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Feds earn 16% more than private sector, nonpartisan report shows

Jan 30, 2012
Federal employees overall receive 16 percent higher pay and benefits than they would in the private sector, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Monday.

Bulk of IG office's staff likely to be laid off, reassigned

Efforts by several lawmakers to avert drastic downsizing at a federal inspector general's office appear to have failed.

Rep. Ross' goal: Scrap defined benefit pensions for feds

Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., who chairs the House panel responsible for federal pay and benefits, says he eventually wants to get rid of a defined benefit pension for federal employees.
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