Eric Yoder

The House GOP rules package includes a provision allowing lawmakers to eliminate federal agency programs and to target the salaries of individual employees.

The average 4.6 percent salary boost Jan. 1 to the nearly 2.2 million executive branch employees will be the largest in two decades.

Premiums in the health-care program for federal employees and retirees will increase by 8.7 percent on average for 2023 — the largest increase in more than a decade.

« Pay gap » between federal employees and comparable private sector workers has stayed about steady over the two years since the last assessment by the Federal Salary Council.

A study finds federal employees less satisfied with their jobs ]and less engaged with their work despite the change to the avowedly pro-employee Biden administration.

Investors describe problems with new Thrift Savings Plan system  The Washington Post

Federal retirement savings program to widely expand investment options  The Washington Post

The White House told federal agencies on Thursday to hold off on reinstating a coronavirus vaccination mandate for millions of employees, hours after an appeals court rejected an earlier injunction that had blocked the executive order.

Federal agencies must test unvaccinated employees at least weekly starting Feb. 15, the Biden administration said in new guidance issued on Tuesday.

Most federal employees in the Washington area will receive a pay raise of just above 3 percent in January 2022 while raises in other areas will range from about 2.4 to 3.2 percent.