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
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.
Pentagon to Begin Sending Furlough Notices on Friday
March 19, 2013 The Defense Department plans to send out civilian furlough notices on March 22, a Pentagon spokeswoman told Government Executive on Tuesday. Civilians will have the opportunity to appeal their furloughs from March 28 through April 1, according to Federal News Radio. Decision letters will be sent from March 29 through ...
Nearly 250 Employees Opt to Leave Lockheed’s IT Unit
March 19, 2013 Nearly 250 employees at Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Information Systems and Global Solutions business unit were approved for the company’s voluntary layoff program, Federal Times reported. A company spokeswoman told Federal Times that 260 mid-level managers applied to the program, and 243 were accepted. She said that the company was not ...
Senators Seek to Protect Military Tuition Assistance Program
March 18, 2013 Two senators have joined forces to fight the Defense Department’s plan to cut the military’s tuition assistance program as part of sequestration. Sens. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and Kay Hagan, D-N.C., introduced an amendment on March 13 to the Senate’s proposed continuing resolution that would force the Pentagon to fund tuition ...
Let Government Scientists Tweet More, Report Says
March 15, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Many federal agencies are still failing to give government scientists adequate freedom to communicate their research and findings with the public, according to a new report by a scientific advocacy group. A report released Friday by The Center for Science and Democracy gave many federal agencies mixed grades for their ...
Military Services Start to Outline Furlough Exemptions
March 14, 2013 Army civilians working in fire, safety and health positions will be exempt from upcoming furloughs, along with political appointees, a spokesman told Government Executive on Thursday. Army spokesman George Wright Jr. told Government Executive that details of mandatory unpaid leave under sequestration had yet to be announced, but that service ...
Arlington National Cemetery Civilians Exempted From Furloughs
March 14, 2013 Civilian employees working at Arlington National Cemetery are exempt from unpaid furlough days, Army National Military Cemeteries Executive Director Kathryn Condon said on Wednesday. Condon told a House Appropriations subcommittee that the exemption will allow burial ceremonies to proceed without major delays. The Army told Wired that across-the-board budget cuts ...
GSA Exec Dismissed During Spending Scandal Gets His Job Back
March 13, 2013 A Merit Systems Protection Board judge on Monday ruled that a General Services Administration executive was wrongfully dismissed after being caught up in a conference spending scandal, according to Federal News Radio. MSPB Administrative Law Judge Patricia Miller reversed GSA’s decision to remove Paul Prouty following allegations of misconduct and ...
Defense Furloughs Could Start in Late April, Comptroller says
March 12, 2013 Furloughs for civilian employees at the Defense Department could begin as soon as April 26, Defense Comptroller Robert Hale said on Monday. Hale told participants and viewers at a sequestration town hall that the Pentagon had asked commanders to begin a review to identify civilians who would be exempted from ...
Union Challenges HUD’s Planned Sequestration Furloughs, Closures
March 11, 2013 A federal employee union is challenging the Housing and Urban Development Department’s plan to shut down for seven days and furlough all of its employees. The union expected to begin negotiations with HUD officials on Tuesday, according to Eddie Eitches, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Council 222. ...
Labor Department Sends 4,700 Furlough Notices
March 11, 2013 Labor Department officials on March 5 sent 4,700 employees furlough notices to help manage across-the-board budget cuts from sequestration, according to Federal Times. Labor Department spokesman Steve Barr told Federal Times that employees would be furloughed an average of six days by the end of the fiscal year on Sept. ...
