Mar 31, 2011

Verizon CEO Warns Government Shutdown Will Stunt Economic Recovery

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Verizon CEO Warns Government Shutdown Will Stunt Economic Recovery '...During a press call yesterday for the Business Roundtable's ...
Mar 29, 2011

Federal Shutdown Likely?

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Federal Shutdown Becoming Likely With 10 Days to Go '...Reaching a federal budget accord in Congress by the April 8 deadline "app...
Mar 27, 2011

'Excepted' employees are required to work during a shutdown

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Government Shutdown Overview '...On April 8 the current resolution comes to an end, so federal agencies are preparing for a possible go...
Mar 25, 2011

March 25 U.S. Postal Service Announcement

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This post is courtesy of The Postal Newsgroup The highly anticipated March 25 USPS announcement is referenced below as found on the USPS...
Mar 24, 2011

Postal Service to cut supervisory positions

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USPS offering $20,000 buyouts, shutting seven district offices '...will eliminate some 7,500 administrative, postmaster and front-line ...
Mar 20, 2011

bill (S. 644) that would eliminate the pension portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System

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Senator proposes cuts to federal annuity benefits '...Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., on Thursday introduced a bill (S. 644) that would eli...
Mar 16, 2011

Memo details Department of Defense Shutdown Plans

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Draft Memo Outlines DoD Shutdown Plans '...If the U.S. federal government shuts down, all military personnel would be required to conti...
Mar 15, 2011

Postal Workers Union and Post Office Agree to Contract

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Highlights of the New APWU Contract (Tentative Agreement of the Collective Bargaining Agreement) '...No fewer than 1,100 Call Center j...
Mar 13, 2011

Unicor, known as Federal Prison Industries until a 1977

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Why are Prisoners Building Patriot Missiles? '...100 factories at 70 penitentiaries within the US; a self-sustaining, self-funding comp...
Mar 12, 2011

Federal Employee Pay and Benefits discussed

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Statement from John Berry on Federal Pay '...In the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), enrollees share 30 percent of th...
Mar 10, 2011

Honolulu International Airport TSA Fails to Screen Bags

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After TSA Probe Story Breaks, Management More Attentive '...TSA management has been embarrassed that some of its employees essentially ...
Mar 8, 2011

Authority to Redeposit Refunds under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)

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Authority to Redeposit Refunds under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) '...Employees covered by FERS on or after October ...
Mar 5, 2011

'Recent Pay-Related Legislative Changes' for Federal Employees

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'Recent Pay-Related Legislative Changes' for Federal Employees A memorandum dated March 3, 2011, put out by OPM Director, John Ber...
Mar 1, 2011

Government Shutdown Avoided

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House OKs measure to avert shutdown; Senate votes Wednesday '...The House approved a stop-gap measure Tuesday to keep money flowing to ...

Poll: Majority backs government workers in unions

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Poll: Majority backs government workers in unions '...A new national poll delivers some encouraging news for federal employees and the...
Feb 28, 2011

Could hackers exploit a Federal Shutdown?

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How Hackers Could Exploit Federal Government Shutdown '...One major problem: The federal government's list of critical-need compute...
Feb 23, 2011

Is a Government Shutdown Likely?

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Government Shutdown 2011 Unlikely, White House Press Secretary Says '...Even though the prospects of a government shutdown escalated wh...
Feb 22, 2011

Congress looks at pay hikes

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Congress looks at pay hikes '...need an automatic pay increase to their $174,000 salary....' Reference: www.charlotteobserver.co...
Feb 16, 2011

Federal Job Cuts

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John Boehner: If GOP Cuts Cause Federal Job Losses, 'So Be It' '...House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday that if Rep...
Feb 13, 2011

Federal Occupational Health Turns 65

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Federal Occupational Health Turns 65 '...Now serving more than 1.8 million federal workers annually, FOH was created in August 1946 whe...
Feb 12, 2011

TSA chief vows to fire screeners in a strike or work slowdown

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TSA chief vows to fire screeners in a strike or work slowdown '...TSA Administrator John Pistole told the House Homeland Security subc...
Feb 8, 2011

federal workforce Union-busting president remembered for positives as well

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Reagan's complicated legacy for federal workforce '...This week marks the centennial of Ronald Reagan's birth. When it comes to...
Jan 31, 2011

Retired federal employee sentenced to 23 months in prison for health care fraud

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Retired federal employee sentenced to 23 months in prison for health care fraud '...retired federal employee will have to surrender in...
Jan 29, 2011

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Obama salutes money-saving federal employee '...Trudy Givens, a Bureau of Prisons employee from Wisconsin, won the administration'...
Jan 21, 2011

Spending Plan Would Impact Federal Workers

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GOP Spending Plan Would Impact Federal Workers '...under the "Spending Reduction Act of 2011," the number of civil service e...
Jan 18, 2011

Federal Employee Furlough and Pay and Benefit Cuts on the Table

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Two GOP freshmen to handle federal worker issues '...federal pay and benefits could be especially contentious. President Obama last ye...
Jan 7, 2011

National Security Agency cyber security center to be built in Utah

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Officials mark start of work on Utah cyber center '...The center is designed to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and othe...

Pentagon to Cut Budget by $78 Billion Over Five Years

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Pentagon to Cut Budget by $78 Billion Over Five Years '...The cuts will include a reduction in active troop size and an eventual spend...
Jan 5, 2011

Salaries for Federal Employees: Search by name, organization or location

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Salaries for Federal Employees: Search by name, organization or location '...Want to know how much your fellow federal employee gets a...
Jan 4, 2011

Growth in Federal Government Employment

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The Census and Growth in Federal Government Employment '...2010, seasonally adjusted federal employment reached 3.4 million employees,...
Jan 2, 2011

IRS employee convicted for wiretapping his boss with Outlook

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IRS employee convicted for wiretapping his boss with Outlook '...apparently redirected emails using a simple Outlook rule (an automate...
Dec 31, 2010

Understanding Workers Compensation

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Understanding Workers' Compensation Insurance '...Understanding Workers? Compensation Insurance is the only textbook available tha...

Workers' comp beats retirement for disabled feds

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For disabled feds, workers' comp beats retirement '...He said forcing employees into retirement represents a broken promise to inj...
Dec 28, 2010

Federal Employee Pay Freeze Expanded

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Federal Employee Pay Freeze Expanded '...Federal pay freeze stops cost-of-living allowances (COLA) for two years ...' Reference: ...
Dec 27, 2010

Roth Retirement Plan for Federal Workers

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Implementing a Roth Retirement Plan for Federal Employees '...The Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009, Public Law 111-31, beca...
Dec 24, 2010

No pay raise for Federal Employees in 2012 either

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Obama issues pay freeze order '...General increases, such as locality pay, are also suspended. The freeze will be effective Jan. 1, ...
Dec 23, 2010

Federal Jobs in Missile Defense

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Federal Jobs in Missile Defense Are you looking for a job with the Federal Government? Take a look at at some of the jobs in the missile ...
Dec 20, 2010

collective bargaining and the federal employee pay freeze

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What if negotiated raises and federal pay freeze collide? '...Wages are set through collective bargaining for some federal employees, ...
Dec 17, 2010

Federal pay freeze? Here's the flip side

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Federal pay freeze? Here's the flip side '...some lawmakers grew concerned that Uncle Sam did not pay enough to attract and keep t...

DoD Seeks Comments on Federal IT Worker Job Swap

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DoD Seeks Comments on Federal IT Worker Job Swap '...Information Technology Exchange Program, authorized under the fiscal 2010 defense...