Pay
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In today's Federal Newscast, Members of Congress are pushing for a higher pay raise than the White House asked for in 2023.
April 29, 2022 -
Congress continues the pay freeze for political appointees and the vice president, a trend that’s been in place since at least 2014.
April 19, 2022 -
Thanks to artificial but very real executive pay limits, imposed for political reasons, a substantial number of top-level career feds won’t get a pay raise in 2023.
April 19, 2022 -
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says tough decisions lie ahead as part of the Postal Service's 10-year reform plan, and that the future of the agency depends on them.
April 15, 2022 -
If you want to help change the world, the State Department isn't a bad place to start. And if you want to get a foot into the door at the State Department, a paid internship isn't a bad way to go. This fall, the State Department launches a new paid student internship program. Director of recruitment in State's bureau of global talent management, Mica Schweitzer-Bluhm, explained.
April 08, 2022 -
While the Biden administration is asking for $773 billion for 2023, that number may not go as far as hoped. DoD says it finished up its planning for 2023 before inflation rates rose and before Russia invaded Ukraine causing oil prices to spike.
April 04, 2022 -
The administration is asking Congress for $1.58 trillion for defense and non-defense discretionary accounts, $70 billion more than fiscal 2022 enacted appropriations.
March 28, 2022 -
Executive Order 14068 directs OPM to issue a proposed rule on using salary history in the hiring and pay-setting processes for federal employees.
March 28, 2022 -
The age requirement for starting TSP retirement distribution would increase under the Securing a Strong Retirement Act
March 25, 2022 -
With so many feds retirement-eligible, many are likely crunching the numbers to decide if it is better to be retired from government than working for it. Both financially and emotionally.
March 22, 2022 -
President Joe Biden marked Equal Pay Day by spotlighting new steps aimed at closing the gender pay gap for federal workers and contractors
March 15, 2022 -
Registered nurses and physicians assistants working at the Veterans Affairs Department will soon have a higher maximum salary, as part of an effort in Congress to reduce record turnover among the VA’s health care workforce.
March 11, 2022 -
Exciting as it might seem to join the staff of Congress as a young person, disillusion sometimes sets in fast.
February 25, 2022 -
The Justice Department has laid out its plans to have employees return to their offices. It stresses maximum telework. But one group says actual telework policies are all over the place, depending on which office you work in.
February 17, 2022 -
If you choose the invest-for-the-long haul course you may, as 112,000 rank-and-file federal and postal workers have done, become a TSP millionaire. But the keys are long-term investing and doing what the proven winners have already done.
February 16, 2022