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5 percent of federal workforce to be furloughed Friday

The Department of Housing and Urban Development, Internal Revenue Service, Office of Management and Budget and the Environmental Protection Agency will all shut down Friday because of widespread employee furloughs — giving feds a four-day holiday weekend. The Labor and Interior Departments also are telling employees to stay home.

Tags: workforce , furloughs , sequestration , OMB , HUD , EPA , Labor , Interior , Jason Miller

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IRS replaces official in tea party controversy

Tags: Tea Party , Lois Lerner , Ken Corbin , Danny Werfel

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Broke no laws, IRS official says _ then takes 5th

Tags: House , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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Off with their heads! What would Mick Jagger do?

For many people involved in the alleged scandals at the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service, the solution is simple: Off with their heads. Fire the offenders whether they are political appointees or career civil servants. But this isn't Paris in 1789, it's Washington in 2013 so things will go a little slower, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , workforce , IRS scandal , MSPB , firing

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IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing

Tags: Douglas Shulman , Senate , Senate Finance Committee , Congress

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More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told

White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups.

Tags: Treasury , Denis McDonough , President Barack Obama

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Saintly media vs. government devils

When a newspaper reporter fakes a story, we are outraged. When a network TV show gets it wrong, we are stunned. But we tend to forget, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. But when a handful of government workers go rogue, maybe on orders from their political bosses, the entire workforce is tainted for a long, long time.

Tags: IRS scandal , Mike Causey , Federal Report , workforce

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Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

Tags: Steven Miller , House , Congress , House Ways and Means Committee

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Obama picks budget official to run troubled IRS

Tags: Barack Obama , Eric Holder , Justice Department , Steven Miller , Tea Party , Congress , Mitch McConnell , Joseph Grant

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Obama appoints Danny Werfel acting IRS head

President Barack Obama has appointed senior White House budget officer Daniel Werfel to be acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, a White House official says.

Tags: Danny Werfel , OMB , IRS scandal , Steven Miller

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