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Feds work a month less per year than private sector, Heritage report finds
The report found federal employees work on average of 38.7 hours a week, compared with 41.4 hours per week in the private sector. That difference adds up to 3.8 fewer weeks per year feds work.
Tags: pay debate , pay and benefits , Heritage Foundation , CBO , pay freeze ,
Federal pay rate outpaces private sector, lags behind inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in 2011 federal employees' paychecks increased by 1.3 percent compared to a 1.2 percent increase in the private sector.
Tags: Pay & Benefits , budget
Continuing Resolution and the Myth of Job Creation
New jobs can't be created in the federal government as things stand.
Tags: Lurita Doan , stimulus , continuing resolution , CR , job creation , Jobless numbers , Unemployment statistics
Fed membership in unions declines slightly
Union membership has declined across the board in 2010 despite a substantial rise in public sector union workers compared to their private sector counterparts.
Tags: pay and benefits , unions , State , John Buckner
How many people work for government?
Learn more about how many people are working for the government, and how many aren't from Christopher Goodman, an economist with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , government employees , federal employees , christopher goodman
Public-private pay gap is widening
GovExec reports on a Bureau of Labor Statistics report that federal employees are paid an average of 24 percent less than their private sector counterparts.
Tags: GovExec , pay debate , pay and benefits , Federal Salary Council , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider
Independent analysis of federal and private salary data needed
The issues surrounding pay and benefits for federal employees continues to be a controversial one. The Cato Institute weighs in today, saying comparing salaries between the public and private sectors needs to be done by an independent and impartial organization -- and the way the federal pay gap is calculated should be updated.
Tags: Pay & Benefits , Cato Institute , USA Today , Chris Edwards , OPM , Bureau of Labor Management , private sector , wages , John Berry , Dorothy Ramienski
Jeffrey Zients and Christina Romer
Tags: federal agencies , Travel cuts , Christina Romer , unemployment , August jobless numbers , OMB , White House
