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Landing half of the new Amazon HQ2 operation has even the most sophisticated inside-the-Beltway person paying attention. More than 25,000 new jobs averaging salaries of $150,000 per annum is a big deal.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management's inspector general assesses what the agency has done to improve its cybersecurity controls since the 2014 data breach.
The Federal Salary Council also offered some reassurance to federal employees in at least four areas where locality pay is still pending. Locality pay rates should be finalized in time for employees' first paychecks in January 2019, the Office of Personnel Management said.
Amazon will shortly announce where on the East Coast it will move, bringing what are described as 50,000 “well-paying” tech jobs, and three Washington, D.C. metro area locations made the original short-list.
At one least House Republican is appealing to President Donald Trump to rescind his proposed pay freeze for federal employees next year.
After a nearly four-year battle, DoD workers traveling for more than 30 days will get full locality pay.
If the surprise pay raise approved by the Senate makes it through the White House, what would it put in your wallet? We're looking at what’s happening and not happening with pay, shutdowns and appropriations on Capitol Hill.
Federal employees in these four new areas would likely see the locality pay changes on or after Jan. 1, 2019 in their first paychecks of the new year.
See how your salary compare to feds doing exactly the same jobs in the same agency but in another city.
In today's Federal Newscast, after spending 2017 with low budgets, the head of the Coast Guard says his service is now punching at the middleweight class.
The Federal Salary Council will also review the methodology it currently uses to determine the locality pay program.
Feds would all be better off if they recognize the differences and the similarities between D.C. and field employees, but commentator Jeff Neal is not optimistic that will happen any time soon.
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you could make more money doing your same federal job if you did it in a different city.
What agency has the most employees? Which feds get paid the most? Federal News Radio looks at the latest federal pay data from the Office of Personnel Management.