Under new rules that went into effect this week, the MSPB will be better positioned to address non-complying agencies.
A growing number of petitions are appearing on the White House’s web site requesting that some states be allowed to secede from the union.
The MSPB’s revised adjudicatory regulations became effective on November 13.
The “fiscal cliff” is a term that refers to a series of tax increases set to take effect at the start of 2013. What are some of these tax increases, and what impact would they have for you?
Would eliminating all federal employees reduce the deficit? In a word, no. Eliminating every federal employee, military included, wouldn’t eradicate the deficit.
President Obama has issued a memorandum directing the Office of Personnel Management to establish an emergency leave transfer program for employees who were adversely affected by Hurricane Sandy.
The Center for Responsive Politics has released a report outlining the top contributors to both the Obama and Romney campaigns in 2012. Federal government entities comprised three of the top ten donors to the president’s reelection campaign.
The Congressional Budget Office outlines the consequences of the country hitting the “fiscal cliff” as well as ways to cut the deficit to mitigate the threat. There are cost cutting strategies proposed by the CBO that would directly affect the federal workforce if they were to be enacted.
The Social Security Administration has announced that it will be cutting the hours that its offices are open to the public in response to funding cuts from Congress.
According to OPM’s monthly progress report on its retirement claims backlog, the number of claims received in October was much lower than the number received in September, but the number of claims actually processed was about the same as the previous month.
