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Ask Reg: I’ve maxed out my GS pay. Do I still get annual pay raises?
A reader asks whether topping out at their current pay scale bars them from receiving federal pay raises and locality adjustments.
Congress would approve A-10 retirements, more F-35s in defense bill
For years, Congress has thwarted the Air Force's attempts to retire the iconic A-10 Warthog, but that is about to change.
Military COVID-19 vaccine mandate repealed in defense bill compromise
The $858 billion measure also includes a 4.6% pay raise for troops next year and plans to backfill munition stockpiles depleted by the war in Ukraine.
How do government shutdowns affect federal employee pay raises?
President Biden’s proposed pay raise included an across-the-board base pay increase of 4.1% and a locality pay average increase of 0.5%.
Heres what’s covered by Medicare Parts A and B
Reg Jones is the resident expert on retirement and the federal government at Federal Times.
By Reg Jones
Austin urges Congress to get military budget done or risk readiness
Another short-term budget extension will cause a host of problems for Pentagon, he says in letter to House and Senate leaders.
Pentagon urged to kill alternate pay plan for Army Futures Command lab
The Pentagon claims in its proposal that the demo project gives it an advantage in recruiting a skilled workforce that is in high demand.
Justice Department employees urge OPM to ban salary history in hiring
The Biden administration has called on the government’s human resources arm to evaluate such a rule.
Top Republican on House defense appropriations panel wins re-election
Ken Calvert's competitive election victory puts him on track to chair the defense appropriations panel next year if Republicans take the House.
White House urged to fix ‘pay compression’ at federal agencies
Salary caps at the highest levels of the GS scale are preventing many senior managers from receiving adjustments they would otherwise be entitled to.
Is Veterans Day a federal holiday?
Veterans Day began as Armistice Day in 1919, when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed it to celebrate the cessation of hostilities during World War I.
By Federal Times staff