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<title><![CDATA[National Council's Report to President on Labor Relations:  Nuthin' Much Happened, Let's Do It Some More and Maybe Sumpthin' Will]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[After nearly 2 ½ years of meetings, Agency arm twisting to establish pilots, pressure to identify metrics, and 177 pages of print, the long awaited report on labor relations was sent to the president. If you think GSA spent too much on a conference, the report proves that you can spend a ton and not even get an entertaining speaker or a dip in the hot tub in return.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:07:35 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FLRA Issues New e-Filing Regulations]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[In Friday's (May 4, 2012) [I]Federal Register,[/I] the Federal Labor Relations Authority announced that, beginning June 4, 2012, parties will be able to e-file in a number of proceedings before the Authority using the Authority's e-Filing system.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 12:18:21 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA["Gross Waste:" Do Fed Employees Know It When They See It?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The author says that the recent GSA conference spending scandal begs the question as to whether there are some federal employees who do not know what qualifies as a "gross waste of funds" under the Whistleblower Protection Act.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2012 20:40:42 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Discipline and Firing in the Federal Service: What Can and Can't be Done!]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[When Federal employees publicly act out, there's generally a call for immediate action. As with most things Federal, it's more complex than it should be. Over the last 100 years (almost exactly), Congress has passed numerous laws that complicate and make the accountability process difficult and time consuming.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 07:06:48 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Threats Against Co-Workers Lead to Navy Employee's Removal]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Navy employee is unable to get the court to overturn his removal for making threats against coworkers and dissing his supervisors.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 07:51:38 CST</pubDate>
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