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Money for Furloughed Feds Is Running Out
Nonprofit says it probably will have to stop handing out emergency loans next week to feds on unpaid leave.
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Suspended and Unlicensed VA Physicians Receive Pay Bonuses
Every physician in GAO's random sample received performance pay.
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Pentagon Planning to Lay Off Thousands of Civilians After September
Defense Department issues new details on sequestration plans for fiscal 2014.
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Agency Hopes to Move On Defense Furlough Appeals After Labor Day
Merit board is readying more than 30,000 appeals for adjudication, after a temporary delay in processing.
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State Department Says Unionizing Its Foreign National Workers Would Threaten Security
Doing so would also be a logistical nightmare, official says.
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Expanding Infertility Treatments for Wounded Warriors Carries $578M Price Tag
CBO projects bill would cost the government hundreds of millions between 2014 and 2018.
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EPA Cancels Another Furlough Day
Employees no longer must take unpaid leave Aug. 30; agency has cut a total of four days.
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A Gloomy Fall Forecast for Fed Pay, Benefits
Federal employees and retirees face the possibility of more furloughs, an extended pay freeze and smaller COLAs in 2014.
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Federal Court Limits Appeal Rights for Feds in 'Sensitive' Positions
Employees in designated jobs cannot appeal negative actions to MSPB, ruling says.
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Why a Congressman Wants to Take a $104,000 Pay Cut
Maine Democrat seeks to give up congressional pay to serve as the lowest-paid chief executive.
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Obama Has Until Aug. 31 to Formally Propose a 2014 Fed Pay Raise
President is expected to recommend a 1 percent hike.
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Prohibiting VA Senior Exec Bonuses for 5 Years Would Save $18 Million
Other provisions, including charging vets higher loan fees, would save $182 million, CBO says.
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USPS Plan to Pull Out of Fed Health Benefits Could Cost Postal Workers
Proposal would shift significant costs from USPS to Medicare, GAO says.
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Budget Office Joins All Other Major Agencies in Reducing Furloughs
OMB has cut mandatory unpaid leave by two days.
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A Pair of Victories for Largest Postal Union
APWU workers to get COLA next month and more opportunity to fight use of contractors.
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Two States Lose Special Treatment Under Fed Health Plans
OPM still designates 12 states as ‘medically underserved areas.’
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Despite Furloughs and Pay Freeze, Feds Give Record Amounts of Food
Summertime drive helps kids who rely on school lunches the rest of the year.
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Senator Sees an End to Sequestration, But Not By Oct. 1
Maryland Democrat tells Fort Meade civilians he thinks Congress will deal with the across-the-board cuts later in the fall.
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