Why is it that many federal employees think that FEHB costs increase? The authors provide some answers.
• Leave a CommentA top IRS official in the division that reviews nonprofit groups will invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer questions before a House committee investigating the agency’s improper screening of conservative nonprofit groups.
• Leave a CommentAn Internal Revenue Service worker allegedly used the plastic for a years-long Amazon.com shopping spree that netted her hundreds of items, including a chocolate fondue fountain; Bollywood movies; Pampers; Harlequin romance novels; Omaha Steaks; Apple Bottoms skinny jeans; mango body wash; and a Ginsu knife set.
• Leave a CommentThe Army is planning to launch a new reality TV program, “Starting Strong,” on June 2, aimed at recruiting 18- to 24-year-olds to enlist in the military.
• Leave a CommentA bipartisan bill would prohibit members of the Senior Executive Service from receiving bonuses during sequestration.
• Leave a CommentIs the DOJ requiring federal workers to publicly embrace and affirm homosexuality?
• Leave a CommentThe TSP is considered by many to be a model investment plan for retirement.
• Leave a CommentMore military men than women are sexually abused in the ranks each year, a Pentagon survey shows, highlighting the underreporting of male-on-male assaults.
• Leave a CommentThe watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for D.C. to compel the Internal Revenue Service to impose stricter standards for what types of groups qualify for tax-exempt status.
• Leave a CommentCongress isn’t rushing to stave off looming furloughs for federal weather forecasters.
• Leave a CommentThe man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.
• Leave a CommentA Houston area man has been charged in the death of a mail carrier and could face the death penalty.
• Leave a CommentThe Army says the commanding general of Fort Jackson, S.C., has been suspended in connection with charges of adultery and involvement in a physical altercation.
• Leave a CommentAFGE has scheduled a number of meetings at resorts and a national conference with discounted Disney tickets in Orlando Florida in September. How many attendees will be on official time and government paid travel and per diem is anyone’s guess. The author suggests that for every day a union representative spends at this conference, up to three might not have to be furloughed. Does this affect your pay?
• Leave a CommentMany employees furloughed by the Federal Aviation Administration in April are filing grievances with the agency, in attempt to receive paid time off to make up for the forced furloughs.
• Leave a CommentLax oversight and isolation from Washington prompted poor decisions that created the appearance of bias according to former employees.
• Leave a CommentRecent events involving a wide range of agencies are adding fuel to the “perfect storm” for federal pay and benefits. For those looking for positions, salaries or names of federal employees in agencies currently being cited in news media, FedsDataCenter.com will provide much of the information.
• Leave a CommentThe Department of Defense confirms that accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan has now been paid more than $278,000 since the Nov. 5, 2009 shooting that left 13 dead 32 injured.
• Leave a CommentAt a secret February ceremony at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., the chief of the CIA’s base in Benghazi the night of the 9/11 anniversary attacks there was awarded one of the agency’s highest intelligence medals, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials.
• Leave a CommentThe government hit the debt ceiling over the weekend, although it went largely unnoticed due to focus being placed on recent scandals in the news.
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