Jun 27, 2011

Hatch Act and Federal Employees

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Hatch Act: Small violation brings big penalty '...the Act allows a federal employee to run for elected office if it’s a non-partisan p...

TSA elects AFGE as union reps

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AFGE Elected as the Union at TSA! '...elected the American Federation of Government Employees as their exclusive union representative w...
Jun 22, 2011

The U.S. Postal Service Just Stopped Putting Money Into Its Pension Fund

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The U.S. Post Office Just Stopped Putting Money Into Its Pension Fund '...the USPS is holding off on the payment while it waits for gov...
Jun 20, 2011

FERS Annuity Supplement EarningsTest

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The Earnings Test for Your FERS Annuity Supplement '...The only thing 100% clear about the FERS annuity supplement is that it ends at ...
May 24, 2011

Tim Pawlenty (R) 'federal employees' salaries should be frozen'

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Republican candidate calls for federal salary freeze, workforce cuts '...Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty said Monday th...
May 17, 2011

Republican Senators want to eliminate pensions for government employees

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Federal Workers Facing More Cuts '...In March, Senate Republicans Richard Burr and Tom Coburn introduced legislation that would entire...
May 5, 2011

USAJobsRecruit online recruitment tool

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OPM launches online recruitment tool for hiring managers '...Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry announced the launch of...
Apr 27, 2011

Connecting Veterans With Federal Jobs

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Web Portal To Connect Veterans With Federal Jobs '...“It is our duty to serve those who have so bravely served their country, and the ...
Apr 25, 2011

TSA employee faces child porn charges

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TSA airport screener charged with distributing child pornography '...Transport Safety Administration (TSA) officer Thomas Gordon Jnr. ...
Apr 20, 2011

Federal workers have become the punching bag

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Inspiring a badly battered federal workforce '...It has not been an easy time for federal employees, with the pay freeze, attacks on t...
Apr 19, 2011

Government Salary and Employee name databases

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While searching the internet for interesting articles and sources of information to feed our information hungry readership, we ran across a...
Apr 17, 2011

McNamara Federal Building Bomb Suspect Gary John Mikulich

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Federal building bomb suspect has long history of mental illness; psychiatrist: "danger to others" '...The FBI says 42-year-...
Apr 16, 2011

Drastic shift in House Republicans’ view of federal workers

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Drastic shift in House Republicans’ view of federal workers '...“I think, frankly, the committee has engaged in a broad assault on fede...
Apr 15, 2011

Federal workers who are seriously delinquent on taxes face trouble under new...

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House Panel Passes Bill Cracking Down on Tax Delinquent Federal Workers '...would terminate the employment of federal workers who are s...

House Passes Republican Budget Plan ...more privatization

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House Passes Republican Plan in Partisan Vote '...the GOP plan would transform the nation's Medicare program, changing it from a go...
Apr 13, 2011

2012 Federal Holidays

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2012 Federal Holidays Monday, January 2* New Year's Day Monday, January 16 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, February 20*...
Apr 12, 2011

DC Mayor Vincent Gray arrested while protesting budget

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DC mayor arrested protesting budget restrictions '...Mayor Vincent Gray and six Council members including the chairman were among 41 pe...
Apr 10, 2011

Rep. George Miller (CA) Statement on Budget Agreement

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Miller Statement on Budget Agreement '..."The American people have been told the agreement contains both 'historic' and ...
Apr 8, 2011

Government shutdown averted

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Officials Tout Last-Minute Government Shutdown Deal '...The Senate passed a temporary resolution to keep the government funded beyond ...

Unemployment during government shutdown

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Are employees entitled to unemployment compensation while on furlough? '...It is possible that furloughed employees may become eligible...

Federal Shutdown and Military Pay

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Government shutdown 101: What does it mean for the military? '...The Pentagon will continue military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq...

OMB Federal Employee Shutdown Guidance from Past Furloughs

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OMB bulletins and memoranda that were used in connection with past furloughs. '...OMB Memorandum M-11-13, Planning for Agency Operation...

House GOP pressing to limit EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gases in budget talks

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Shutdown threat: It's about more than money '...Another would ban the District of Columbia from sending local tax money to groups t...
Apr 7, 2011

Federal Furlough Lawsuit

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Union files lawsuit regarding government shutdown '...The American Federation of Government Employees filed a lawsuit in federal court ...

Guidance for Employees Facing Furlough

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Fed Agency Offers Guidance for Employees Facing Shutdown '...Federal employees uncertain of whether they are going to work next week ca...

Federal Employee Furlough and Shutdown Q and A

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Most Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Regarding Shutdowns and Furloughs '...Understandably, this situation has generated some anx...
Apr 5, 2011

OPM Federal Furlough Shutdown Information and Guidance Website Announced

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Guidance and Information on Furlough '...Federal agencies do not have the authority to pay their employees during a shutdown, regardles...

Prepare for a Federal Shutdown

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Preparing for a federal shutdown '...But what should you do if the federal government shuts down? As you may know, a government shutd...
Apr 4, 2011

Government Shutdown Friday ?

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Government Shutdown Could Come Friday '...However, both sides seem confident that an agreement will be reached before Friday. ...'...
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 ...