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		<title>Holding Out Hope for Lower Furloughs</title>
		<link>http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/05/as_civilian_workers_brace_for.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Huntsville, AL, with Redstone Arsenal serving as home to less than 1,000 active duty military as compared to 17,000 DOD civilians, the economic impact from furloughs could be devastating to workers, businesses and the community.]]></description>
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		<title>Tea Party Groups Prepare to Sue IRS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of activists being represented by the American Center for Law and Justice are preparing to sue the federal government for the practice of targeting Tea Party groups.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Retirement Office is So Last Century</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the time a federal worker files the appropriate paperwork, it takes these Personnel Management workers an average of 156 days, or roughly five months, to certify the retirement.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Workers Under Fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Internal Revenue Service scandal couldn't have come at a worse time for the nation's 2 million federal workers, who are desperate to end furloughs and get their first raise in three years.]]></description>
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		<title>McCaskill Shines Light on Bonuses Paid to Federal Employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over a four-year period, the tiny minority (1 percent) of the federal workforce who fill these supervisory positions received $340 million in cash bonuses - on top of annual salaries ranging from $119,000 to $179,000, the Senate Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight found.]]></description>
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		<title>Airport Scanners Pose Greater Threat Than Terrorists</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Airport scanners were put in place to keep the public safe, but there are those who believe the very machines meant to protect you could put you at risk.]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Scandal: What We Still Haven&#8217;t Learned</title>
		<link>http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/irs-scandal-hearing-91521.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some of the key points that are still unknown in the IRS scandal.]]></description>
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		<title>Give Public Servants the Recognition and Pay They Deserve</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The author says that federal employees are largely invisible to most Americans, yet they provide essential services.]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Exec Got $100k in Bonuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Hall Ingram, the IRS executive in charge of the tax exempt division in 2010 when it began targeting conservative Tea Party, evangelical and pro-Israel groups for harrassment, got more than $100,000 in bonuses between 2009 and 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Official in Charge During Tea Party Targeting Now Runs Health Care Office</title>
		<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/05/irs-official-in-charge-during-tea-party-targeting-now-runs-health-care-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 02:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation.]]></description>
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