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House Appropriators, Federal workforce, Congress Debt Limit

The federal workforce is growing, as House appropriators consider agency spending cuts

Despite a growing federal workforce, current budget deliberations in Congress could cause the pendulum to eventually swing back in the other direction.

Workforce

Proposed 2% federal pay raise gets support in 2025 defense authorization bill

Pay

Democrats warn layoffs ahead as House GOP proposes agency spending cuts

Budget

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A visual representation of a telework desk.

Congress calls for more details on federal telework in 2024 spending package

Budget

Federal Wage System for blue-collar feds puts some above, others below, local rates

Pay

TSA, AFGE aim to expand workforce options in new 7-year contract

Unions

Hatch Act, political activity, elections

Biden proposes 2% federal pay raise in 2025 budget request

Budget

Here are the actual 2024 federal pay raises, based on employees’ locations

Pay

Proposal to reform pay for blue-collar feds gets committee approval, but concerns remain

Pay

New bill aims to raise pay of blue-collar federal employees

Federal Newscast

Pay agent renews calls for ‘major legislative reforms’ to federal pay

Pay

FILE - A box filled with dollar bills is shown in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Even though your tax refund can feel like a gift from the government, the best use of those funds is not always apparent. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Exclusive

Locality tweaks are only the tip of the federal pay iceberg, managers coalition warns

Creating new locality pay areas while larger federal pay problems loom is “akin to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic,” the Senior Executives Association…

SES

Thousands of feds one step closer to a bigger raise in 2024

Four new locality pay areas are close to final, after the Office of Personnel Management proposed rules to implement approved recommendations from the…

Pay

OPM addresses gender pay gap, proposes ban on agencies’ use of salary history for new hires

Pay

Proposed regulations from the Office of Personnel Management would prohibit agencies from using a federal job candidate’s previous salary history when making an employment offer.