http://www.govexec.com GovExec.com is government's business news daily and the premier Web site for federal managers and executives. en-us Copyright 2009 by National Journal Group Inc. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:25:29 GMT klunney@govexec.com (Kellie Lunney) webmaster@govexec.com (webmaster) http://www.govexec.com/img/GovExecLogo_red_RSS.jpg http://www.govexec.com 144 22 1440 http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0909/090209e1.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Labor, Agriculture, Veterans Affairs officials work to develop meaningful performance metrics. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0909/090209e1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43522 enewell@govexec.com (Elizabeth Newell) Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:50:47 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/083109ar1.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss President says a lower-than-mandated raise is warranted, given a national emergency since Sept. 11 and the faltering economy; Congress could override the plan. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/083109ar1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43512 arosenberg@govexec.com (Alyssa Rosenberg) Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:55:53 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/082609ar1.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Policies target flu season, care for wounded service members. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/082609ar1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43473 arosenberg@govexec.com (Alyssa Rosenberg) Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:00:56 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/082409rb1.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Horace Cooper, former chief of staff for the Employment Standards Administration, faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/082409rb1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43463 rbrodsky@govexec.com (Robert Brodsky) Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:14:40 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/082109cdpm2.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Only four of president's proposals to slash nonmilitary spending have been approved. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/082109cdpm2.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43457 webmaster@govexec.com (Humberto Sanchez, CongressDaily) Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:33:37 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/081809ar1.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss HR offices should look inward and think about their strategic role, personnel specialists say. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/081809ar1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43425 arosenberg@govexec.com (Alyssa Rosenberg) Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:28:10 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/081709cdpm1.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Lawmakers plan to ax 11 of 48 discretionary, nonmilitary programs targeted for elimination by the president. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/081709cdpm1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43422 webmaster@govexec.com (Humberto Sanchez, CongressDaily) Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:46:15 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/081409ar1.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Draft order would expand issues on which agencies must bargain and alter membership of governmentwide labor-management council. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/081409ar1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43418 arosenberg@govexec.com (Alyssa Rosenberg) Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:57:39 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0709/073109cdam2.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Committee plans to consider its last spending bill -- the Defense appropriations measure -- in early September. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0709/073109cdam2.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43289 webmaster@govexec.com (Humberto Sanchez, CongressDaily) Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:59:32 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0709/072809rb1.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Declining mail volume has created financial burden for USPS, according to GAO report. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0709/072809rb1.htm 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tell a House subcommittee. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0609/061909rb1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43000 rbrodsky@govexec.com (Robert Brodsky) Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:59:17 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0509/050809cdam2.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Budget increases funding for the other offices within the Labor Department's Employment Standards Administration, which oversees whether employers are complying with wage and hour laws. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0509/050809cdam2.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=42693 webmaster@govexec.com (Kasie Hunt, CongressDaily) Fri, 08 May 2009 19:51:06 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0409/041009rb2.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss A little-noticed directive requires service providers that win follow-on contracts to offer jobs to nonmanagerial employees at the previous company. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0409/041009rb2.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=42468 rbrodsky@govexec.com (Robert Brodsky) Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:04:40 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0409/040309m1.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Both versions of the fiscal 2010 budget resolution contain provisions backing equal pay boosts for military and civilian workers. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0409/040309m1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=42425 klunney@govexec.com (Kellie Lunney) Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:21:09 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0309/031009cdpm2.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Unemployment rose to 8.1 percent in February as the economy lost 651,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported last week. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0309/031009cdpm2.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=42226 webmaster@govexec.com (Humberto Sanchez and Dan Friedman, CongressDaily) Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:28:15 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0209/022609b1.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Federal employees, president said, must "do their part" in fiscal crisis. 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Ballenstedt) Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:42:15 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0209/022509ar2.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss One bill would allow retirees to return to work without penalty to their pensions. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0209/022509ar2.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=42129 arosenberg@govexec.com (Alyssa Rosenberg) Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:28:20 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0209/022309ar1.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Carol Waller Pope has served on the Federal Labor Relations Authority since 2000. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0209/022309ar1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=42099 arosenberg@govexec.com (Alyssa Rosenberg) Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:26:38 GMT