Senate Republicans Call for Hearing on NLRB Budget Request
Senators are questioning the NLRB’s requested increase in funding for increased hiring when its caseload has dropped 9 percent.
How to Save Money for the Taxpayers, and Get Rewarded
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.
Legislation Introduced to End Free Cell Phone Program
U.S. Senators David Vitter (R-La.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) have introduced legislation to end the welfare subsidy for mobile phone service in the Lifeline Program.
Legislation Introduced to Stop Blacklisting Resorts and Casinos
Legislation has been introduced to stop the practice by federal agencies of canceling or avoiding meetings at resorts and casinos.
A Disgruntled Email Recipient Breaks His Silence
To email writers everywhere… from email readers everywhere… we’re begging you: Please stop sending us emails that look like this.
GAO: OPM Still Lagging in Retirement Processing Capabilities
A recent GAO report concluded that OPM is still failing in its plans to improve the agency’s retirement processing capabilities.
Retire or Keep Working?
As you get closer to the time when federal employees start thinking about retirement, there can often be apprehension about whether or not you are ready. This article will attempt to give you a clear understanding of the financial impacts of your decisions, so you can be informed and comfortable with what you decide.
Two Former DLA Employees Plead Guilty to Receiving Bribes
Two former employees at a Marine Corps base in Georgia have pleaded guilty to receiving bribes resulting in the loss of millions of dollars to the United States government.
What Makes An Arrangement Appropriate?
FLRA is not deciding any cases as they are missing two members. If the former Chair is reconfirmed, we can expect more union proposals to be offered and ordered negotiable as “appropriate arrangements” for violating a management statutory right. The Author recently covered this topic at the Society of Federal Labor and Employee Relations Professionals’ annual conference. This article offers the meat of that presentation and suggestions for dealing with FLRA on this issue.
Releasing Names and Federal Employee Salaries (Since 1816)
Names and salaries of individual federal employees are available online. Here is why these data are publicly available.
