Congress sets ’07 military pay raise a...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 28, 2006 | Comments Off
Source: Federal Times.com
Congress has set the Jan. 1 military pay raise at 2.2 percent. And that means it’s all but certain that federal civilian employees will get the same.
A 2.2 percent average increase would be the smallest raise for civilian employees since 1988 and the smallest military pay...
AFGE FILES BRIEF IN RESPONSE TO DOD APPE...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 26, 2006 | Comments Off
Union, DoD Coalition Ask District Court to Affirm Earlier Court Ruling
WASHINGTON—The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), along with its Department of Defense (DoD) union coalition partners, today filed an opposition brief in response to DoD’s decision to appeal the court ruling...
SUIT COULD DELAY NSPS BY ONE YEAR...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 22, 2006 | Comments Off
Source: FedNews Online
The ongoing legal struggle over the labor relations component of the National Security Personnel System could delay the pay-for-performance system for the Department of Defense.
DoD Deputy Secretary Gordon England testified earlier this week before the Senate Committee on Homeland...
FEHBP PREMIUMS RISING, BARELY...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 21, 2006 | Comments Off
Source: FedNews Online
The Office of Personnel Management recently announced FY 2007’s Federal Employees Health Benefits Program premium increases, which are the lowest increases since 1997.
Premiums will increase by an average of 1.8 percent next year, but the majority of enrollees (63 percent)...
Senior execs pan performance pay system...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 19, 2006 | Comments Off
By Karen Rutzick
Source: GovExec.com
The fledgling system to pay federal executives based on quantifiable performance measures is a flop, according to most of the executives who responded to an unscientific survey released Monday.
Eighty-six percent of respondents said the 2-year-old pay-for-performance...
BUSH NAMES NEW SSA CHIEF...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 18, 2006 | Comments Off
Source: fednews-online.com
President George W. Bush last week announced his intention to nominate a new Social Security Administration commissioner, Michael J. Astrue.
Astrue has more than two decades of experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in both public and private sectors....
Social Security Lays Out the Funding Con...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 14, 2006 | Comments Off
Source: The Washington Post
By Stephen Barr
The Social Security Administration would be forced to send employees home without pay and shut offices 10 days next year if Congress does not increase its funding in fiscal 2007, the agency has told Congress.
“Fewer resources mean fewer people to serve...
DOD POSTS NSPS PERFORMANCE TOOL...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 14, 2006 | Comments Off
Source: fednews-online
Department of Defense employees already in the National Security Personnel System now have an online tool to facilitate the System’s performance management process.
According to the NSPS Web site, the Performance Appraisal Application provides an online venue for supervisors...
Dental and Vision Preview...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 7, 2006 | Comments Off
Information on the new federal dental and vision benefits has been slow in coming. But now that the Office of Personnel Management awarded contracts to a handful of insurance companies — after yanking them once — details are starting to trickle in.
Dental and vision insurance will be available...
Public sector unions gain ground in labo...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 6, 2006 | Comments Off
As the influence of traditional blue-collar unions dwindles in the private sector, government unions are taking on a new prominence.
Union membership in the private sector reached a low of 7.8 percent in 2005, while 36.5 percent of government workers, including state and local in addition to federal,...
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