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  • Feds earn 16% more than private sector, nonpartisan report shows
  • Bulk of IG office's staff likely to be laid off, reassigned
  • Rep. Ross' goal: Scrap defined benefit pensions for feds
  • GPO cuts 312 positions through buyouts, other departures
  • Postal union talks reach impasse, arbitration likely
  • Performance management pilot hits snag
  • OPM outlines planned fixes to pension delays
  • Alaska lawmakers object to Air Force's planned civilian cuts
  • Obama government reorganization plan likely to meet resistance
  • IRS offers second round of buyouts, early outs
  • Air Force details bases absorbing employee cuts
  • GSA to offer buyouts, early outs
  • Proposed pay raise draws ire from all sides
  • Obama to propose 0.5% pay raise for 2013
  • Air Force offers more buyouts, early outs
  • New law encourages hiring of federal interns
  • New performance system could lead to General Schedule overhaul
  • Labor-management partnerships' days may be numbered
  • Medical doctors, researchers top list of highest-paid feds
  • TSA, union talks stall over employee grievances
  • Agencies notifying employees of possible shutdown
  • Lawmakers decry anti-fed measures in tax cut bill
  • Senators: Give airport screeners USERRA protections
  • OPM: 28.5% of new hires are vets
  • Retirements surge 24% over last year
  • Open CFC to retirees & contractors, panel says
  • Mass transit benefit set to expire Jan. 1
  • IG: Army retaliated against war-wounded whistle-blower
  • CFC board recommends expanding solicitations to retirees, contractors
  • USPS reaffirms plans to cut 28,000 jobs
  • Another pay freeze?
  • Experts: DoD could slash 150K jobs
  • TSA urged to expand private baggage screening
  • Snow policy has employees on the road early, or in the office late
  • GOP senators: Extend fed pay freeze to fund payroll tax cut
  • Extended pay freeze, layoffs likely
  • USPS job review program has brought slew of complaints
  • Six agencies to test new performance management model
  • FDIC, Surface Transportation Board are top agencies in survey
  • OPM: Problem of late pension payments getting worse
  • OPM to hire more staff to process pensions
  • More health plans offering online patient records
  • Personal debt sinks more clearances
  • Senate committee approves funding shift for postal buyouts
  • Air Force to shed 13,500 civilian jobs
  • OPM cites improvements on problem-plagued USAJobs upgrade
  • House committee approves bill to cut 10% of workforce by 2015
  • Senators reveal bipartisan plan to fix USPS' financial woes
  • Deployed service members donate to CFC-Overseas
  • DoD task force: Rate civilian employees on pass-fail basis
  • GSA expands telework eligibility
  • Labor partnerships: Talk, but few results
  • Mass. senator calls for outsourcing USAJobs
  • Agency outside GS system freezes pay
  • GAO avoids layoffs but may furlough employees
  • Labor-management partnerships draw fire at Senate hearing
  • Feds in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan lose some benefits
  • Job duties increasingly not linked to grade, pay
  • Budget cuts force GSA to halt HQ renovation
  • Hiring freeze helped soften hit of USPS reorganization
  • News Digest: Oct. 3
  • CFC looks to young workers to boost contributions
  • Mass line dance steers naval base workers to CFC
  • For military charities, demands for assistance soar
  • Successful campaigns offer potential donors ‘reason to give'
  • Campaign grew from an idea to a charity giant
  • Young feds sought to lead, contribute to and grow CFC
  • Expanded family leave takes effect Oct. 31
  • USPS wants single health plan for employees, retirees
  • Report: Obama must plan for a downsized government
  • Growth in health premiums slows dramatically
  • USAJobs website to get new features
  • Obama's plan for your pension
  • Employee satisfaction dips in key areas
  • ATF buyouts could slow investigations
  • 45,000 feds sign up for long-term care benefit
  • Employee satisfaction dips in key areas
  • 4.2 million have security clearances, report says
  • Panel calls for quarterly employee performance reviews
  • GAO considers layoffs in the face of likely budget cuts
  • Contract labor: Pay, benefits often double that of feds
  • As cuts loom, NRO opens up - just a bit
  • Lawmakers Study if DoD is SES Top-Heavy
  • Commission challenged to raise CFC participation, donations
  • Study: Contractors paid far more than feds for comparable work
  • Honeymoon period for new feds: 3 years
  • Study: Younger feds happier at work than older feds
  • Commission to recommend ways to strengthen CFC fundraising
  • Space shuttle program officially ends
  • Agencies will have easier time hiring military spouses
  • USAJobs website to be renovated in October
  • Hours some USPS workers are paid to do nothing: Now under 1 million
  • Decision to fire air marshal risks silencing whistle-blowers, OSC says
  • TSA to offer early retirements
  • Earthquake disrupts workday at federal offices in Washington
  • Obama orders agencies to improve diversity of their workforces
  • Postal Service plans to close about 300 mail processing plants
  • GAO weighing field office closures and layoffs
  • Federal job seekers' applications lost when hiring system goes down
  • AF is offering buyouts and early outs, freezing hiring
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