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 Advice & Opinion

  1. Public service: an opportunity, not a burden

  1. Sequester poses public service challenges

    More than 35 years ago, as a newly minted law school graduate, I moved from my hometown of New York City to Washington to take a job at the Justice Department.

  2. Contracting professionals need to travel — and train

    • Apr. 28, 2013

    No one can forget the image released a year ago of a government executive holding a champagne glass in toast while sitting in a Las Vegas hot tub — paid for with federal dollars. Congressional leaders were rightfully indignant and called for a halt to such events. However, taxpayer costs for government acquisition may now be increasing as a result of overreach policies implemented since then.

  1. Cost restructuring can help agencies meet budget challenges Apr. 28, 2013

  2. Letters to the Editor: April 29 Apr. 28, 2013

  3. Editorial: Congress must help ensure a responsible drawdown Apr. 28, 2013

  4. DoD furloughs: A bad idea at a bad time Apr. 14, 2013

  5. A better way to pay Apr. 14, 2013

  6. Editorial: On wasteful spending, Congress is the problem Apr. 14, 2013

  7. Letters to the Editor: April 15, 2013 Apr. 14, 2013

  8. Accident spotlights need for contract rule changes Mar. 31, 2013

  9. How to narrow the cyber talent gap Mar. 31, 2013

  10. Editorial: Cancel plan to post personal financial forms Mar. 31, 2013

  11. Letters to the Editor: April 1 Mar. 31, 2013

  12. A new framework for acquiring professional services Mar. 17, 2013

Sequester news
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  1. DoD halts shifting war money into base budget

    • May. 7, 2013

    For years, the Pentagon has been working to move funding from temporary war spending accounts into the base budget, particularly for brick-and-mortar …

  1. Leaders fear sequester's impact on recruitment, retention, service
  2. Sequester hits home for federal employees
  3. Sequester poses public service challenges
  4. A rush to soften impact of sequester

Blogs

  1. Broken toilets, peeling wallpaper … whats wrong with your office?
  2. Lawyer: Postal Service board members risked “removal” over ending Saturday mail delivery
  3. DHS’ Richard Spires resigns as CIO
  4. When late isn’t really late
  5. Contract executive convicted in snooping case
  6. Union asks MSPB for pre-emptive ruling on DoD furloughs

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  2. VERA/VSIP and higher multiplier
  3. Terminal leave and retirement
  1. Timing the market
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  3. TSP and annuities
  1. Maximize your time as a Presidential Management Fellow
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  3. LinkedIn is key to getting a job, promotion
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Pay & Benefits
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  1. Obama orders gender pay gap study

    The White House on Friday ordered agencies to start studying ways to narrow the pay gap between men and women in the federal government. JEWEL SAMAD/Jewel Samad / AFP
    • May. 13, 2013 - 10:43 AM

    The White House on Friday ordered agencies to start studying ways to narrow the pay gap between men and women in the federal government.

  1. IG frustrated by OPM's handling of improper payments to dead retirees
  2. As OT cuts loom, OPM processes 13K pensions
  3. Sequester hits home for federal employees
  4. Sequester forces OPM to cut pension overtime
  1. More Pay & Benefits
  2. Federal Pay and Performance, Federal Retirement Benefits, Federal Health Care

Departments
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  1. As wildfire season looms, sequester cuts firefighters

    A Forest Service firefighter walks on a fire break line as the 2009 Station Fire burns in the Angeles National Forest in California. Kevork Djansezian//Getty Images
    • May. 13, 2013 - 5:18 PM

    The sequester will cost the Forest Service about 500 firefighters and 50 fire engines this year, even as the agency expects another rough season of …

  1. Senators: Sequester-avoiding deal not likely before Aug. recess
  2. TSA officers, air marshals file legal warning over knives
  3. GOP reaction in IRS case targeting tea party groups spurs calls for probe, apology
  4. Postal Service reports $3.1 billion loss for first half of 2013
  1. More Departments:
  2. Defense, Postal Service, Homeland Security, OMB

Agency News
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  1. As wildfire season looms, sequester cuts firefighters

    A Forest Service firefighter walks on a fire break line as the 2009 Station Fire burns in the Angeles National Forest in California. Kevork Djansezian//Getty Images
    • May. 13, 2013 - 5:18 PM

    The sequester will cost the Forest Service about 500 firefighters and 50 fire engines this year, even as the agency expects another rough season of …

  1. Planes on the same runway more often, watchdog warns
  2. OPM cancels benefits conference
  3. News Briefs: May 13, 2013
  4. Public service: an opportunity, not a burden
  1. More Agency News:
  2. Federal Budget, Leaders & Agencies, Program Management, White House

Personnel
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  1. Obama orders gender pay gap study

    The White House on Friday ordered agencies to start studying ways to narrow the pay gap between men and women in the federal government. JEWEL SAMAD/Jewel Samad / AFP
    • May. 13, 2013 - 10:43 AM

    The White House on Friday ordered agencies to start studying ways to narrow the pay gap between men and women in the federal government.

  1. IG frustrated by OPM's handling of improper payments to dead retirees
  2. Pension accuracy slips as OPM picks up pace
  3. Sequester Changes Rules on DoD Contractor Background Reinvestigations
  4. Bill adds federal hiring preference for fathers of disabled vets
  1. More Personnel:
  2. OPM, Recruiting & Retention, Labor Management Relations, Insourcing/Outsourcing

Congress
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  1. As wildfire season looms, sequester cuts firefighters

    A Forest Service firefighter walks on a fire break line as the 2009 Station Fire burns in the Angeles National Forest in California. Kevork Djansezian//Getty Images
    • May. 13, 2013 - 5:18 PM

    The sequester will cost the Forest Service about 500 firefighters and 50 fire engines this year, even as the agency expects another rough season of …

  1. Senators: Sequester-avoiding deal not likely before Aug. recess
  2. GOP reaction in IRS case targeting tea party groups spurs calls for probe, apology
  3. IG frustrated by OPM's handling of improper payments to dead retirees
  4. Obama directs agencies to make more data public
  1. More Congress:
  2. House, Senate, Federal Appropriations, Bill Tracker, GAO
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