The Department of Defense's (DOD) 47,340 civilian employees who filed claims under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) made up 17 percent of FECA claimants in 2015, and DOD total-disability beneficiaries (i.e., with no capacity to work) were generally older than those from the rest of government. About 35 percent of DOD beneficiaries received medical benefits only, and 31 percent recei

In the wake of the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, thousands of current and former military servicemembers are undergoing a transition between their military service and their civilian employment. Congress enacted the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) to protect the employment and reemployment rights of federal and nonfederal employees when they

GAO believes that the General Service Administration should amend the Federal Travel Regulation to permit extensions of temporary storage beyond 180 days for transferred civilian employees to make it consistent with the Joint Federal Travel Regulation provision for military personnel. The current regulation has resulted in inequities where employees could not be reimbursed for storage expenses fo

GAO believes that the General Service Administration should amend the Federal Travel Regulation to permit extensions of temporary storage beyond 180 days for transferred civilian employees to make it consistent with the Joint Federal Travel Regulation provision for military personnel. The current regulation has resulted in inequities where employees could not be reimbursed for storage expenses fo

GAO published advance sheets of decisions of the Comptroller General for the month of March 1995.

GAO published advance sheets of decisions of the Comptroller General for the month of February 1995.