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Kellie Lunney
Senior Correspondent
Kellie Lunney covers federal pay and benefits issues, the budget process and financial management. After starting her career in journalism at Government Executive in 2000, she returned in 2008 after four years at sister publication National Journal writing profiles of influential Washingtonians. In 2006, she received a fellowship at the Ohio State University through the Kiplinger Public Affairs in Journalism program, where she worked on a project that looked at rebuilding affordable housing in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. She has appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, NPR and Feature Story News, where she participated in a weekly radio roundtable on the 2008 presidential campaign. In the late 1990s, she worked at the Housing and Urban Development Department as a career employee. She is a graduate of Colgate University.
Legislation Would Scrap Annual Budget Process
March 14, 2013 Lawmakers in both chambers are pushing legislation that would move Congress from an annual budget process to a two-year cycle to provide greater stability for federal agencies. Biennial budgeting would require Congress to enact a two-year budget during its first session, and then focus on oversight of government programs, authorizing ...
No Furloughs Planned at OPM
March 13, 2013 The Office of Personnel Management doesn’t have plans to furlough employees right now because of the automatic governmentwide spending cuts, according to an agency spokesman. OPM is confident it will meet the sequester’s required budget cuts through operational and administrative cost reductions, as well as a hiring freeze, the official ...
Senate Bill Upholds Pay Freeze
March 12, 2013 Federal employees will not receive an across-the-board pay increase for 2013 under the Senate bill to keep the government open through the end of the fiscal year. The Senate Appropriations Committee late Monday night unveiled its continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown after the current funding measure expires on ...
GOP Budget Calls for Smaller Federal Workforce, Less Generous Benefits
March 12, 2013 This story has been updated. House Republicans again are calling for a smaller government workforce and less generous compensation for federal employees to help reduce the overall budget deficit. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., unveiled his fiscal 2014 budget blueprint Tuesday morning, which proposes increasing the amount feds contribute to their ...
Fate of Pay Freeze Uncertain
March 8, 2013 This story has been updated. The Senate on Monday will unveil its plan to keep the government funded past March 27, and it’s unclear whether it will include an extension of the federal pay freeze. A Democratic spokesman for the Senate Appropriations Committee would not comment on the specifics of ...
Republican Bill Aims to Stop Sequestration Furloughs
March 7, 2013 A GOP lawmaker is trying to help federal agencies avoid employee furloughs during the sequester. Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, this week introduced legislation that would require the Office of Management and Budget to report to Congress on how to most efficiently transfer funds within agencies this fiscal year to avoid ...
Between the Pay Freeze and Snowquester, It’s Cold in Washington
March 7, 2013 Mother Nature tricked Washington again. As of midafternoon on Wednesday, a much-anticipated late winter snowstorm had largely bypassed the District, despite shutting down the government in the region for the day. Fortunately, we can always count on Congress for drama when the weather fails to deliver. The big news this ...
Federal Agencies Open Thursday After Storm Passes
March 6, 2013 Federal agencies in Washington will be open on Thursday, the Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday evening. Washington-area federal offices were closed on Wednesday in anticipation of a late winter snowstorm that was a no-show, at least in the District. Some of the surrounding suburbs, particularly those west of Washington, ...
House Extends Pay Freeze, Upholds Sequester
March 6, 2013 The House on Wednesday voted to extend the pay freeze for federal employees as part of the package to keep the government open through the end of September. A provision in the $982 billion continuing resolution, which abides by sequestration, prolongs the current freeze on federal civilian employees for a ...
Retirement Applications Spike in February
March 5, 2013 The federal retirement claims backlog is up 56 percent since December, partly because the Office of Personnel Management received more than 20,000 new federal retirement applications last month alone, according the agency’s latest figures. OPM significantly underestimated the number of new claims in February, expecting 5,600 claims but actually receiving ...
