Senators Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) and Mark Pryor (D-AR) have introduced a bill prohibiting the federal government from employing those with seriously delinquent tax debts.
• Leave a CommentThe author says that the government has embezzled all surplus Social Security revenue, generated by the 1983 payroll tax hike, and spent the money on wars and other government programs.
• Leave a CommentEd Pratt has worked for the government for 61 years with no plans to retire.
• Leave a CommentLegislation has been introduced that would establish an independent task force or commission to analyze VA’s disability benefits claims processing system. The task force would be charged with examining the root causes of VA’s backlog and providing solutions for ending it by 2015.
• Leave a CommentThe IRS official who oversaw the unit responsible for the targeting of conservative groups has been placed on administrative leave.
• Leave a CommentPresident Obama on Thursday nominated former State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland to be the department’s top diplomat for Europe and Eurasia.
• Leave a CommentA former postal worker from Birmingham has pleaded guilty in a mail theft case that involved re-directing packages – one that contained 11 handguns – to an accomplice, federal authorities announced this morning.
• Leave a CommentAnother few months have passed since the debt ceiling was raised and time for another raise in our debt. How will your retirement annuity payments and your G fund investments be impacted?
• Leave a CommentPresident Obama will nominate former campaign official Katherine Archuleta as director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Thursday, according to a White House official.
• Leave a CommentPresident Obama, responding to mounting criticism of his Justice Department’s seizure of reporter records, said for the first time Thursday that the administration would be reviewing its guidelines in response to the controversy.
• Leave a CommentOPM has provided some special insurance information with regard to how the recent tornado in Oklahoma may affect various benefit programs.
• Leave a CommentGot a question about tax refunds, polluters or subsidized housing? Don’t expect an answer this Friday.
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