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While the new higher pay cap of $161,900 is nothing to sneeze at, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it still lags behind what some receive in the private sector.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order authorizing a 2.1 percent pay parity for civilian employees in 2017. This order supersedes the one he signed back in November, which authorized a smaller raise for federal employees.
The Air Force will implement a new civilian evaluation system next spring to increase communication between supervisors and employees.
The 2017 defense authorization bill increases the amount DoD workers get for leaving their jobs by $15,000. The bill, signed into law by President Obama on Friday, provides up to $40,000 in retirement incentives for eligible civilian employees.
Federal workers in the Washington-Baltimore area will be getting their biggest pay raise in years next month. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has a city-by-city breakdown.
The President's Pay Agent approved a recommendation to add Burlington, Vermont, and Virginia Beach, Virginia, to the list of separate locality pay areas for 2018. The pay agent signed off on one recommendation from the Federal Salary Council but little else.
Investment strategist Lyn Alden says the internationally based I Fund may not be the best bet for TSP investors.
Now that the new $40,000 federal buyouts are available, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains what it may take for you to get one.
Why would federal workers boo a president for giving them a 9 percent pay raise, then cheer another one for a 2.1 percent increase? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says timing is everything.
President Barack Obama signed a new letter to Congress alerting them of his plan to tell agencies to give every federal employee a 2.1 percent raise in 2017.
The Defense Department hopes the next administration will create more flexible training models for reservists in order to retain those in aviation and cyber realms.
An oversight subcommittee wants to know whether time and attendance abuse at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is widespread or the product of incomplete reporting.
For J. David Cox, national president for the American Federation of Government Employees, the outcome of the 2016 presidential election came down to "bread and butter issues." And those are challenges that his union, which represents more than 309,000 federal employees, will rally for with the start of the new administration as well.
Congress is doing away with Frank Kendall's position and is authorizing more troops for the services.