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Senate amendment would extend pay freeze through 2013
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) introduced an amendment Thursday to the Senate Highway Bill that would extend the federal pay freeze for another year as part of special deficit reduction trust fund.
Tags: Pat Roberts , Senate , highway bill , budget , Workforce , pay and benefits , Michael OConnell
Light at end of tunnel: Sunshine or trainwreck?
For federal workers traveling through the congressional tunnel: Is that light they see sunshine or an oncoming train wreck? Either way their journey isn't over by a long shot, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Tags: pay and benefits , pay , benefits , Mike Causey , Congress , Workforce , FERS , retirement contribution
Feds have become 'easy pickings' for Congress, FMA says
Host Mike Causey will discuss federal pay and
benefits with Federal Times Senior Writer Stephen
Losey and Federal Managers Association Legislative
Director Jessica Klement.
February 29, 2012
Tags: pay and benefits , Roth IRA , Federal Times , Stephen Losey , budget battle , Jessica Klement , Federal Managers Association , downsizing , U.S. Postal Service , Mike Causey , Your Turn with Mike Causey , retirement , military pay
Will fed's benefits change in 2012?
American Federation of Government Employees President Jacque Simon will discuss whether your federal pay and benefits will be cut this year.
February 8, 2012
Tags: pay and benefits , Congress , Jacque Simon , American Federation of Government Employees , retirement benefits , budget battle , pay debate , Mike Causey , Your Turn with Mike Causey
House pay freeze vote a preview of payroll tax decision?
As a House-Senate conference committee continues negotiations over how to extend the payroll tax cut, ahead of a Feb. 29 deadline, there's at least one issue that has never left the table: federal pay and benefits. The eight House Republicans on the conference committee all voted in support of the stand-alone pay freeze bill. Of the five House Democrats, only Rep. Allyson Schwartz, of Pennsylvania, voted yes on the bill.
Tags: Congress , House , Senate , pay and benefits , payroll tax cut ,
House bill prohibits within-grade increases in 2012
A bill in the House would prohibit within-grade pay increases through 2012 for federal employees.
Tags: Martha Roby , Congress , House , pay and benefits , within-grade increases , budget
GOP plan cuts fed pay, workforce to save DoD from sequestration
GOP senators unveiled a bill Thursday that would grant the Defense Department a one-year reprieve from "sequestration" cuts. House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called the proposal "skullduggery."
Tags: DoD , Congress , pay and benefits , Workforce , supercommittee , Sequestration , John McCain , Jon Kyl , Kelly Ayotte , John Cornyn , CBO , NTEU , Martin Dempsey , BRAC , attrition , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
Group gives 25 lawmakers 'perfect scores' on federal report card
Federally Employed Women, which is aimed at improving the status of women working for the federal government, reviewed legislators' voting records on 10 bills mostly related to federal pay and benefits. The group gave its highest score — a 100 percent — to two senators and 23 House members, all Democrats.
Tags: pay and benefits , pay , benefits , Federally Employed Women , Congress , House , Senate ,
Preview of Roth TSP, January returns, pay freeze vote
Host Mike Causey is joined by Tom Trabucco, director of external affairs for Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, and Federal Times senior writer Stephen Losey.
February 1, 2012
Tags: pay and benefits , Tom Trabucco , TSP , Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board , Federal Times , Stephen Losey , pay debate , federal salaries , Congressional Budget Office , 401(k) , Mike Causey , Your Turn with Mike Causey
Analysis: Federal pay freeze vote to put pressure on payroll tax extension talks
The vote today in the House on another year of the federal pay freeze is meant to send a message to the conferees who are meeting on the payroll tax cut extension, says a reporter with The Hill newspaper.
Tags: Pete Kasperowicz , The Hill , pay and benefits , Congress , Federal Drive
