FDR Conference Agenda Available Aug. 8-11: Quality training on handling telework, disability, harassment, discipline, leave and more. Best rate ends Friday - register now! (Advertisement) Daily Headlines for March 30, 2011 | Gender Discrimination Claim and No Promotion Form Basis for Court Case | An employee at Agency for International Development claimed she was passed over for promotion to a GS-14 position as a result of gender discrimination and retaliation, among other claims. USAID claimed that its selection was based on interview performance and that the selectees interview performance was superior. The D.C. Circuit says she can now proceed with her case.
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| Five Day Mail Delivery? GAO Weighs In | The GAO has issued a report on the potential cost savings vs. risk factors for the USPS moving to a 5 day mail delivery schedule. According to GAO, the new schedule would likely result in substantial savings, however the extent of these savings depends on how effectively it is implemented.
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| EEOC Issues New Guidelines for Disabled Workers | New regulations from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission offer revised guidelines on the issue of how to define a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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| Busy Times in Congress | Congress is currently facing the following tasks: Find a way to fund the government beyond April 8, start working on a budget for 2012, move toward a vote to raise the debt ceiling.
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| Illegal Pay Raises for Some in SES? | Some senior government workers have to give up their raises because they're against the law which prohibits more than one pay raise each year.
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| Balanced Budget Amendment? | More than a dozen leading Republican senators are co-sponsoring a bill that would require a balanced budget; cap spending below the historical average; and require a supermajority of lawmakers to approve tax hikes or most increases to the debt ceiling. But critics say that a balanced budget amendment would be irresponsible.
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| Future Quality of SES in Question | About 50% of SES members will be eligible to retire in the next two years. The pay of SES members has not kept up with the pay of other federal employees and many qualified candidates do not apply for SES positions.
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| Reorganizing Uncle Sam: Missing Out on Retiree Input? | It was recently announced that Deputy OMB Director Jeffrey Zients was going to reorganize all of the Trade Agencies in three months. There is a Federal employee website to solicit input but no such vehicle for retirees or other stakeholders to provide their insights. So Fedsmith and the author have teamed up on a survey to see what its readers might think of some longer term suggestions. The author explains his choices for how to proceed.
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| Fed Vehicles Guzzling More Gas |  | Last year, federal vehicles guzzled more gas than they had in any of the last five years despite Obama's order requiring federal fleets to reduce total consumption by 30 percent by 2020 and to promote tele-working as part of a broader goal to cut direct emissions by 28 percent by 2020.
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