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	May 27, 2011
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Recent Headlines Mail Carrier Who Defecated In Yard Gets To Keep Job A mail carrier who was caught using a yard as his personal toilet will not be fired. Posted: 5/27 Abolish The TSA, And Let The Markets Protect Passengers The author says that it's time to allow airline customers to choose their level of security. Posted: 5/27 Senate Fight Over Budget, Recess Appointments Leads to Cancellation of Memorial Day Recess GOP opposition is preventing the Senate from completely adjourning for the Memorial Day recess. Instead, the chamber will come in for three pro-forma sessions over the next 10 days. Posted: 5/27 Rep. Chaffetz (R-UT) Seeks to Restore Educational Benefit Fairness to Veterans Seeking to restore fairness in obtaining GI educational benefits to America's veterans and their families, Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) today introduced H.R. 2002, a bill designed to enhance an already comprehensive and improved GI Bill educational benefit. Posted: 5/26 Washington Redskins, TSA Agents Find Unlikely Solidarity A pair of well-respected Redskins figures -- current linebacker Lorenzo Alexander and former defensive end and two-time Super Bowl champ Dexter Manley -- came out to Reagan National Airport Thursday to support TSA workers in their ongoing efforts to unionize. Posted: 5/27 Orszag: Panic Needed Before Debt Ceiling Boost A former White House budget chief said Thursday that Congress won't reach a deal to raise the nation's ability to borrow until the financial markets panic. Posted: 5/26 W.H. Takes Aim At Federal Rule Book The Obama administration on Thursday came through on its pledge to scour the federal rule book for regulations that need to be either dramatically changed or scrapped, as the White House seeks to stay in front of GOP and industry complaints that too many federal regulations are burdensome. Posted: 5/27 House GOP Leaders Renew Vows with Pledge to America and GOP Budget House Republicans plan to unveil a growth agenda this morning that would include lowering tax rates for businesses and individuals, passing three pending free trade agreements and increasing domestic energy production. Posted: 5/26 Former Federal Employee Sentenced For Lying On Disability Forms Simon Yang, a former employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, claimed to be the sole support for his mother and claimed her as a dependent even after her death in order to boost his disability payments, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office media release. Posted: 5/27 House Members in the Know Reap Large Stock Profits Its no secret that members of Congress qualify as political insiders, but a new report strongly suggests that they also may be insiders when it comes to trading stocks. Posted: 5/26 Eight Ways to Cut Government Spending The author suggests eight ways to cut government spending from cutting back on printing to being more energy efficient. Posted: 5/26 Longest Working Federal Employee for Marine Corps Passes Carol Shimada, the longest working federal employee for the Marine Corps, died Tuesday from natural causes at the age of 83. Posted: 5/27 House Passes Bill with BRAC Transportation Reforms The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a defense authorization bill that includes language advanced by Congressmen Jim Moran and Gerry Connolly that would make it easier for DoD to allocate funds to improve roads and expand transit outside the boundaries of military facilities including Fort Belvoir, the Engineering Proving Ground, and Quantico Marine Base in Northern Virginia. More than 20,000 new employees will be moving to the three sites as a result of BRAC. Posted: 5/27 CVS Caremark Awarded Integrated 3-Year Blue Cross and Blue Shield Federal Employee Program (FEP) Contract CVS Caremark Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a three-year contract to provide integrated pharmacy benefit services for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Government-wide Service Benefit Plan, also known as the Federal Employee Program (FEP), based on the best overall value. The Company will continue to provide FEP's clinical programs and retail pharmacy benefit management services and also provide mail order pharmacy services and specialty pharmacy services to FEP's more than 5 million federal employees, retirees and dependents. Posted: 5/27 2011 Feds Feed Families Food Drive Launched .S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director John Berry, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and agency officials launched the third annual Feds Feed Families (FFF) food drive at the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB). The goal is to collect 2 million pounds of food and other non-perishable goods. Posted: 5/26 Administration Seeks $10 Million To Expand 'Do Not Pay' Site The Obama administration is seeking $10 million to expand a "do not pay" website that will alert agencies to what people, organizations and contractors should not be getting federal funds. The proposal is part of the administration's effort to head off $50 billion in improper federal payments by the end of 2012. Posted: 5/26 USPS Clerk Receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor Richard Wei, a mail processing clerk for the Postal Service, recently won the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Posted: 5/26 Previous Articles on FedSmith.com Obama Instructs Federal Agencies to Upgrade Customer Service President Obama has instructed federal agencies to come up with ways to use technology to improve their customer service offerings within 6 months. GAO: DOD Is Terminating the National Security Personnel System, but Needs a Strategic Plan to Guide Its Design of a New System During fiscal year 2010, DOD achieved its initial goal of transitioning approximately 75 percent of NSPS employees to the General Schedule system despite having to overcome some challenges. DOD plans to transition the remaining NSPS employees by the January 1, 2012, mandated deadline. Equal Opportunity Policy at Labor Dept. Now Includes Gender Identity and Pregnancy The Department of Labor has announced a new equal employment opportunity policy for all department employees and applicants by lengthening the list of protected categories to include gender identity and pregnancy. About this Email Our daily email update is a summary of some of the latest articles we've posted, but did you know that FedSmith.com is constantly updating our site throughout the day with new articles? 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