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McCain Bill Would Require Parity Between Postal and Federal Workers’ Insurance Premiums
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has introduced legislation to restore the financial health of the Postal Service.
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Johnson and Mulvaney Introduce Legislation to Cut Federal Workforce by 10%
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) have introduced legislation aimed at cutting the federal workforce through attrition.
Federal Workforce News
Are You Satisfied with Your Pay? Many Federal Employees Still Are
Despite a two-year pay freeze being imposed on the federal workforce late last year, many federal employees report overall satisfaction with their pay according to the 2011 OPM…
Retirement
It Pays to be a Dead Federal Retiree
The OPM Office of the Inspector General has issued a report showing that payments from the federal government's Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund to deceased annuitants has…
Federal Workforce News
Proposed Legislation Would Refund $6.9 Billion Postal Service Has Overpaid Into FERS
Reps. Elijah E. Cummings and Stephen Lynch have introduced legislation to address the Postal Service's dismal financial situation by making numerous changes in an attempt to restore it…
Federal Workforce News
Rep. Schweikert Introduces Legislation to Phase Out $1 Bill
Legislation has been introduced that claims it would reduce the deficit by billions by phasing out the $1 bill.
Federal Workforce News
Deficit Subcommittee Proposes Significant Cuts to Federal Employees’ Retirement
The minority staff of the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia recently released a report detailing more than $1.4 trillion…
Retirement
President’s Deficit Proposal to Target Federal Employee Pensions
The President has released a proposal outlining his ideas for ways to cut the growing federal deficit. The plan aims to make as much as $3 trillion in…
Federal Workforce News
Labor Groups Urge Obama Not to Target Federal Employees
A group of labor, management and union groups sent a letter to President Obama on Friday urging him not to target federal employees' salaries or benefits in the…
Federal Workforce News
Public Servants Honored at Sammies Awards Gala
Nine Samuel J. Heyman Service to America medals were given out to outstanding public servants at the annual ceremony in Washington, D.C. on September 15.