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Retirement Backlog Stays Flat in November
The backlog of outstanding retirement claims at OPM saw almost no reduction in November.
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Pentagon to Cut Jobs, Contracts By $1 Billion
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday announced he’s trimming the Pentagon headquarters’ budget by 20%, starting in 2014. It will result in jobs cuts and reduction in contracts with private companies.
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NSA Tracking Cellphone Locations Worldwide
The National Security Agency is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world, according to top-secret documents and interviews with U.S. intelligence officials, enabling the agency to track the movements of individuals – and map their relationships – in ways that would have been previously unimaginable.
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Hispanics Following African Americans’ Example In Finding Government Jobs
With a wave of government retirements opening the way for a new generation of federal employees, Hispanic Americans, the nation’s fastest-growing minority group, remain chronically underrepresented in the government. And Hispanics say in large part that they are hamstrung because they lack the kind of contacts and networks that have helped African Americans secure federal jobs.
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Some NSA Opponents Want to ‘Nullify’ Surveillance With State Law
Some NSA opponents would like to turn off the water to the NSA’s $1.5 billion Utah Data Center in Bluffdale, Utah, and at other facilities around the country.
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Former NASA Leader Ed Mango Pleads Guilty To Felony
The former head of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program will learn within a few months if he faces prison time for breaking federal law by intervening in a personnel matter in which he had a financial interest.
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Issa: FBI Impeding Inquiry Into IRS Targeting of Conservative Groups
The House’s chief investigator says the FBI is stonewalling his inquiry into whether the agency and the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative group True the Vote for special scrutiny, and Rep. Darrell E. Issa is now threatening subpoenas to pry loose the information from FBI Director James B. Comey Jr.
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House Approves Bill To Give TSA-Collected Loose Change To Military Groups
The House on Tuesday approved legislation sponsored by Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., that would require the TSA to transfer unclaimed money recovered from airport security checkpoints to nonprofit organizations that operate airport programs in support of the military.
About Ian Smith
Ian Smith has worked in the web development field since 1998. During his career, he has been involved in developing a number of web applications on federal topics such as a federal case research system and online newsletters for federal agencies and employees.
Ian is one of the co-founders of FedSmith.com, and he maintains the web applications and database for FedSmith.com as well as creates new applications for the site in his spare time.