Are Federal Employees Overpaid? Take the latest FedSmith survey at and send in your opinion. Daily Headlines for September 10, 2010 | Must Reads for Managers: Federal Union Steward Guides | The author provides links to various Federal employee union guides prepared specifically for shop stewards. Supervisors and managers who must deal with union representatives and with such issues as employee performance discipline, grievances in a unionized environment should put these on their critical reading lists.
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| First Level Fed Supervisors Often Receive Little Training | The federal government often chooses supervisors based on technical rather than management skills and falls down in training people in supervision. A third of new supervisors reported that they received no relevant training in their first year on the job
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| How to Cut Government Spending | Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, says Congress should cut discretionary spending by two percent over the next five years, along with a three-year freeze on cost of living adjustments (COLAs) for federal employees.
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| White House Aides Owe $831,000 in Back Taxes |  | Tax problems don't just belong to public figures such as Treasury Secretary Geithner and Tom Daschle. Federal employees across the nation owe about $1 billion in back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service. As of the end of 2009, 41 people working inside the House "owe the government they're allegedly running a total of $831,055 in back taxes."
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| Thanking Employees and Contractors Facing Layoffs |  | Even for many Kennedy Space Center employees, it can be rare to see a shuttle up-close. This week, hundreds seized the chance to pay respects to Discovery as it rolled from its hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA is occasionally loosening operating procedures to recognize employees, including thousands of contractors who face layoffs over the next year.
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