Pay
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The Air Force is giving battlefield airmen incentive pay even when they are not in a war zone to encourage them to seek medical care and stay in the service.
June 22, 2017 -
The House Armed Services' Personnel Subcommittee suggests a 2.4 percent increase in military pay and 17,000 more troops for the Army.
June 20, 2017 -
What's it like to work for the world's largest nonprofit whose top brass are mostly millionaires looking to cut your pay and pension?
June 20, 2017 -
The Defense Department is giving Congress its suggestions for the 2018 defense authorization bill. The proposal gives service members a 2.1 percent pay raise.
June 12, 2017 -
In one of her first public appearances, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson gives pilots more flexibility in contract lengths.
June 05, 2017 -
Environmental Protection Agency acting Deputy Administrator Mike Flynn said more details about what positions are included in the VERA/VSIP program will be available this summer.
June 01, 2017 -
Have you read so much about the proposed 2018 budget that you feel like your head will explode? Do you just want to know which provisions would affect you, but are having trouble separating it from all the rest? Federal News Radio has boiled it all down to some key takeaways all federal employees need to know. If you read nothing else about the budget, read this.
May 30, 2017 -
The 2018 budget proposal funds programs that will keep airmen in the service and better their life outside the military.
May 25, 2017 -
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said he will make the case to fellow lawmakers that it’s the wrong time to cut federal employee benefits as the unemployment rate is low.
May 25, 2017 -
The military's top reserve officers told Congress they have too many other issues to prioritize over duty status pay and benefits.
May 24, 2017 -
The President's full 2018 budget proposal offers a 1.9 percent pay raise for civilian employees and a 2.1 percent raise to members of the military. But federal employee unions and organizations say the raise does little to undo the damage the President's proposed cuts to federal retirement benefits will have on current employees and retirees and future government workers. The budget also details workforce reductions at some agencies.
May 23, 2017 -
Jeff Neal, former chief human capital officer at the Homeland Security Department, says the issue of federal pay is too complicated to have a simple, one-size-fits-all answer.
May 23, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says federal and Social Security retirees may be in for a cost-of-living adjustment that’ll trump January's proposed 1.9 percent pay raise for federal workers.
May 23, 2017 -
Congress is in the midst of "reforming" the federal government by rounding up overpaid bureaucrats and whittling back their break-the-bank benefits.
May 22, 2017 -
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will examine a recent Congressional Budget Office report Thursday morning, which says government spends 17 percent more compensating its employees compared to the private sector.
May 17, 2017