Federal Govt. Closed Again on Tuesday
Non-emergency federal employees need not seek babysitters for their public school children Tuesday. Federal agencies in the D.C. area will be closed.
Posted: February 8, 2010 7:25 PM | Full Story | Discuss this Story
What Will Happen to Social Security?
How to fix Social Security is a topic that has been around ever since a demographer realized that the number of workers supporting an individual Social Security recipient was gradually dropping. The options are to cut benefits or raise more revenue.
Posted: February 8, 2010 9:26 PM | Full Story
$100 Million a Day in Lost Productivity
Closing down the federal government costs $100 million a day in lost productivity. Why can't federal employees telecommute? About 9 percent of eligible federal employees have approved telework agreements that allow them to work from home, according to an Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Posted: February 8, 2010 7:24 PM | Full Story | Discuss this Story
Rep. John Murtha Passes
Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died today. He was 77.
Posted: February 8, 2010 2:19 PM | Full Story | Discuss this Story
Federal Employee Cost Cutting Ideas Inserted into 2011 Federal Budget
From changing cell phone plans used by the Air Force to using two-sided printing at the Dept. of Education, some federal employee ideas were included in the 2011 budget.
Posted: February 8, 2010 7:05 AM | Full Story | Discuss this Story
Distinguished Sailors — and all Veterans — Honored by Stamp Release
On February 4, the U.S. Postal Service issued "Distinguished Sailors" stamps in honor of four men who served with bravery and distinction during the 20th century.
Posted: February 8, 2010 9:57 AM | Full Story
Stress When Traveling
A passenger spent a night in a Philadelphia jail after TSA agents said she assaulted them during a screening at the airport. There are different versions of the story about what happened and the agency did not keep a copy of a video of the event. Probably everyone wishes she had just been waved through the line.
Posted: February 8, 2010 7:35 AM | Full Story | Discuss this Story
Fred, Fern, The FLRA—And Specific Notice of Change
The Federal Labor Relations Authority recently decided that one party can demand that the other bargain ground rules for reopening the term contract, before the demanding party reveals what changes it wants in the contract. That is likely to spark lots of conversations like the one below between Fred and Fern.
Posted: February 8, 2010 7:01 AM | Full Story
FERS and CSRS Disability Retirement: Sometimes the Process is just as important as the Substance of an Argument
When arguing a legal principle in an effort to obtain a benefit for a Federal or Postal Employee, effective advocacy sometimes requires two prerequisites: discretion and the recognition that "process" is sometimes as important as the "substance" of an argument.
Posted: February 6, 2010 6:03 PM | Full Story
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