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Perez confirmation saga continues with upcoming committee vote

A normally small confirmation hurdle last week turned into more serious roadblock as Senate lawmakers postponed action on President Obama’s pick for labor ...

May 16 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)

Obama won't let media do its job

Ruben Navarrette says the administration isn't delivering the transparency it promised and is obstructing journalists' work

May 15 CNN POLITICS

VA announces overtime ‘surge’ to battle disability claims backlog

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday that it is mandating the use of overtime for claims processors at its 56 regional offices as part of a ...

May 15 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)

Tougher discipline for IRS employees set aside, at least for now

The Senate on Tuesday set aside, if only for the meantime, a proposal to add the threat of a fine and imprisonment to current policies that require that IRS ...

May 15 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)

Roth-style investing in TSP continues to grow

Federal employees are increasingly taking to Roth-style investing in their retirement savings program, although Thrift Savings Plan accounts remain heavily ...

May 15 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)

Defense Department expected to reduce furloughs to 11 days

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will announce plans Tuesday afternoon to reduce the number of furlough days faced by the department’s 800,000 civilian workers ...

May 14 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)

IRS released confidential info on conservative groups to ProPublica

ProPublica on Monday reported that the same IRS division that targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny during the 2012 election cycle provided the ...

May 14 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)

White House orders look at pay equity inside government

President Obama has called for creation of a government-wide strategy “to address any gender pay gap in the Federal workforce,” focusing on how salaries are ...

May 13 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)

Senate Democrats demanded stricter IRS standards for tax-exempt groups

A group of Senate Democrats, led by Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), complained to the IRS commissioner in 2012 that political groups were improperly claiming ...

May 13 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)

Lingering questions about the IRS targeting of conservative groups

The Internal Revenue Service left Washington abuzz over the weekend with a Friday admission that it singled out conservative groups for special scrutiny when ...

May 13 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)