MSPB Announces New Senior Executive Appointments
The MSPB has announced three senior executive appointments at MSPB headquarters.
Author: Ian Smith
Treasury Commences Plan to Sell GM Stock
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it took the next step in its plan to sell its approximately 300.1 million remaining shares of General Motors (GM) common stock with the initiation of a pre-arranged written trading plan.
Federal Employee Groups Lobby Against Pay Freeze Vote
Groups representing federal employees have been speaking out on the House’s scheduled vote on a bill that would continue the pay freeze for the federal workforce.
Chaffetz Reintroduces Legislation to Fire Tax Delinquent Federal Workers
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) is reintroducing legislation in the new Congress to fire tax delinquent federal workers as well as prevent future hiring of new federal employees who are seriously tax delinquent.
Federal Pay Raise Drawing Attention
Two recent editorials take issue with the upcoming pay increase for federal employees.
Bill Introduced to Freeze Pay for Federal Employees
Congressman Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has introduced a bill that would freeze pay for federal employees and extend a freeze on pay for Members of Congress.
Petitioning the White House is a Popular Affair
The White House recently announced that it has quadrupled the number of signatures required for a response on its online petition web site. WH Director of Digital Strategy Macon Phillips offered an explanation for this change.
Legislation Would Require Agencies to Justify Budget Requests
Congressman Dennis Ross (R-FL) has introduced legislation which would require agency and department managers to justify and approve every line item on their budget each year.
Federal Employees Won’t Be Affected by Hurricane Sandy Relief Package
The House has passed a $50.7 billion Hurricane Sandy relief bill, but it won’t come with any negative impact to the federal workforce.
Government Will Borrow From Federal Employee Pension Fund to Avoid Passing Debt Limit
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that the government has begun borrowing from the federal employee pension fund to keep operating without passing the approaching debt limit.
