USPS Ends First Quarter with $1.3 Billion Loss
The Postal Service announced that it ended the first quarter of its fiscal year with a net loss of $1.3 billion.
The Postal Service announced that it ended the first quarter of its fiscal year with a net loss of $1.3 billion.
Legislation introduced this week would provide all federal employees with four weeks of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child.
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Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has revealed that he is recommending a 1% pay increase for the military in 2014, which represents a decrease from the 1.7% pay increase that was approved in 2013.
Republican lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would cut the size of the federal workforce to prevent sequestration cuts set to take place later this year.
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Two Postal Service unions are unhappy about the Postal Service’s decision to eliminate Saturday mail delivery with one even going so far as to call for the Postmaster General’s dismissal.
The House passed the Require a Plan Act this morning which aims to require the president to submit a balanced budget.
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Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) has sent letters to President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner urging them to embrace bipartisan plans to “turn off” sequestration, which would go into effect this March if nothing is done to prevent it.