9/5/2006: Congress's Agenda Includes Federal Employee Pay Raise and Other Personnel Issues (The Washington Post; subscription may be required)

Excerpt: House aides also are looking into whether to allow federal employees to contribute their bonuses as lump sums into the Thrift Savings Plan, a 401(k)-type retirement program. If performance-based pay systems spread across government as planned, an increasing number of employees will be getting their raises in bonuses rather than as salary adjustments, the aides said.