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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.
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 ...
Senators Want to Cut Congressional Pay
March 4, 2013 Lawmakers should take a pay cut during sequestration, say two Democrats. Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Bill Nelson of Florida have introduced legislation that calls for a reduction in congressional salaries once furloughs begin across government. Furloughs could start as early as late March at some agencies, though April ...
Modest Gains for TSP in February
March 1, 2013 Investment funds in the Thrift Savings Plan had a lackluster February, after starting the year strong in January. All the plan’s funds posted positive returns for February, except the one invested in international stocks, which dropped 0.99 percent. The I Fund increased 4.45 percent in January; during the last 12 ...
Specter of Government Shutdown Looms as Sequester Arrives
March 1, 2013 President Obama and congressional leaders on Friday appeared to make no progress on avoiding the launch of the sequester, as attention now turns toward preventing a government shutdown later this month. The White House hosted a meeting Friday morning with House and Senate leaders to discuss the automatic, across-the-board spending ...
IRS Anticipates Furloughs
February 28, 2013 The Internal Revenue Service estimates employee furloughs of between five and seven days beginning this summer because of sequestration, according to the agency’s acting commissioner. Salaries are “by far” the agency’s greatest expense, making furloughs necessary if the automatic spending cuts occur and remain in effect, said Acting Commissioner Steven ...
Senate Puts Fed Pay Freeze Proposal on Ice
February 28, 2013 This story has been updated. The Senate won’t consider a proposal Thursday that would replace the sequester by reducing federal employees’ pay and benefits. “My proposal won’t get a vote today,” said Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., who sponsored a measure that sought to avoid the scheduled automatic spending cuts for ...
How Furloughs Will Affect Pay and Benefits
February 28, 2013 Well, the deadline is here at last: Sequestration lands in less than two days. Despite all the rhetoric from both sides of the aisle, there are few serious efforts under way to head it off by Friday. There’s also a dearth of specific information on possible furloughs and how they ...
