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Lawmaker: Don't Furlough Weather Service Now
Making Government 'Simpler'
OK Senators Leery of Unfunded Tornado Relief
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.
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 ...
Study: Thousands would lose jobs from NASA, NOAA budget cuts
December 13, 2012 Federal scientific agencies stand to lose thousands of jobs from sequestration, an industry report predicted Thursday. The Aerospace Industries Association, a trade group for government contractors, found in its study that the automatic cuts set to take effect on Jan. 2, 2013, unless there is a deficit reduction deal would ...
Employee satisfaction dips by record margin, with pay taking biggest plunge
December 13, 2012 Federal employee satisfaction has dropped to a nine-year low, according to a new study. The governmentwide index score measuring satisfaction and commitment to the job was 60.8 out of a possible 100 in the annual Best Places to Work in the Federal Government survey conducted by the Partnership for Public ...
Supreme Court: Feds can challenge MSPB decisions in federal district court
December 11, 2012 Federal employees can take their discrimination complaints to federal district court after an initial government ruling, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. Previously, employees with complaints involving both unwarranted personnel actions and discrimination -- known as “mixed cases” -- were forced to take their case to the U.S. Court of Appeals ...
23,600 employees accept Postal Service buyouts
December 10, 2012 More than 23,000 U.S. Postal Service employees accepted buyouts as of Nov. 28 in the latest round of offers, Federal Times has reported. Those who take the separation incentive will receive $15,000. The Postal Service extended the offer to career employees who are represented by the American Postal Workers Union ...
Federal employee advocates to Congress: Don’t cut workers’ comp
December 7, 2012 A federal employees group has reiterated its opposition to potential changes to workers’ compensation laws, saying the update would result in huge benefits cuts to retirees who have been injured on the job. The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association pointed to a provision included in the Senate’s postal ...
Agencies warn of furloughs, hiring freezes
December 7, 2012 Federal agencies are considering furloughs, as well as hiring and contracting freezes, as they prepare for the possibility of automatic budget cuts set to go into effect on Jan. 2, 2013. The White House has directed agencies to intensify their planning, according to a Washington Post report. Federal courts are ...
Budget cuts should not come at expense of civilian workforce, Pentagon officials say
December 6, 2012 The Defense Department’s civilian workforce plays a critical role in supporting the armed forces’ evolving mission and broad cuts to that workforce would be very harmful, top Pentagon officials said during a Washington event Thursday. Panelists at a discussion hosted by Government Executive spoke of the need to refocus efforts ...
OPM hits a lull in retirement claims processing
December 5, 2012 The Office of Personnel Management received significantly fewer retirement claims in November than in recent months -- but also processed fewer claims -- the agency announced Wednesday. OPM received 6,584 retirement claims last month, the lowest total since February. It processed 11,966 claims, the lowest total since June. The overall ...
