The Vast Majority of IRS Employees Aren't Corrupt
GSA Mishandled Executive Bonuses
EIG 2013 as Told by Your Tweets
Infographic: Nominee Limbo
Will You Be Furloughed?
Boldly Go Where No Fed's Gone Before
AUTHOR ARCHIVES
Eric Katz
Editorial Fellow
Eric 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.
Unions Want FAA to Make Up for Unnecessary Furloughs
May 17, 2013 This story has been updated. Multiple unions representing employees at the Federal Aviation Administration are filing grievances with the agency, attempting to receive paid time off to make up for unnecessary furloughs some employees were forced to take. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association -- which represents 20,000 members -- ...
Democratic Lawmakers Stand Up for IRS Workers
May 17, 2013 Several Democratic lawmakers expressed sympathy for Internal Revenue Service employees Friday who must now carry the “stigma of corruption” in light of the agency’s recent scandal. While lawmakers from both sides of the aisle spent most of the time at the Ways and Means Committee hearing probing and criticizing IRS ...
Postal Service Hopes to Take a Bite Out of Dog Attacks
May 16, 2013 The U.S. Postal Service has shed hundreds of thousands of jobs in the past several years, and plans to lose about 150,000 more in next few. But many postal workers face a greater threat on a daily basis: the domesticated canine. And with that in mind, perhaps USPS employees should ...
Obama Taps OMB Veteran as Acting IRS Commissioner
May 16, 2013 President Obama has named top financial management official Danny Werfel acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the White House announced Thursday. Steven Miller stepped down as acting commissioner Wednesday amidst a scandal involving the targeting of conservative political groups that had applied for tax-exempt status. Werfel, currently the controller ...
FBI Faces Furloughs in 2014
May 16, 2013 The FBI will furlough agents and employees in fiscal 2014, should sequestration cuts continue as scheduled. FBI Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Justice Department the FBI would have no choice but to force unpaid leave, thereby putting the country at risk. “I have long ...
Protection Bureau Wants Union Protection
May 16, 2013 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has unionized and first up on the agenda is improving employees’ workspace. CFPB’s Washington, D.C., headquarters -- located adjacent to the White House -- will soon undergo renovations after employees complained of being forced to work in cramped conditions. Groups of four or five people ...
GSA Chief Sees ‘New Vista’ for Federal Government
May 14, 2013 The General Service Administration is on the hunt for great ideas. The acquisition and facilities management arm of the federal government is looking for ways to become leaner, said Dan Tangherlini, GSA’s acting administrator, and it is enlisting the help of its entire workforce. The Great Ideas Hunt, which spawned ...
Defense Agency Will Use Sequester, Other Cuts to Make Big Changes
May 13, 2013 The Defense Logistics Agency is using the current budget environment to its advantage, leveraging the culture of cuts into transformative changes at the Pentagon’s logistics arm. Vice Adm. Mark Harnitchek, the DLA director, told attendees of Government Executive’s Excellence in Government conference Monday that cuts at the Defense Department have ...
Obama Asks Federal Agencies to Be a Model for Gender Pay Equality
May 10, 2013 President Obama on Friday called for the elimination of any gender pay gap in the federal workplace, issuing an executive order requiring a full review of pay and promotion policies. “The federal government is the nation's largest employer,” Obama wrote in the order. “It has a special responsibility to act ...
Postal Service Loses Nearly $2 Billion in Second Quarter
May 10, 2013 The U.S. Postal Service lost an average of more than $21 million per day in the second quarter of fiscal 2013, with a total loss of $1.9 billion. The loss was actually a 40 percent improvement over the same period last year, when USPS lost $3.2 billion. To date this ...
