Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Pay stubs for some federal workers going electronic - washingtonpost.com

The federal government will start transmitting pay information for executive branch employees electronically, the Office of Management and Budget announced Monday.

The New Orleans-based National Finance Center, which processes payroll statements for more than 140 offices across the three branches of government, plans to start sending leave and earnings statements to workers electronically, although workers can choose to still receive paper versions, OMB said. The change will save taxpayers about $4 million annually. Workers at the Department of Homeland Security will be the first to see the changes in the coming weeks, followed later by employees at other executive branch departments, including Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Labor, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs...