentenced for embezzling from SSA employees association

    A retired Social Security Administration manager was sentenced to 15 months in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to embezzling more than $400,000 from an SSA employees association.

    • Apr. 3, 2013
  29. Senior Executives Association President Carol Bonosaro Staff file photo

    Panel urges halt to online posting of feds’ financial forms

    A congressionally chartered panel is urging lawmakers to halt plans to require that agencies post online the personal financial disclosure statements of thousands of federal employees.

    • Mar. 28, 2013
  30. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is grappling with $46 billion in sequester-related cuts for fiscal 2013. Win McNamee / Getty Images

    DoD reduces civilian furloughs to 14 days through September

    Defense Department civilian employees will be furloughed 14 days through September, down from 22 days, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Thursday.

    • Mar. 28, 2013

  31. Auditors increase oversight of TSP’s cybersecurity

    The agency in charge of the Thrift Savings Plan faces more Labor Department scrutiny following a major 2011 cyber attack.

    • Mar. 25, 2013
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