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In today's Federal Newscast: Homeland Security advisers are calling for technology investments that support remote work. A congressional investigation continues into potential COVID-19 record-keeping violations at NIH. And the IRS is in search of accountants for high-paying jobs to ferret out tax cheats.
Rural carriers across the country said they received an incomplete paycheck for the second pay period in a row this Friday, or are still waiting on their Sept. 1 paycheck.
A venture capitalist-turned-professor and business manager outlines the case for a new approach to how a fast-moving sector of the economy can help the government.
Agencies have until Oct. 13 to submit requests to OPM for new special salary rate approvals. But bigger budget concerns may discourage agencies from requesting or even implementing them.
Between one-third and one-half of federal wildland firefighters would resign if Congress doesn’t make a temporary pay raise permanent, the National Federation of Federal Employees warned.
Without better pay and benefits, call center workers at federal contractor Maximus threaten a strike ahead of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act and Medicare. But the issue of federal contractor pay is more complicated than meets the eye.
The House and Senate appropriations packages are far from the only priority for Congress this fall — and many of the other to-do items have direct impacts for federal employees.
The VA is offering a perk that's unmatched across the federal civilian government. Its Office of Information and Technology last month implemented a historic 17% pay raise for its IT and cybersecurity workforce.
President Biden has officially recommended a 5.2% federal pay raise for most civilian employees in 2024, including a 0.5% locality pay adjustment.
Payroll errors at the Postal Service are leading to paycheck problems for its employees. The National Rural Letter Carriers Association said in a statement on its website Wednesday that it’s aware of an “egregious payroll…
An IRS watchdog is calling on the agency to make better use of pay incentives already available to stay on track with plans to build up its workforce.
The new supplemental pay rates are expected to help the NSA and other defense intelligence components compete with the private sector.
A grassroots network of rural carriers across the country is collecting signatures from their coworkers, in the hopes of joining a new, non-postal union.
To address some issues in the short-term, the Agriculture Department said NFC is on track to hire 80 new employees by January 2024.