TSP's G Fund Helps Delay Debt Ceiling
CBP Could Escape Furloughs
Feds Flock to TSP's L Funds
EIG 2013 as Told by Your Tweets
Boldly Go Where No Fed's Gone Before
The Big Squeeze: Defense Under Sequester
AUTHOR ARCHIVES
Kedar Pavgi
Editorial Fellow
Kedar Pavgi joined Government Executive summer 2012 as an editorial fellow. He previously worked at Foreign Policy magazine, and has written for The Diplomat, The World Politics Review and the Foreign Policy Association. He received his bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary, where he studied economics and international relations.
Customs and Border agents could receive back pay under labor arbitration
December 12, 2012 A recent decision by a labor arbitrator could restore thousands of dollars of back pay to 350 current and former Customs and Border Protection agents, according to Federal Times. In a decision released last week, arbitrator Louise Berman Wolitz said the Homeland Security Department “crushed employee morale” by not paying ...
Hacker group claims to breach NASA, Pentagon servers
December 11, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
A hacker group claimed responsibility for releasing information from servers belonging to several federal agencies, defense contractors and other companies, according to a statement released on Tuesday. In an attack dubbed #ProjectWhiteFox, hacker group Team GhostShell said the breach was its final in a series of attacks this year and ...
Expansion of FEHBP-covered autism treatments draws praise as initial step
December 7, 2012 A major federal employee union commended the Office of Personnel Management for allowing insurance coverage for certain autism treatments but said the agency must do more to help federal workers with autistic children, according to a statement. The American Federation of Government Employees lauded OPM’s decision to consider applied behavior ...
Resolve the fiscal cliff or don’t get paid (or sick), petitioners tell Congress, Obama
December 6, 2012 The government should stop paying and providing health benefits to the president and members of Congress until the fiscal cliff is resolved, according to a petition digitally signed by thousands at the White House’s We the People website. The petition created on Dec. 3 by Deborah P. of Arlington, Texas, ...
House passes Coast Guard bill with new housing, travel benefits
December 5, 2012 The House on Wednesday passed a Coast Guard authorization bill that would provide enhanced housing and benefits for current service members. The 2012 Coast Guard Authorization Act, allots the service $8.6 billion in fiscal 2013 and $8.7 billion in fiscal 2014 respectively. The measure -- introduced by Reps. Frank LoBiondo, ...
Suspect charged in bombing of Arizona federal building
December 4, 2012 The man accused of detonating an improvised explosive device at a Social Security office in Arizona was charged Monday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix, according to several news sources. Abdullatif Aldosary, a resident of Coolidge, Ariz., was charged with damaging a federal building with explosives and felony weapons possession, ...
The 'Plum Book' is out in print and digital formats
December 3, 2012 The Government Printing Office on Monday released its quadrennial “United States Policy and Supporting Positions” directory, colloquially known as the “Plum Book.” The book provides a guide to the more than 8,000 federal civil service leadership and support positions available in the executive and legislative branches. In a 21st century ...
Around Government
December 1, 2012 Nobel Pursuits NIST scientist David Wineland’s work leads to the call of his life. By Kedar Pavgi People in government tend to associate the 3 a.m. phone call with a crisis. For National Institute of Standards and Technology scientist David Wineland it was one of the best surprises of his ...
AFGE, TSA sign first contract
November 30, 2012 The country’s largest union representing federal government workers has signed off on the first collective bargaining agreement for officers at the Transportation Security Administration. At a ceremony at TSA’s headquarters in Arlington, VA, on Friday, the American Federation of Government Employees made official the agreement TSA employees ratified in a ...
Tough times could make Homeland Security more productive
November 29, 2012 Budget austerity could help increase productivity at the Homeland Security Department, according to panelists hosted by a Washington security think tank on Thursday. Speakers at an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies to discuss the future of DHS, said more synergies could be found through combining key ...
