Senior Executives Association

Amid political leadership vacancies, calls for SES reform continue to rise

Opting for career SES officials or appointees who don’t need Senate confirmation may be the most effective way to minimize persistent leadership vacancies.

SES

For General Schedule employees, pay compression got a little worse in 2024

Federal Report

NIH health executive also a diversity champion

Workforce

Some much-deserved recognition for a longtime fed in the financial management arena

Workforce

This career TSA lawyer focuses on everyone else’s career

Workforce

After a summer break, Congress has a lot on its plate this fall

Congress

Derace Lauderdale

Reforming federal hiring: Does the Chance to Compete Act promise more than the government can deliver?

Federal Report

Human resource management and recruitment employment business concept

‘There’s a lot to be done’: Federal groups push for greater SES diversity

SES

House bill aims to reduce effects of pay compression for senior-level feds

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

SES

Senior Executives like the latest return-to-the-office plans

Workforce

‘OPM sent a signal’: Still no final regulations on 2017 administrative leave law

OPM said the holdup on issuing final regulations is due to a conflict with rest and recuperation leave, but proponents of the legislation voiced frustrations…

Agency Oversight

Biden picks 233 civil service leaders for the 2022 Presidential Rank Awards

President Joe Biden picked 233 federal employees across 33 agencies as winners of the 2022 Presidential Rank Awards.

Workforce

Advocacy groups raise concerns about federal pay system amid growing wage gap

Pay

The Federal Salary Council reported that federal pay fell further behind private sector pay, from a pay gap of 22.47% in 2021 to 24.09% in 2022.