Pay & Benefits

  • You’ve heard by now that the Federal Employee Health Benefit Open Season is underway. This is a big deal. It covers almost ten million people nationwide and nearly half of the people in the Washington…

    November 14, 2006
  • Officials who are genuinely concerned about morale in their agencies and offices should be aware of something. It’s probably a lot worse than you think. And pay, health premiums and the 401k plan slide have…

    February 12, 2003
  • Most members of the government’s elite Senior Executive Service would not be eligible for the performance-based pay raises the Bush administration will propose for other white collar civil servants, according to the Senior Executive Association.…

    February 11, 2003
  • The decision to keep the Department of Homeland Security in the District of Columbia could undercut the arguments of D.C. politicians who have for years demanded a tax on commuters who don’t live in the…

    January 31, 2003
  • A record number of federal workers spent the holiday on the job last year because of the September 11 attacks. This year, that number is probably even higher with many parts of the government on…

    December 25, 2002
  • The decision to give non-emergency federal workers a half day off on Tuesday, December 24th, comes as no surprise (now that’s easy to say) to people who know George W. Bush. A White House official…

    December 20, 2002