HR, EEO & Technology Solutions April 4-5 Expo: Explore the latest in recruiting, benefits, EEO, training & development, talent management and more - right in D.C. Get your FREE Expo Pass today. (Advertisement) Daily Headlines for March 28, 2011 | Analyzing AFGE's Proposals for a Grievance Procedure | The author offers an analysis of AFGE proposals made relatively recently in a national contract negotiation. The Analysis points out issues Agencies should consider when negotiating such language. This is timely in light of FLRA decisions suggesting that agencies should extend extra effort in protecting their prerogatives by its expansion of arbitrator authority.
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| Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act | This bill would end the defined benefit pension portion of the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) for new federal government hires starting in 2013. Current federal employees would not be affected, but it would apply to members of Congress.
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| Shutdown Odds Going Up (Again) | A breakdown late last week in closed-door negotiations between congressional leaders and the White House on funding makes it increasingly possible that Congress will not agree on a long-term funding resolution or another temporary measure by an April 8 deadline.
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| DHS Official Targeted in Phony Degree Investigation | A high-ranking Homeland Security official who held a top secret security clearance and supervised squads of agents in Los Angeles has been suspended as a federal grand jury probes whether he lied about having a college degree.
Posted: 3/26 |
| Stealing Mail is Not Uncommon |  | In 2009, the Postal Service Office of the Inspector General says it was involved in 1,272 cases in which postal employees had stolen mail. 446 workers were arrested, and 826 had administrative action taken against them.
Posted: 3/28 |
| Illegal Planting on Public Land Causing "Hidden Danger" |  | In September, authorities in Lincoln County, Nevada found 8,327 plants on United States Forest Service lands, valued at $16 million. Growers might use booby traps for anyone who comes across these illegal farms, such as fish hooks hung from trees.
Posted: 3/28 |
| If You Don't Want Medicare Part A--Too Bad Says Court to Federal Retirees | A federal court decision will have repercussions for federal retirees who prefer to keep their health benefits program in retirement rather than go under Medicare Part A (hospitalization) coverage. To avoid using Medicare Part A, the court rules they will have to give up Social Security benefits and repay all Social Security benefits received.
Posted: 3/25 | | RELATED HEADLINES: |
| Game Changer at USPS: Flats Sequencing System Saves Money | In its ongoing efforts to cut costs, the USPS has been rapidly deploying a piece of equipment known as the Flats Sequencing System (FSS) which can sort mail at a rate as high as 16,500 pieces per hour. The expedited sorted rate of the FSS is projected to increase efficiency and reduce costs of mail delivery.
Posted: 3/25 |
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) introduced a bill on March 1 that would terminate the employment of federal employees and prohibit the hiring of future federal employees who have a seriously delinquent tax debt. Women, Take Control of Your Financial Future!
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