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Daily Headlines for March 11, 2011
| Statement from John Berry on Federal Pay |  | OPM Director John Berry made a statement at the recent Congressional hearing on federal employee pay. The enclosed article contains his complete statement and video from the hearing.
Posted: 3/10 |
| Heritage Takes OPM Director to Task After Hearing | "Even the more jaded observers of Washington politics had to be disappointed with the performance of federal pay defenders during yesterdays House Oversight Committee hearing....John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management, was the worst offender in this regard, going so far as to fundamentally mischaracterize our research."
Posted: 3/10 |
| Falling Down on the Job | The fiscal year is 162 days old, and the federal government is still operating without a budget. And it doesn't look like one will be arriving anytime soon.
Posted: 3/11 |
| 24 Fed Employees Subjected to Discipline | The Securities and Exchange Commission says it has counseled or disciplined the employees in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Denver, Boston, Los Angeles and Fort Worth, Texas, for accessing inappropriate material on government computers as the financial system the agency has a hand in overseeing teetered and almost collapsed.
Posted: 3/10 |
| Federal Jobs Fast Becoming an Endangered Species | Federal agencies are imposing hiring freezes, eliminating openings, and preparing for severe budget cuts, dashing the hopes and prospects of many upcoming graduates and other job seekers.
Posted: 3/10 |
| NY Man Accused of Threatening Social Security Worker | A Long Island man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill a Social Security employee. The allegations state that he told the worker he was unhappy with the service he had received and if his complaint was not resolved he would blow her or someone's brains out.
Posted: 3/10 |
| Former Army Special Forces SGT Wins Reinstatement With Postal Service | The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently held the Postal Service incorrectly terminated a member of the National Guard under false assumptions in that he abandoned his position. This case means federal agencies will find it harder to base terminations of military members on circumstantial evidence that the employee abandoned his civilian position.
Posted: 3/10 | | RELATED HEADLINES: |
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