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Eric Katz
Staff Correspondent
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.
Ethics office issues inauguration warnings to feds
January 3, 2013 Federal employees can participate in inaugural activities so long as they are not receiving special treatment due to their position, the government’s ethics watchdog agency has announced. Members of the federal workforce can take advantage of any Inauguration-related events -- including the Inaugural Parade, Inaugural Balls, receptions, dinners and fundraisers ...
House oversight panel streamlines subcommittees
January 2, 2013 The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is consolidating two of its subpanels, chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., announced Wednesday. The new Subcommittee on Government Operations will combine most of the purview of the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management with that of the Subcommittee on Technology, Information ...
TSP funds round out 2012 with modest gains
January 2, 2013 Nearly every fund in the Thrift Savings Plan experienced modest gains in December. The I Fund, which invests in international stocks, continued to be the strongest performer, rising 4.02 percent in December and 18.62 percent for 2012. The F Fund, invested in fixed income bonds, was the only plan to ...
USPS must pay for retirees now or later, GAO says
December 28, 2012 Legislators must choose between short-term fixes to the U.S. Postal Service and the long-term viability of the agency when addressing the future of retirees’ health benefits, according to a new report. A Government Accountability Office study analyzed several approaches to a prefunding mandate for the benefits, finding cuts to what ...
Revolving door still open to Coast Guard top officers, senior execs, GAO finds
December 28, 2012 More than half of high-ranking officials who left the U.S. Coast Guard in a recent five-year period received payments from companies with contracts from the military branch, according to a new report. The Government Accountability Office’s audit found 22 of 39 Coast Guard admirals and Senior Executive Service employees who ...
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 ...
