http://www.govexec.comEric Katz joined Government Executive in the summer of 2012 after graduating from The George Washington University, where he studied journalism and political science. He has written for his college newspaper and an online political news website and worked in a public affairs office for the Navy’s Military Sealift Command. Most recently, he worked for Financial Times, where he reported on national politics.en-usThu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/pay-benefits-watch/2013/05/congress-fehbp-and-obamacare/62922/Uncertainty lingers as lawmakers and staffers face ouster from federal employees health insurance plan.Eric KatzThu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/pay-benefits-watch/2013/05/congress-fehbp-and-obamacare/62922/Pay & Benefits - Pay & Benefits Watchhttp://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/usps-extends-health-care-non-career-workers-comply-obamacare/62899/Postal Service announces $239 million annual contract with UnitedHealthcare.Eric KatzTue, 30 Apr 2013 16:26:44 -0400http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/usps-extends-health-care-non-career-workers-comply-obamacare/62899/Pay & BenefitsDavid Orcea/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/lawmaker-wants-usps-bring-you-your-booze/62889/Proposal would overturn Postal Service’s ban on delivering wine and beer.Eric KatzTue, 30 Apr 2013 13:30:13 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/lawmaker-wants-usps-bring-you-your-booze/62889/OversightChristian Delbert/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/expect-retirement-claims-backlog-grow-due-sequester-opm-says/62872/Agency cuts overtime, call center hours.Eric KatzMon, 29 Apr 2013 16:41:04 -0400http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/expect-retirement-claims-backlog-grow-due-sequester-opm-says/62872/Pay & Benefitsphotastic/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/hud-restructuring-could-relocate-900-employees/62834/Department will consolidate more than 50 offices across the country.Eric KatzFri, 26 Apr 2013 16:29:13 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/hud-restructuring-could-relocate-900-employees/62834/Managementhttp://www.govexec.com/technology/2013/04/air-force-secretary-retire/62830/Michael Donley will serve two more months in the role before departing.Eric KatzFri, 26 Apr 2013 15:29:23 -0400http://www.govexec.com/technology/2013/04/air-force-secretary-retire/62830/TechnologyDefense Departmenthttp://www.govexec.com/technology/2013/04/congress-agrees-end-faa-furloughs/62819/President expected to sign what White House calls a ‘Band-Aid’ measure.Eric KatzFri, 26 Apr 2013 12:51:40 -0400http://www.govexec.com/technology/2013/04/congress-agrees-end-faa-furloughs/62819/TechnologyElaine Thompson/APhttp://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/whos-forfeiting-furlough-exemptions/62299/From the White House to Capitol Hill, a growing list of top officials show solidarity.Eric KatzFri, 26 Apr 2013 11:46:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/whos-forfeiting-furlough-exemptions/62299/Pay & BenefitsDHS' Janet Napolitano will donate 5 percent of her salary to foundations that benefit DHS employeesAPhttp://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/senators-pitch-dueling-plans-reverse-furloughs/62793/Great divide remains in sequestration replacement debates.Eric KatzThu, 25 Apr 2013 15:34:08 -0400http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/senators-pitch-dueling-plans-reverse-furloughs/62793/Pay & BenefitsSen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., called a Democratic plan to halt sequestration "budget cowardice on the backs of our warfighters."Manuel Balce Ceneta/APhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/senate-confirms-new-omb-director/62763/As White House budget chief, Sylvia Mathews Burwell tasked with helping to replace sequestration.Eric KatzWed, 24 Apr 2013 15:24:01 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/senate-confirms-new-omb-director/62763/ManagementCarolyn Kaster/APhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/reid-proposes-temporary-sequestration-suspension/62755/Bill would use reduced wartime spending to pay for delay through September.Eric KatzWed, 24 Apr 2013 13:54:44 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/reid-proposes-temporary-sequestration-suspension/62755/OversightSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.J. Scott Applewhite/APhttp://www.govexec.com/contracting/2013/04/usps-renews-air-contract-fedex/62746/The $10.5 billion contract will last seven years.Eric KatzWed, 24 Apr 2013 09:48:47 -0400http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2013/04/usps-renews-air-contract-fedex/62746/ContractingWorkers sort packages at a FedEx sorting facility in Kansas City, Mo. Charlie Riedel/APhttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2013/04/full-sequestration-would-force-army-drop-100000-soldiers-officials-say/62731/Reservist unemployment at all-time high due to over-deployment.Eric KatzTue, 23 Apr 2013 16:40:26 -0400http://www.govexec.com/defense/2013/04/full-sequestration-would-force-army-drop-100000-soldiers-officials-say/62731/DefenseArmy