Pay
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Four new locality pay areas are close to final, after the Office of Personnel Management proposed rules to implement approved recommendations from the President's Pay Agent and Federal Salary Council.
June 28, 2023 -
If the extra hours of annual leave put federal employees over their cap on carryover leave, they’ll have to use that time off — or lose it — by January 2024.
June 26, 2023 -
The House and Senate Armed Services Committees each finished their work on their respective versions of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act last week. Both bills include a 5.2% military pay raise, the largest since 2002.
June 25, 2023 -
The bill from the GOP-led House Appropriations Committee would effectively reverse forthcoming pay increases for TSA's non-screening workforce, such as air marshals and canine handlers.
June 22, 2023 -
The Veterans Health Administration, amid a significant expansion of its health care workforce, is taking steps to ensure prospective hires receive a firm salary offer before accepting a job offer.
June 21, 2023 -
As the military continues to face serious recruiting challenges, the House's versions of its 2024 spending bills would raise military pay by more than 40 percent for some junior enlisted ranks.
June 16, 2023 -
Several House Republicans are calling on their colleagues to push for cuts to federal employees' pay and benefits, as lawmakers advance spending bills for fiscal 2024.
June 15, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The IRS has its third new technology leader in four months. Reforms to the national security classification system were just passed by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. And a hefty pay raise is in the works for American service members.
June 15, 2023 -
With an early start to wildfire season already underway, agency officials warn major attrition of federal wildland firefighters is coming, unless there are permanent pay and workforce reforms.
June 08, 2023 -
The Office of Personnel Management's backlog of retirement claims dropped by 2,259 claims in May.
June 07, 2023 -
The Postal Service is telling lawmakers that rural carriers have the resources they need to ensure fair compensation under a new pay system that’s been in the works for more than a decade.
June 05, 2023 -
Treasury has a way to ensure continuity of Social Security benefits payments without the need to raise the debt ceiling
May 25, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Congressman Bennie Thompson wants to give an extra billion dollars to rank-and-file TSA workers. The Postal Service’s long-awaited dashboard, to track on-time mail delivery, is now live. And a Reston, Virginia-based company, with annual revenues of $7 billion, has a new CEO.
May 22, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is rolling out a new pay model for its IT and cybersecurity employees later this year — whether or not a governmentwide effort to increase tech workers’ salaries moves forward.
May 19, 2023 -
More questions than answers surround the possibility of a government debt default. But it wouldn't be good for federal employees or retirees.
May 18, 2023