Scandal in Mistreatment of Silent Service Members
While about 150,000 troops from America have served in Afghanistan and Iraq at any given time over the last few years, we don’t hear much about the 200,000 private contractors. They are patriots.
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While about 150,000 troops from America have served in Afghanistan and Iraq at any given time over the last few years, we don’t hear much about the 200,000 private contractors. They are patriots.
Barriers to telework have more to do with attitudes than technology. Many supervisors who question the wisdom of the movement toward virtual offices and wonder how, or even if, they can ensure that employees who are teleworking are being as productive working from home.
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has introduced legislation to restore the financial health of the Postal Service.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) have introduced legislation aimed at cutting the federal workforce through attrition.
Washington area Congressmen have introduced legislation to allow federal employees to voluntarily transfer unused sick leave to agency-wide leave banks.
Despite a two-year pay freeze being imposed on the federal workforce late last year, many federal employees report overall satisfaction with their pay according to the 2011 OPM Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results.
The author says that real and perceived threats to the benefits of federal employees are popping up more frequently. His advice to federal employees: don’t panic.
Reps. Elijah E. Cummings and Stephen Lynch have introduced legislation to address the Postal Service’s dismal financial situation by making numerous changes in an attempt to restore it to financial solvency. One of the provisions of the bill would be to refund the excess money the Postal Service has paid into the Federal Employee Retirement System.
Legislation has been introduced that claims it would reduce the deficit by billions by phasing out the $1 bill.
The minority staff of the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia recently released a report detailing more than $1.4 trillion in savings over 10 years in areas under its jurisdiction. While many of the proposed cuts are not new, some of them would significantly impact federal employees if they were to be enacted.