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Pay, Pensions, Premiums Under the Knife

Friday is supposed to be a slow news day so we'll limit it to this: a 3 year pay freeze, 10 percent job cut, higher FEHBP premiums for retirees, lower benefits for future retirees and some other stuff. Interested? Check out Senior Correspondent Mike Causey's federal report.

Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , pay freeze , RIF , COLA , pay cut , FEHBP , FERS , CSRS , National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and R

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Hopes for an omnibus dim after elections

Democratic insiders question if anything more than a stopgap spending measure and temporary extension of Bush-era tax cuts can pass. The Hill's Molly Hooper brings us the latest.

Tags: Federal Drive , FY 2011 budget , appropriations , omnibus spending , The Hill , Congress , Molly Hooper , Suzanne Kubota , pay and benefits , furlough , shutdown , continuing resolution

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Analysis: How the new political alignment will impact feds

Will the big changes in Congress mean big changes for federal employees? Bill Bransford, general counsel for the Senior Executives Association, joins Mike Causey for this week's Your Turn.
November 3, 2010

Tags: Your Turn , Mike Causey , Bill Bransford , Senior Executives Association , Congress , election , pay and benefits , pay raise , furlough , Pledge to America , Barack Obama , Bill Clinton , pay debate , National Treasury Employees Union , Election 2010

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Elections 2010: Focus on federal workers

A partial shift in power on the Hill means committee chairmanships will change in the House but not in the Senate. A variety of issues from the federal budget to telework, and federal pay and regulatory policies will be re-examined.

Tags: pay and benefits , Congress , Mike Causey , Dan Adcock , Leslie Phillips , Steny Hoyer , Darrell Issa , Jason Chaffetz , Bob Cusack , Suzanne Kubota , Jerry Bodlander , Susan Crabtree , federal pay raise , pay raise , 2011 budget , furloughs , Bill Bransford , workforce reductions , health care , FEHBP , Social Security , $250 payment , Jolie Lee , Julia Ziegler , 1.4 percent raise , federal employees , Election 2010

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Federal workers becoming a flash point in midterm elections

Last week Republicans proposed a hiring freezeof non-security federal workers. That's just the latest GOP effort to target federal workers' pay and hiring. So far these efforts haven't gone far, but that could change with a GOP takeover of Congress after the mid-term elections, The Washington Post reports.

Tags: Dorobek Insider , Must Reads , federal pay , Pledge to America , John Berry , OPM , pay debate

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Management tips if the furloughs hit the fan

How federal managers can prepare for furloughs, layoffs and hiring freezes from the Partnership for Public Service's John Palguta.

Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , pay freeze , management , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service , Suzanne Kubota , pay debate

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Fenty issues order freezing government hiring

Mayor Adrian Fenty has issued a mayoral order freezing government hiring, travel and pay raises as part of an effort to offset a projected $175 million budget gap.

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Does the GOP 'Pledge to America' have a shot?

Some of the items listed in the House Republicans' Pledge to America directly affect federal employees. Politico's Jonathan Allen rates the odds of success for some of the pledge's items.

Tags: Jonathan Allen , Politico , Pledge to America , Republican House , Dorobek Insider , Congress

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Does GOP 'Pledge to America' have any shot

Politico rated the odds of success for some of the items in the House GOP's Pledge to America.

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How will a lame duck Congress affect feds?

From pay freeze proposals to furloughs, there are a lot of issues before Congress that could affect feds. This week on Your Turn, Mike interviews Charity Wilson from the American Federation of Government Employees and Jessica Klement from the Federal Managers Association, about what a lame duck Congress can do to federal workers and retirees.
September 22, 2010

Tags: Your Turn , Mike Causey , Congress , lame duck session , pay and benefits , Jessica Klement , Charity Wilson , FMA , AFGE , pay debate

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