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| Hearing on Federal Employee Pay in Congress | The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has scheduled a hearing today on federal pay levels. Those that contend employees are underpaid, overpaid and paid about the right amount will all be heard. The chairman of the subcommittee suggests that federal employees earned an average $101,628 in total compensation in 2010 -- nearly four times the average private sector salary.
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| Deputy US Marshal Dies After Being Shot |  | A deputy U.S. Marshal died Tuesday after a man opened fire on him and two other officers in St. Louis. The suspect in the shooting was killed after a standoff with police.
Posted: 3/8 |
| Another Temporary Spending Bill in the Wings | House Republicans are preparing a second stopgap spending bill because their budget standoff with Democrats shows no sign of reaching a resolution any time soon. Some Republicans say they are content with cutting government spending two weeks at a time while Democrats are strongly opposed.
Posted: 3/9 |
| Poll: Americans Want to Cut Federal Employee Benefits | Americans are not in a charitable mood when it comes to the benefits for federal employees. In a poll of areas that should be cut the most, federal employees come out on top with 31 percent wanting a cut in federal worker benefits.
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| Largest Fed Union Election | A collective-bargaining vote by airport security workers is likely to give federal employee groups their biggest victory in years. President Obama is allowing the vote. Republican President George W. Bushs administration blocked union organization of the agency.
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| Note to Army Commanders: Plan on Spending Less Money | Despite a continuing resolution to keep the government operating until March 18th, the Army has told field commanders to "plan for annual operations at levels below those requested in the services fiscal 2011 budget request."
Posted: 3/8 |
| New Housing for OPM | The General Services Administration has signed a 52,000-square-foot lease for the Office of Personnel Management at 999 N. Capitol St. NW. OPM will fill the space, under a five-year lease while its E St. headquarters is brought up to the governments "green building" standards.
Posted: 3/9 |
| "Mean-Sprited" Federal Spending Cuts: Save The Cowboy Poets | The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is an annual festival in Nevada "of life in the rural West, featuring the contemporary and traditional arts of western ranching culture." Cutting this event from federal funding is over the top in the view of Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) who calls cutting this program "mean-spirited."
Posted: 3/9 |
| Managing Stress During Budget Cutting | The anxiety among federal employees may still be high as the talks continue. Here are suggestions for federal managers to try to calm the situation.
Posted: 3/9 |
| Are TSA's Body Scanners Effective? |  | Some research claims the body scanners the TSA is using might not detect explosives or guns taped to a person's body. An executive with one of the companies providing the devices admits that they are incapable of detecting explosive devices concealed inside of the human body.
Posted: 3/8 |
| Cost of Printing Dollars Up 50% |  | The value of the dollar may be falling fast but it is costing a lot more to print them as the price of cotton goes up with other commodities.
Posted: 3/8 |
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