washingtonpost.com - Stephen Barr's Federal Diary (washingtonpost.com)Stephen Barr's Federal Diary column monitors workplace issues for federal government employees.Thrift Savings Plan Crackdown Is Working- March 18, 2008 Efforts to discourage "market timers" in the Thrift Savings Plan are showing progress.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/17/AR2008031702409.html?nav=r... FEDERAL DIARY- March 14, 2008 Stephen Barr is away.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031303902.html?nav=r... FEDERAL DIARY- March 13, 2008 Stephen Barr is away.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/12/AR2008031204017.html?nav=r... Senior Ranks at DHS Face Scrutiny for Lack of Diversity- March 12, 2008 The career senior ranks at the Department of Homeland Security are less diverse than in the government overall, and less diverse than the department's own workforce, according to a congressional report.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/AR2008031102629.html?nav=r... Bill Would Give Retirees Partial Pay for Unused Sick Leave- March 11, 2008 A majority of federal employees would be able to cash out part of their unused sick leave at retirement under a bill introduced yesterday by Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.).http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/10/AR2008031002708.html?nav=r... Comptroller General Leaving for Love of Country- March 10, 2008 The way the government pays and manages its people was not on David M. Walker's radar when he came to the Government Accountability Office more than nine years ago.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/09/AR2008030901558.html?nav=r... A Plea for Paid Parental Leave- March 7, 2008 Last summer, Amy S. Costantino suddenly went into labor and gave birth to twin sons -- 3 12 months premature. Each weighed less than two pounds, and they spent 90 days in a neonatal intensive-care unit.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/06/AR2008030603657.html?nav=r... Tribute to the Lost Border Heroes- March 6, 2008 The blue stone, bearing the names of the fallen, glistened in the steady rain as an honor guard marched across the plaza of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/05/AR2008030503269.html?nav=r... Government Buildings to Get Added Protection- March 5, 2008 The police force in charge of protecting most federal buildings, recently criticized as understaffed and demoralized, will soon add officers.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030402807.html?nav=r... Federal Pay Caught Up in Fiscal 2009 Budget Debates- March 4, 2008 It's the start of budget season on Capitol Hill.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030302794.html?nav=r... |