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
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Tom Shoop
Vice President and Editor in Chief
Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.
How Feds Can Get a Pay Raise
January 1, 2013 House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., took to the House floor on New Year's Day to make the GOP case for extending the two-year federal pay freeze. In the process, he acknowledged that federal employees were "hard-working," but said denying an across-the-board salary increase was simply ...
Obama: No long-term deal on sequestration
December 31, 2012 President Obama, speaking with a group of what the White House characterized as middle class Americans arrayed on a stage behind him, announced Monday afternoon that a deal to prevent a series of tax hikes from going into effect at the beginning of the New Year was "within sight." But ...
No Pay Increase for Congress
December 31, 2012 Update 1/1/13, 8:47 a.m.: The budget deal approved by the Senate early Tuesday prevents the scheduled pay increase for members of Congress from going into effect in March. Last week, President Obama issued an order that would bring an end to the two-year pay freeze and implement a 0.5 percent ...
Employees, unions get further details on furloughs
December 28, 2012 The Obama administration reached out to federal labor unions Friday to provide more detailed information about potential employee furloughs in the event the budget sequestration process unfolds, and the Office of Personnel Management posted answers to common questions about how the furlough process would work in practice. In a posting ...
The CIA vs. Hollywood
December 28, 2012 CIA officials are not happy about the way the agency and its employees are portrayed in Hollywood. Not at all. Which is kind of funny, considering the CIA's employees often are depicted in the movies as almost superhuman in their ability to extract intelligence and take out bad guys all ...
Obama orders end to pay freeze in spring
December 28, 2012 As Congress and the White House remain entangled in last-minute fiscal cliff negotiations, President Obama has made one thing clear: he wants an end to the two-year pay civilian federal employee pay freeze next spring. On Thursday, Obama issued an executive order that would lift the freeze and implement a ...
Federal News Straight to Your Phone
December 21, 2012 So maybe you're not going to be in the office all that much over the next week or so -- at least enjoying your Christmas Eve off. You can still keep up with all the latest news developments using our GovExec smartphone apps. Our iPhone and Android apps give you ...
NRA chief calls for corps of armed officers at schools
December 21, 2012 A key leader of the National Rifle Association called Friday for the creation of an armed security force to protect all of the nation’s schools. The corps would include police officers and active-duty and retired military service members. “There are millions of qualified and active retired police, active, reserve, and ...
The Best Government Christmas Video You'll Ever See
December 21, 2012 In a year in which videos tended to give federal employees a bad name, the staff of the U.S. Embasy in Warsaw, Poland, shows how to do it the right way:
Federal Employees: Santa's Little Helpers?
December 20, 2012 In a new video called "Public Elves," the watchdog group OMB Watch says Santa has some helpers that many Americans might not notice this holiday season: federal employees. "The holidays are a time to lift up what's important in life," says the video. "For celebrating friends and family and fellowship. ...
