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Omnibus approach likely for remaining spending bills

Despite the successful passage last week of a small group of annual spending bills covering several federal agencies' 2012 budgets, Congress will likely fold the remaining bills into a single omnibus.

Tags: Congress , House , Senate , appropriations , budget , Erik Wasson , The Hill , continuing resolution , minibus spending bill , Jack Moore

Tuesday - 11/22/2011, 06:42am EST

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NTEU president talks about Labor-Management forums; pay raise

Colleen Kelley gives her thoughts to the Daily Debrief.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , management , Labor-Management forums , executive order , pay raise , NTEU , Colleen Kelley

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:09pm EDT

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Congress tells agencies to check creditworthiness of employees

Provision in 2010 omnibus spending bill requires credit checks on employees before giving them a government credit card. Law also requires agencies to create service contract inventories, and fully funds the E-Government Fund for the first time in eight years.

Tags: management , contracting , technology , pay and benefits , David Obey , OMB , OPM , GSA , DoD , AFGE , John Gage , E-Government Fund , Agency credit card , service contract inventory , BRAC , A-76 , insourcing , Internet cookies

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:08pm EDT

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Omnibus includes federal pay raise with locality pay

Congressional negotiators sealed agreement Tuesday night on sweeping spending legislation that would fund agencies into the new year. The $1.1 trillion dollar spending bill includes a 2.0 percent federal employee pay adjustment, including a 1.5 percent nationwide increase in base pay and a 0.5 percent average increase in locality pay.

Tags: P&B , mngt , Jodi Schneider , FY2010 Budget ,

Friday - 09/30/2011, 10:47am EDT

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