Pay & Benefits

(AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

VA tapping into special pay authorities to make in-demand hires

The VA says it’s becoming a more attractive employer for in-demand occupations, like IT workers and police officers, after tapping into new special pay…

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TSP end-of-the-year review of your investment decisions

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Satisfaction among TSP participants declines in 2023 survey

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A big retirement date is coming soon. What you need to do to prepare

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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, just cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Everyone knows the tech industry is big, but it can be challenging to get your head around just how big it is. At least until you look at it from a different angle and realize that Apple makes more money in a day than 2500 average U.S. households can expect to see in a year. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Agencies would have an easier time approving pay bonuses under OPM proposal

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FILE - A USPS employee works outside post office in Wheeling, Ill., Dec. 3, 2021. A government watchdog said says the U.S. Postal Service's environmental evaluation used for purchases of next-generation delivery vehicles relied on some false assumptions. Jill Naamane from the Government Accountability Office told the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday that the analysis used to determine the mix of gas- and electric-vehicles overstated maintenance costs of electric vehicles and relied on gas prices that don’t reflect the current reality. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

USPS: 2,200 rural carriers won’t get regular paychecks on time because of timekeeping errors

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The same problems continue to plague OPM’s retirement services

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OPM watchdog flags cybersecurity concerns for USPS health care marketplace

The Office of Personnel Management faces a tight deadline to set up a new health insurance marketplace for Postal Service employees and retirees to enroll…

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Open Season Exchange 2023: Kevin Moss of Consumers’ Checkbook on what you need to know about FEHB plans in 2024

Don’t just roll over your plan, says Kevin Moss, who researches FEHB plans for Consumers’ Checkbook. “It’s quite possible that you’re overpaying…

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Over 33,000 federal employees will see additional raises in fiscal 2024

On today’s Federal Newscast: The Defense Department is still the only federal department that’s never earned a clean audit opinion. GOP lawmakers are trying to override a controversial cybersecurity regulation. And locality pay strikes again, as more than 33,000 federal employees will see additional raises in January.

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