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Tuesday morning federal headlines - Sept. 27
On today's Federal Drive: The Senate has appeared to avert a government shutdown with the passage of a stopgap funding measure and a proposed bill would allow federal employees to donate unused sick leave to other feds.
Tags: Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , Federal Drive newscast , Congress , Senate , Jim Moran , OPM , FEHB
On spending, Congress can't agree on easy stuff
Tags: budget , Congress , disaster aid , FEMA , Senate , House , continuing resolution
Shutdown would challenge vets too
Not everything will remain normal for veterans seeking help.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , VA ,
Employee unions to form coalition about feds
Several federal employee unions will join a new group to raise awareness about the federal workforce. The National Treasury Employee Union also is holding its annual legislative conference to lobby lawmakers on key issues such as furloughs and health care.
Tags: pay and benefits , collective bargaining , NTEU , Colleen Kelley , Gerald Connolly , Maureen Gilman , TSA , Meg Beasley
Please, no 'shut 'er down' here
There's a lesson in the budget for the forthcoming battle over lifting the debt ceiling.
Tags: columns , budget , Barlow Herget , opinion
House passes huge GOP budget cuts, opposing Obama
Tags: budget , budget 2011 , continuing resolution , Congress , House , Senate , Barack Obama , Mitch McConnell , Charles Schumer , John Boehner , Harry Reid
House passes huge GOP budget cuts, opposing Obama
Tags: budget , furlough , John Boehner , Harry Reid
Shutdown: A Handful of Winners
It's been seven days since 800,000 feds learned they wouldn't be furloughed without pay. While that was tough on many of them, it had its upside. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it gave him visibility that Jay Leno or Dianne Sawyer took years to achieve. So how did you handle the shutdown threat?
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , furlough
The good old days for feds - both of them!
Most individuals have a time period they consider the good old days...when kids were kids...people didn't lock their doors. But Mike Causey says that for many federal workers the good old days didn't last very long because they only included last weekend!
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay freeze , deficit reduction commission , COLA , CSRS , FERS
Deficit plan to target fed pay, benefits?
Federal Times editor Steve Watkins joins host Mike Causey to talk about what's next for federal workers and retirees.
April 13, 2011
Tags: pay and benefits , Congress , American Federation of Government Employees , Federal Times , Steve Watkins , Mike Causey , Your Turn , federal budget
