Sep 17, 2011

Federal employees less expensive than contractors

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U.S. spends billions outsourcing work '...The Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan independent organization based in Washingt...
Aug 23, 2011

V.A. Hiring in Leavenworth

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VA hiring 400 people in Leavenworth '...“Applicants need basic computer and communication skills. They’ll be trained for the rest,” sai...
Aug 15, 2011

GAO 2011 early retirements and buyouts coming

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GAO to offer early retirement (VERA), buyouts (VSIP) '...On August 8, 2011, GAO (via memo) announced a Voluntary Early Retirement (VERA...
Aug 11, 2011

Postal Service wants to layoff 120, 000; break union contracts

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Postal Service asks Congress to allow 120,000 layoffs, overhaul benefits '...The USPS is also asking Congress to change legislation th...
Aug 9, 2011

Federal employee union protest U.S. Rep. James Lankford (OK)

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Union, Constituents to Protest Anti-Worker Lawmaker '...Constituents from U.S. Rep. James Lankford's congressional district will j...
Aug 8, 2011

Federal district court employee killed

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U.S. federal court employee kidnapped, killed in Mexico '...His kidnapping and death are not believed to be related to his status as a ...
Aug 4, 2011

Congress reaches deal to temporarily end FAA shutdown

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Congress reaches deal to end FAA shutdown '...Most, like Delta Air Lines (DAL.N), American Airlines (AMR.N), US Airways (LCC.N) and Sou...

FAA standoff shows jobs not a priority ...are you next?

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More to FAA shutdown than air service subsidies '...immediate price is high. Already, 4,000 FAA employees have been furloughed, more th...
Aug 3, 2011

Congress goes home leaving thousands of FAA Federal workers on furlough

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Partial FAA shutdown continues as Congress goes home '...Caught up in the partisan acrimony are nearly 4,000 FAA employees who have been...
Aug 1, 2011

FAA stand-off over funding is about unionization

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Obama team tries to break FAA impasse '...The dispute involves the labor law that governs unionization efforts at airlines. Those effo...
Jul 30, 2011

FAA furloughed 4,000 employees

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FAA furloughs unprecedented, officials say '...FAA furloughed 4,000 employees, including almost 1,000 in Washington, after lawmakers fa...
Jul 25, 2011

1000's of FAA workers furloughed

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FAA furloughs thousands amid congressional funding stalemate '...(Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration, the arm of the U.S. D...
Jul 17, 2011

Federal directive requires agencies to incorporate plain language in development of communications materials

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Plain Language at OPM '...Plain language is not unprofessional writing or a method of "dumbing down" or "talking down...
Jul 12, 2011

Ford Bragg Federal Employment

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How to Search for Federal Jobs at Fort Bragg '...Employment vacancies for Fort Bragg and the surrounding community can be found online....
Jul 7, 2011

Federal Contracting cuts coming

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Cut contracting costs by 15 percent, agencies are told '...methods being pursued include lowering labor rates...' Reference: www...
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...