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Steven Miller’s resignation memo to IRS employees

Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steven T. Miller resigned Wednesday amid the agency’s scandal involving targeting of conservative groups that ...

May 16 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)

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)

Immigration report may be right

The Heritage report on the costs of immigration holds reprehensible views, but reform will be very costly Frum says.

May 14 CNN POLITICS

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)