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		<title>Federal Union Fiddles as Federal Employees Furloughed?</title>
		<link>http://www.fedsmith.com/2013/05/20/federal-union-fiddles-as-federal-employees-furloughed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Gilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFGE 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?]]></description>
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		<title>Adding Fuel to the &#8220;Perfect Storm&#8221; for Federal Pay and Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 06:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent 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.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Republicans Call for Hearing on NLRB Budget Request</title>
		<link>http://www.fedsmith.com/2013/05/14/senate-republicans-call-for-hearing-on-nlrb-budget-request/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senators are questioning the NLRB's requested increase in funding for increased hiring when its caseload has dropped 9 percent.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Save Money for the Taxpayers, and Get Rewarded</title>
		<link>http://www.fedsmith.com/2013/05/13/how-to-save-money-for-the-taxpayers-and-get-rewarded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert F. Benson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill known as the "EASY Savings Act," would provide an incentives of 1% of the agency's cost savings, up to $10,000, to employees who report ways to save money.  However, the law already exists.]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation Introduced to Stop VA Exec Bonuses</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/05/08/legislation-introduced-to-stop-va-executive-bonuses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 21:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legislation introduced would ban senior executives in the Department of Veterans Affairs from receiving performance bonuses for the next five years.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do You Serve in Government?</title>
		<link>http://www.fedsmith.com/2013/04/25/why-do-you-serve-in-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public Service Recognition Week is May 5-11 to honor those who serve in government. The theme of this year's event is "Why I Serve," and the Public Employees Roundtable is asking federal employees to share their stories.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmaker Questions IRS Over Use of Official Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) has sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steve Miller inquiring about IRS employees leaving their official duties to attend union training conferences on the taxpayer's dime.]]></description>
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		<title>Heightened Security in DC After Bombings in Boston</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[D.C. police have had heightened security after a pair of blasts near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon.]]></description>
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		<title>House Expected to Vote on Bill to Fire Tax Delinquent Federal Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on legislation that would make federal employees who have seriously delinquent tax debt ineligible for federal employment.]]></description>
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		<title>Berry Departs OPM</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Berry left his Cabinet post Friday at the end of his four-year term as director of the Office of Personnel Management]]></description>
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