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CBO: 'Cliff' deal leaves big deficits in place
Tags: fiscal cliff , budget , sequestration , Congress
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 , pay freeze , Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress warned of recession from budget stalemate
Federal pay statistics are easily manipulated, GAO reports
The Government Accountability Office looked at six studies about federal pay and found that the different approaches taken in each made their findings potentially problematic.
Tags: pay and benefits , GAO , POGO , Scott Amey , workforce , Keith BieryGolick ,
Bill to cut federal retirement benefits saves $44B, CBO says
The House bill — H.R.3813 — would require federal workers to contribute 1.5 percent more of their salaries toward retirement over three years and end a supplemental payment for early retirees under the Federal Employee Retirement System.
Tags: pay and benefits , House , retirement , Congress
CBO: House bill requiring detailed program inventories will cost $100M
A House bill designed to reduce government redundancy by requiring agencies to provide detailed reports about the programs they operate will cost about $100 million for agencies to implement, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis. The Taxpayers Right to Know Act, introduced by Rep. James Lankford, would required agencies to publicly post detailed information about each of the program they operate, including costs and the number of employee dedicated to them.
Tags: James Lankford , budget , duplication , Taxpayers Right To Know Act , Tom Coburn
In the federal pay debate, 1 + 1 doesn't always equal 2
Researchers are struggling to agree on the best method for comparing public and private sector compensation. Some analysts say the use of differing methods results in wildly varied conclusions.
Tags: pay , pay and benefits , pay debate , workforce , Andrew Biggs , Rex Facer , Federal Salary Council , American Enterprise Institute , Ruben Gomez
CBO issues bleak long-term budget outlook
The Congressional Budget Office is again warning that the government's mounting debt problems threaten to swamp the economy unless policymakers move to arrest out-of-control deficits.
Tags: budget , sequester , Congress
Cliff averted, it's on to the next fiscal crisis
Tags: Congress , House , budget , Senate , sequestration , Harry Reid , Tim Geithner , Treasury , Rob Nabors , John Boehner
CBO puts price tag on 2 cyber bills
The Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act — the Precise Act of 2012 — would authorize money for Homeland Security. CBO scored the bill at $28 million dollars over five years.
Tags: cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , technology , Congress
