Special Salary Rate

Agencies should promote existing workplace flexibilities in federal AI hiring, OPM says

Agencies should offer pay bonuses, faster leave accrual and telework flexibilities, OPM said in new federal AI hiring guidance.

Artificial Intelligence

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Special salary rate gives VHA ‘more robust,’ longer-term tools to hire and keep HR staff

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VHA grants 15% pay raise to HR personnel using Special Salary Rate

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VA’s IT shop boosts retention through higher pay, more flexible schedules

Hiring/Retention

VA plans facial recognition pilot for health care employees to reduce log-in burden

IT Modernization

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

Pay

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FILE- In this June 15, 2018, file photo, twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass. Default on your federal student loans and the government can take up to 15 percent of each paycheck to satisfy your debt. The Education Department can also withhold federal benefits like tax returns and Social Security payments. Garnishment is an effective tool to recoup unpaid loans, private collection agencies enlisted by the Education Department took in over $841.6 million via wage garnishment in the 2018 fiscal year, but it inflicts serious financial strain on borrowers who are already struggling. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

OMB tells agencies to target the use of special salary rate

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Cyber rotation program aims to boost skills, retention of federal employees

Cybersecurity

Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

VA tapping into special pay authorities to make in-demand hires

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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, just cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Everyone knows the tech industry is big, but it can be challenging to get your head around just how big it is. At least until you look at it from a different angle and realize that Apple makes more money in a day than 2500 average U.S. households can expect to see in a year. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Agencies have a chance to propose new special salary rates, but budget uncertainty can cause hesitation

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VA counts on 17% average pay raise to compete with industry for tech workers

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Pentagon approves higher cyber pay for NSA, other defense intelligence agencies

The new supplemental pay rates are expected to help the NSA and other defense intelligence components compete with the private sector.

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VA CIO: ‘Historic’ pay raise coming for IT workforce, as Special Salary Rate goes into effect in July

The Department of Veterans Affairs will implement a long-awaited pay raise for its IT and cybersecurity workforce later this month, to bring employees’…

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DoD looks to expand Cyber Excepted Service, won’t implement new SSR for IT workforce

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The Defense Department says it doesn’t favor adding its workforce to OPM’s new special salary rate for IT and cyber employees, largely for cost reasons. But it does want to expand its own special pay system known as the Cyber Excepted Service.