Orr Speaks on Probationary Periods June 15: David Orr explains how to properly administer probationary periods, so you can avoid appeals of decisions and get the right person for the job. (Advertisement) Recent Headlines | "Expressive Dancer" At the Jefferson Memorial is Thwarted | No dancing at the Jefferson Memorial to celebrate his birthday. "Mr. Jefferson is on record discouraging celebration of his birthday: On Mr. Jefferson's accession to the Presidency [visitors] had waited on him, requesting to be informed, which was his birthday, as they wished to celebrate it with proper respect. 'The only birthday I ever commemorate,' replied he, 'is that of our Independence, the Fourth of July.' "
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| South Carolina Representatives Introduce the Job Protection Act |  | Reps. Tim Scott (R-SC), Joe Wilson (R-SC), and Trey Gowdy (R-SC) have introduced the Job Protection Act which is intended to prevent the National Labor Relations Board from moving forward with its case against Boeing or attempting similar action against other companies.
Posted: 5/24 |
| Budget Talks Eye $1 Trillion in Cuts | White House and congressional officials said Tuesday that they were moving closer to a budget deal that would make a "down payment'' of more than $1 trillion in cuts to federal deficits over the next decade.
Posted: 5/25 |
| Stimulus Money Recipients Owe Billions in Taxes | Contractors and businesses that received money through the 2009 federal economic stimulus plan owe billions in unpaid taxes to the government, a federal auditor said on Tuesday.
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| Union Leader Warns Of Depressed Support for Obama Amid Pension Talk | Union leaders and other federal worker representatives fired back Tuesday at new Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty over his call for freezing the salaries of federal workers and reducing the size of the workforce. AFGE president John Gage also said that it will also be difficult to motivate rank and file federal workers to support President Obama's reelection campaign if he pursues changes to the federal pension system.
Posted: 5/25 |
| How's Your Emergency Fund? |  | A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows 50% of Americans would struggle to come up with $2,000 in a pinch, for example in the event of an unanticipated car or home repair, a large medical bill or legal expenses.
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| 'Greenifying' the Vehicle Fleet |  | The Obama administration plans to purchase 116 plug-in electric vehicles for the U.S. government, led by 101 Chevrolet Volts from General Motors Co. (GM), saying it wants to increase the number of these cars in the fleet.
Posted: 5/24 |
| Fed Threat Shuts Down TSA "Groping" Bill in Texas |  | A threat from the federal government to shut down Texas airports or cancel flights may have killed legislation by Tea Party conservatives in the Texas Capitol to prohibit federal Transportation Security Agents from conducting "invasive searches."
Posted: 5/25 |
| Can new DoD Chief Leon Panetta End Budget Boondoggles? |  | The author says, "The presumptive Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, a former budget director in the Clinton administration, is acutely attuned to the aggressive measures and political diplomacy necessary to start netting real savings in defense budgets. He should enter his new post with the confidence to start reducing the redundancies that would never pass the laugh test in other discretionary departments accounts."
Posted: 5/25 |
| Still Using Manual Spreadsheets and Reports in Government | Less than one-third (31 percent) of federal managers and professionals say their agencies have a formal plan to identify spending inefficiencies. Federal managers and professionals also still rely heavily on spreadsheets and manually compiled reports as analysis tools. Nearly two-thirds of respondents (62 percent) report that they use these tools.
Posted: 5/24 |
| Obama, GOP Both Claim Credit For Chrysler Recovery |  | Today's announcement by the Treasury Department that Chrysler has repaid, six years early, its $5.1 billion loan from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, gives Democrats a chance to resell a program that has been painted as representing all that is wrong with government.
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