Pay

Congress passes stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown, 22% pay cut for feds overseas

The continuing resolution reauthorizes funds to avoid a 22% pay cut for 11,000 federal employees who spend most of their time overseas.

Congress

OPM asks agencies to review 2024 special salary rates

Federal Newscast

DIA sees STEM pay supplement as a ‘powerful recruiting tool’

Pay

The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern ahead of a briefing by State Department spokesperson Ned Price at the State Department in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Feds working overseas face 22% pay cut, if Congress doesn’t reauthorize necessary funds

Pay

(USDA/Forest Service photo by Mark Pieper)

Forest service, Firefighter on a maintenance prescribed burn at Bitterroot National Forest

Wildland firefighters at the Forest Service work beyond their job duties. Their union says that’s a big problem

Workforce

(AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Biden issues pay plan with 2% federal pay raise recommendation

Pay

You keep a close eye on all things locality pay

Tom Temin Commentary

Big or small business, ‘this’ type of federal contractor does the best job

Contracting

Social Security, SSA, worker, telework, episodic telework

Social Security’s case backlogs are sliding the wrong way

Retirement

Wow! Federal retirement, and protecting it, mean hard work!

Tom Temin Commentary

6 federal workforce bills to watch this fall

Congress

Odds of a 2% federal pay raise and other workforce items from Senate spending bills

As Senate appropriators advance more spending bills, federal employees appear another step closer to seeing a 2% federal pay raise in 2025.

Budget

Pay raise for federal employees seems to be all but ensured

In today’s Federal Newscast, federal employees are one step closer to receiving the 2% pay raise the Biden administration proposed for fiscal 2025.

Federal Newscast

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House VA Committee leader demands ‘airtight case’ for VA IT employees getting pay boost

Pay

The VA implemented a Special Salary Rate last summer, giving more than 7,000 employees in its Office of Information Technology (OIT) a substantial boost in pay.