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Analysis: Are feds 'smart' or 'slugs'?

GovExec's Tom Shoop discusses comments made last week by the President about federal employees.

Tags: Tom Shoop , Barack Obama , Government Executive , In Depth

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Crowdsourcing meets the federal pay debate

Congress has heard from experts on federal pay and benefits - now they want to hear from the average fed. Rep. Dennis Ross joins us with details.

Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , Dennis Ross , House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee , Suzanne Kubota

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Value of feds overlooked in pay debate

The value of the work done by federal employees is being overlooked in the pay debate. At least according to the new vice-president of the Federal Managers Association, George Smith.

Tags: Federal Drive , FMA , pay and benefits , FMA Convention

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Poll: America loves the services of civil servants

While the public may not be crazy about federal employees, a new poll finds they love what feds do! Harris Poll's chair, Humphrey Taylor, explains.

Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , Humphrey Taylor , harris interactive , Harris poll

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Opinion: federal pay debate should shift focus

How much federal employees make has been the subject of an on-going debate. We shift a bit and take a look at how much SHOULD feds make? The Partnership for Public Service's John Palguta weighs in.

Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service

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Causey looks back on fed bashing

In 2010, federal employees' pay and benefits came under attack by lawmakers faced with a gaping deficit. Federal News Radio's Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says we might be able to see the future by looking at the past.

Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , fed bashing , Mike Causey , Suzanne Kubota , attrition , RIF

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Pay freeze: What's the good news?

The Partnership for Public Service's John Palguta explains both the good and bad news about the pay freeze.

Tags: pay freeze , pay and benefits , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service , Federal Drive

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When a tax cut isn't a tax cut for feds

As proposed by the President, people who pay into Social Security would have their payroll tax cut by 2 percentage points next year. Those who don't pay into Social Security, like nearly 600,000 federal employees, would see no change. NARFE's Dan Adcock explains why there's grousing on both sides.

Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , CSRS , FERS , social security tax cut , federal employees , Dan Adcock , NARFE

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Van Hollen: debt cutting focuses too much on feds

Congressman says feds shouldn't be cut from the herd.

Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , pay freeze , Christopher Van Hollen , Suzanne Kubota

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Issa calls for big changes to reduce costs

We've heard a lot about the pay freeze as a way of saving money. If done right, could restructuring functions within government and even closing some agencies help? The Partnership for Public Service's John Palguta weighs in.

Tags: Federal Drive , pay freeze , government reform , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service

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