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Proposed 2% federal pay raise gets support in 2025 defense authorization bill

The Senate committee’s version of the 2025 NDAA, advanced last week, supported a 2% federal pay raise for civilian feds and a 4.5% raise for military…

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Why it pays to think twice about paying off that mortgage before retirement

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Spanberger demands VA clean up its act when awarding financial incentives

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TSA, AFGE see milestone contract as ‘pivot point’ for frontline workforce

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Sweeping VA bill seeks more pay flexibility for health care workers, stricter EHR requirements

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VA paid nearly $11M in bonuses to ineligible executives, watchdog finds

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Since recent pay raise, fewer feds leaving TSA

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VA reviewing 4,000 positions at risk of pay downgrade

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TSA employees will keep their pay raises under 2024 spending deal

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Federal Wage System for blue-collar feds puts some above, others below, local rates

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TSA, AFGE aim to expand workforce options in new 7-year contract

After AFGE ratified the new bargaining agreement for TSA, agency leaders will have to give the contract a final sign-off before implementation begins.

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6-bill minibus rewards some agencies, while slashing budgets for others

Months of tense negotiations and four continuing resolutions later, a new appropriations minibus puts several agencies at or below fiscal 2023 spending levels.

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FILE - This Feb. 2, 2015, file photo, depicts a part of a U.S. $100 bill. A new government report estimates that government will be paying nearly half the nation’s health care tab within 10 years. That’s even without “Medicare-for-all,” the government-run plan for all Americans that some Democratic presidential contenders are calling for. Driving the increase is traditional Medicare, experiencing a surge in enrollment as aging baby boomers shift out of private coverage. The report comes from nonpartisan experts with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Are federal employees headed for another big raise next year?

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Fresh off a 5% pay raise, federal employees can look forward to some other enhancements coming their way, like the possibility of another hefty pay raise next year.