Should I wait to retire until my within-grade pay increase kicks-in?
Each General Schedule grade has 10 steps. Within-grade increases (WGIs) or step increases are periodic increases in a GS employee's rate of basic pay.
By Reg Jones
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White House urged to fix ‘pay compression’ at federal agencies
Salary caps at the highest levels of the GS scale are preventing many senior managers from receiving adjustments they would otherwise be entitled to.
VA programs would see a 13 percent funding boost under Trump’s fiscal 2021 budget plan
If enacted, the proposal would make VA the second-largest federal agency in terms of discretionary spending.
Dear Bureaucrat, We’re trapped under the salary cap!
Employees that are by law unable to get a raise might decide to leave the government, or worse, they might stay as disengaged, disgruntled employees. But there are ways to make them less frustrated by a salary cap.
By David S. Reed, Center for Public Administrators
OPM plans to help returning feds get better jobs
Federal employees that leave for jobs in the private sector would have more options for returning to government service under a proposed rule.
By Jessie Bur
Feds likely to see a historic pay raise in 2020
A deal reached by Democratic and Republican appropriators would grant feds the largest pay increase they've seen in a decade.
By Jessie Bur
Dear Bureaucrat, I’m frozen on the salary ladder!
Do not assume everything will work out. Take action. Here are four recommended steps.
By David S. Reed
Trump’s planned federal pay freeze begins to melt
The White House reversed course to lend its support to a base pay increase for federal employees.
By Jessie Bur
Should industry help make voting by cellphone a reality?
The widespread use of mobile devices presents an opportunity to vote on-the-go, eliminating long lines and inconveniences, security experts said. How could industry help make it a secure option?
By Andrew Eversden
Pelosi: No debt increase until spending limits are raised
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she'll agree to increase the so-called debt ceiling, needed to avoid a market-cratering default on U.S. government obligations this fall, but only after President Donald Trump agrees to lift tight "caps" that threaten both the Pentagon and domestic agencies with sweeping budget cuts.
Feds could see their largest pay increase in a decade
Federal employees would get a significant pay increase in 2020 under a new appropriations bill released by the House Appropriations Committee.
By Jessie Bur
2019 pay raise expected on many feds’ upcoming paychecks
The 1.9 percent pay increase was authorized in February 2019, but agencies did not begin the implementation process until late March.
By Jessie Bur