Winter Blast Heading to DC
The D.C. area is facing its first serious winter storm of the season this weekend, as sleet, snow and single-digit temperatures make their way into the area.
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OPM Updates Severe-Weather Guidelines For Federal Offices
The Office of Personnel Management this week updated its closure and dismissal policies for D.C. area federal offices, tweaking its language on delayed arrivals and urging agencies to ensure that more employees telework during severe weather days.
• Leave a CommentFederal Employee Advocates Seek To Keep Pension Increases Out Of Budget Deal
As closed-door congressional budget talks appear likely to continue into the weekend, federal workforce groups are warily watching for signals that a deal on a 2014 spending bill could require employees to pay more into the two main pension programs.
• Leave a CommentState Dept on Back Foot Over $1 Mln Sculpture
The US State Department on Friday fended off criticism for commissioning a $1 million sculpture for its London embassy, saying it was “a good use of our limited resources.”
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• Leave a CommentUSDA Employee Sentenced In Loan Fraud Case
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• Leave a CommentFederal Arctic Scientist Charles Monnett Vindicated In Whistleblower Case Against Obama Administration
Dr. Monnett, whose observations of drowned polar bears raised alarms about climate change, had filed a whistleblower complaint in the wake of a witch hunt investigation by the U.S. Interior Department’s Inspector General.
• Leave a CommentFederal Workers’ Return Lowers Jobless Rate
The number of out of work Americans has fallen to the lowest level since 2008 after some federal workers, who were counted as jobless in October, returned to work after a 16-day partial shutdown of the government.
• Leave a CommentDOI Finalizes Eagle Death Permit Rule
The Interior Department on Friday unveiled a final rule extending the length of permits that allow facilities to unintentionally kill protected bald and golden eagles.
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