TSP's G Fund Helps Delay Debt Ceiling
Sequester Hits Disaster Relief
Feds Respond to Oklahoma Tornadoes
Making Government 'Simpler'
OK Senator Wants Aid Offset by Budget Cuts
Boldly Go Where No Fed's Gone Before
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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.
Reported sexual assaults at military academies continue to rise
December 27, 2012 Sexual assault reports at military academies continued to rise in 2012, according to Pentagon officials. There were 80 reports of sexual assault in the 2011-2012, marking a 23 percent increase from the previous academic year. The number has been increasing since 2008. “Every one of these reports represents somebody being ...
Obama gives feds Christmas Eve off
December 21, 2012 This story has been updated with background and details. All executive departments and agencies will be closed Christmas Eve, giving federal employees a four-day weekend, President Obama declared Friday in an executive order. Obama allowed for some exceptions to the holiday, where necessary. “The heads of executive branch departments and ...
House passes bill requiring feds to pay more for retirement
December 20, 2012 House lawmakers passed legislation requiring spending cuts to accompany Speaker John Boehner’s Plan B tax proposal, including major changes to federal employee retirement plans, before Boehner pulled the Plan B bill from the floor Thursday evening for lack of GOP support. The 2012 Spending Reduction Act, part of the Republican ...
Congress approves Hatch Act update
December 19, 2012 The first Hatch Act update in nearly 20 years, which was headed to President Obama’s desk after the House approved it Wednesday, will allow for some state and local government officials to run for partisan elected office. The 2012 Hatch Act Modernization Act, unanimously approved by the Senate earlier in ...
House backs unpaid leave for senior execs under investigation
December 19, 2012 A proposal to allow federal agencies to place senior civil servants accused of wrongdoing on unpaid leave cleared the House Wednesday by a 402-2 vote. The Government Employee Accountability Act would allow agencies to put Senior Executive Service employees on unpaid administrative leave for up to 180 days if they ...
A less popular fed petition: Actually, don't give us Christmas Eve off
December 19, 2012 Update: Obama on Friday issued an executive order declaring Christmas Eve 2012 a federal holiday. See our story here. On the heels of an online petition to give federal employees Christmas Eve off passing the threshold to require an official White House response, a new petition has surfaced, asking for ...
Postal reps stage hunger strike, pledge 'escalating tactics' on lawmakers
December 18, 2012 Unions representing U.S. Postal Service workers are staging a hunger strike this week to urge Congress to avoid dramatic changes to the mail delivery agency as part of any new legislation in the lame-duck session. The six-day hunger strike -- which started Monday and lasts through Saturday -- is meant ...
Federal fundraising drive extends deadline for donations
December 17, 2012 This story has been updated. The Combined Federal Campaign has extended its deadline, now allowing charitable contributions through Dec. 31. CFC -- the federal employees’ annual charity campaign -- originally set Dec. 15 as its deadline for donations. The Office of Personnel Management, which oversees the drive, pointed to a ...
Feds force Obama to respond to Christmas Eve petition
December 17, 2012 Update: Obama on Friday, Dec. 21, issued an executive order declaring Christmas Eve 2012 a federal holiday. See our story here. A petition to give federal employees Christmas Eve off has passed the threshold that requires a response from the White House. The petition on the We the People website ...
Military personnel exception deepens other sequestration impacts
December 14, 2012 Sparing Defense manpower has put the rest of the military at even greater risk if sequestration takes effect, the nation’s top military officer has reiterated. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey said President Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s decision to exempt military personnel from the cuts ...