Secretary John McHugh, left, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, arrive on Capitol Hill to testify for the hearing on the Defense Department budget requests for Fiscal 2014J. Scott Applewhite/APhttp://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/tsp-nixes-idea-offer-extra-loan-assistance-furloughed-feds/62701/Board discusses changing default investment from safe G Fund.Eric KatzMon, 22 Apr 2013 17:44:22 -0400http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/tsp-nixes-idea-offer-extra-loan-assistance-furloughed-feds/62701/Pay & Benefitshttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/committee-wants-update-postal-regulatory-commission-travel-spending/62662/Chairwoman has been under scrutiny since last year; cooperated with previous inquiry.Eric KatzFri, 19 Apr 2013 12:33:35 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/committee-wants-update-postal-regulatory-commission-travel-spending/62662/OversightTom Coburn, R-Okla., is one of two Senators who made the request in a letter to PRC Chairwoman Ruth Goldway. Lawrence Jackson/AP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/high-probability-furloughs-signaled-two-usda-agencies/62637/FSA, Rural Development employees face as many as 10 unpaid days off, Agriculture secretary says.Eric KatzThu, 18 Apr 2013 16:19:47 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/high-probability-furloughs-signaled-two-usda-agencies/62637/ManagementAgriculture Secretary Tom VilsackEvan Vucci/APhttp://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/pay-benefits-watch/2013/04/lawmakers-put-their-benefits-and-yours-risk/62605/Bill would strip federal pensions for lawbreaking members of Congress.Eric KatzThu, 18 Apr 2013 02:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/pay-benefits-watch/2013/04/lawmakers-put-their-benefits-and-yours-risk/62605/Pay & Benefits - Pay & Benefits Watchhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/dramatic-workforce-reductions-rate-hikes-likely-usps/62604/While Congress debates reform, panel tells Postal Service to take cost savings into its own hands.Eric KatzWed, 17 Apr 2013 16:48:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/dramatic-workforce-reductions-rate-hikes-likely-usps/62604/OversightSeth Perlman/AP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/bill-granting-gao-more-power-clears-house/62570/Legislation will now move to Senate, where it could have a champion in Sen. Clare McCaskill, D-Mo.Eric KatzTue, 16 Apr 2013 16:30:38 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/bill-granting-gao-more-power-clears-house/62570/ManagementHouse Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., left, and the committee's ranking Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md.J. Scott Applewhite/APhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/opinions-federal-government-hit-all-time-low/62513/Gap between favorable views on federal and local governments continues to grow.Eric KatzMon, 15 Apr 2013 15:50:36 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/opinions-federal-government-hit-all-time-low/62513/OversightOne of President Barack Obama's motorcade vehicles is seen parked in front of the US Capitol Building.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/APhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/postal-reform-still-least-several-months/62479/As lawmakers seek to strike a deal, several key players are working on their own proposals, sources say.Eric KatzFri, 12 Apr 2013 15:52:18 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/postal-reform-still-least-several-months/62479/OversightElaine Thompson/AP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/bill-would-extend-mspb-appeal-rights-7500-usps-employees/62454/Measure would help USPS and employees save on legal fees, lawmaker says.Eric KatzThu, 11 Apr 2013 16:11:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/bill-would-extend-mspb-appeal-rights-7500-usps-employees/62454/OversightSeth Perlman/AP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/opm-proposes-extending-federal-health-benefits-same-sex-partners/62439/The expansion is one of many FEHB changes suggested to lawmakers.Eric KatzThu, 11 Apr 2013 13:18:12 -0400http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/opm-proposes-extending-federal-health-benefits-same-sex-partners/62439/Pay & BenefitsRiccardo Piccinini/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/senior-execs-and-their-employees-dont-see-eye-eye-promotions/62422/Overall, SES members much happier with their jobs than rank-and-file feds.Eric KatzThu, 11 Apr 2013 06:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/04/senior-execs-and-their-employees-dont-see-eye-eye-promotions/62422/Pay & BenefitsStockThings/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/obama-budget-calls-postage-rate-hike-other-usps-reforms/62415/White House seeks savings from postal agency's overhaul.Eric KatzWed, 10 Apr 2013 15:25:44 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/obama-budget-calls-postage-rate-hike-other-usps-reforms/62415/ManagementPaul Sakuma/AP file photo