EARLYBIRD: HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WEB
Employee bias complaints down, waits up
Federal employees filed slightly fewer discrimination complaints against their agencies in 2011, but the numbers of cases awaiting hearings and appeals grew as ...
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Americans would prefer higher taxes on the wealthy before cuts to some services, survey says
A majority of Americans would rather see higher taxes on the wealthy before cuts are made to public services such as food safety and border security, according ...
Court limits federal employee appeal rights
A court decision issued Friday could limit on national security grounds the rights of many federal employees to challenge personnel actions against them, even ...
AFGE elects new president; nurse replaces retiring John Gage
Jeffrey David Cox Sr., a 61-year-old nurse and North Carolina native, takes over as president of the American Federation of Government Employees Thursday after ...
How has military medical consolidation affected employees and service members? | #FedBuzz
Walter Reed Army Medical Center closed down operations during summer 2011, moving its outpatients to new facilities at Bethesda and Fort Belvoir. Originally, ...
General Services Administration freezes federal travel rates
The General Services Administration is freezing federal travel per diem rates for fiscal year 2013, the agency announced Tuesday. The agency predicts freezing ...
Veterans Affairs agency under investigation for conference spending
The Department of Veterans Affairs spent $5 million—and set aside $4 million more — last year for two training conferences whose organizers are under ...
Federal employee phased retirement details emerge
The government’s central personnel agency has said that allowing federal employees to phase into retirement is one of its important goals and it will make the ...
Federal workers: Are you getting enough additional training? | #FedBuzz
Most feds aren’t preparing to go back to school this August, but many hope to have opportunities to continue their education throughout the course of their ...
Older Feds Aren't Playing to Their Strengths
Is It Too Hard to Fire Misbehaving Feds?
Americans Still Like the Postal Service
A Forced 4-Day Weekend for Many Feds
No More Tax-Cheating Feds, Senators Say
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