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The Department of Veterans Affairs will be able to offer higher salaries to radiation specialists who treat veterans with patients, if a bipartisan bill makes it through Congress.
December 14, 2023 -
The State Department is honoring Michelle Neyland, a congressional adviser for its Bureau of International Affairs who helped make a pay raise for Domestic Employees Teleworking Overseas a reality.
December 11, 2023 -
In its final regulations, OPM said some commenters held “a mistaken belief” that certain counties were being inadvertently being excluded from the locality pay areas — but that is not the case.
December 08, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The National Park Service offers the best customer experience in the government, according to research firm Forrester. The chief management officer is not coming back to the Defense Department. And blindsided by pay problems, certain VA medical employees might be allowed union help.
December 08, 2023 -
'Tis the season to be jolly. But don't get too distracted from important priorities, like end-of-year financial planning. For some orientation, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Thiago Glieger, a wealth adviser with RMG Advisers of Rockville, Maryland, a firm that specializes in federal employees.
December 07, 2023 -
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 authorities that are unique to the department.
November 29, 2023 -
A new proposed rule from OPM aims to offload a bit of transactional work and let the agency focus more on governmentwide human capital policy.
November 23, 2023 -
There is new leadership at the organization that represents managers and other non-union employees at the Internal Revenue Service. Kelly Reyes was named the Professional Managers Association’s (PMA) new executive director last week. She replaces Chad Hooper, who left the organization this past summer. Reyes previously served as PMA’s national vice president. For a look at the latest with the PMA, Federal News Network Deputy Editor Jared Serbu talked with Kelly Reyes on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 22, 2023 -
A Postal Service timekeeping error will prevent a couple thousand rural carriers from receiving their regular paycheck on time this week.
November 21, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: A new bill aims to raise the pay for blue-collar federal employees. CISA is expanding its cyber services beyond federal agencies. And if you'd like to ghost write for Santa, USPS has a deal for you.
November 21, 2023 -
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.
November 17, 2023 -
Over the last year, federal sector wages fell 27.54% behind those in the private sector, a more than 3% jump in the pay gap since 2022.
November 14, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Bain Capital has bought consulting firm Guidehouse for $5.3 billion. There’s new leadership at one of the largest federal law enforcement employee groups. And the head of the Pentagon office responsible for investigating UFOs has identified retirement as his next step.
November 09, 2023 -
USPS says many of the more than 50,000 impacted rural carriers have been made whole, and that, “with limited exceptions,” it paid carriers what they were owed within one or two pay periods.
October 20, 2023 -
AFGE is urging BOP to renew annual retention incentives for correctional officers at United States Penitentiary Thomson ahead of a planned end of the bonuses on Dec. 31.
October 19, 2023