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Coburn calls on OPM to fire feds 'paid to do nothing'
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has written to Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry, saying the office should take steps to offload federal workers and contractors who don't show up for work, aren't performing official duties or "are simply not working at all." In the letter, Coburn, the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said doing so could prevent the need to furlough critical employees under sequestration.
Tags: Congress , OPM , Tom Coburn , John Berry , official time , standby pay , furloughs , workforce
Debate rages over USPS delivery changes
The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service announced last month it would end Saturday delivery of first-class mail. But a new legal decision from the Government Accountability Office seemed to offer more questions than answers.
Tags: Congress , House , USPS , Darrell Issa , Tom Coburn , Gerry Connolly , Jack Moore
Shutdown averted, pay freeze extended as Congress passes 2013 funding bill
The House voted today to approve a measure to fund federal agencies through the remainder of fiscal 2013. The bill averts a government shutdown but extends the freeze on federal employees' pay through the end of 2013. The bill now heads to President Barack Obama for his signature.
Tags: 2013 budget , sequestration , Congress , House , USPS , Barbara Mikulski , pay freeze , appropriations , Jack Moore
Senate approves huge 2013 spending bill, averting shutdown
Tags: Congress , budget , CR , Harry Reid , Barbara Mikulski
Catchall spending bill advances in Senate
Tags: budget , CR , sequestration
Lew hopeful on reaching a budget breakthrough
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Thursday that he is optimistic that President Barack Obama will be able to reach an agreement with Republicans in Congress to break a budget impasse that's triggered across-the-board government spending cuts.
Tags: Jack Lew , Treasury , Congress , House ,
Senate GOP tells Obama to tone down the attacks
Tags: Barack Obama , Senate Budget Committee , Patty Murray , Congress , budget , sequestration
2014 budget battle lines drawn around federal pay, benefits
When it comes to the federal workforce, the competing House and Senate budget plans differ greatly in tone and style. But when it comes to making the federal government run more efficiently and finding cost-savings in federal operations, the two plans are more alike than you might think.
Tags: House , Congress , pay and benefits , retirement , budget , Paul Ryan , Patty Murray , Jack Moore
Senate Democrats push budget through committee
Senate Democrats have pushed a budget through committee that calls for roughly $1 trillion in new tax revenues over the coming decade and increases spending slightly over current projections.
Tags: budget , Senate Budget Committee , Patty Murray
Panel criticizes military on sexual assault cases
Tags: DoD , sexual assault
