New bills hit federal employees with shorter disciplinary appeals process, fees for submitting to MSPB

Snippet of Article: "...The bill would let MSPB collect fees from employees who choose to appeal an adverse action with the agency. The legislation doesn’t name a specific price but said fees shouldn’t “exceed the amount that is 50 percent of the fee required for filing a civil action in a United States district court.” MSPB has some leeway to adjust the price from time to time..."

Source: federalnewsradio.com

MSPB, anti-union, Reducing Protections for Workers, Protecting Rogue Manager Actions and Agencies,

Buyout Increase Dropped in Latest Congressional Report

Snippet of Article: "...The House version did not contain the change to increase the amount of the buyout amount..."

Source: www.fedsmith.com

VSIP

Can USPS systems survive the e-commerce boom?

Snippet of Article: "...As the number of packages from online orders increase, the U.S. Postal Service may face increasing overtime hours as its sorting facilities and mail carriers take longer to process and deliver those packages..."

Source: www.federaltimes.com

FBI says arrests man who planned to bomb Cleveland July 4 event

Snippet of Article: "...The man, who had expressed allegiance to the al Qaeda militant group, was arrested on Sunday after a meeting with an undercover FBI agent where he said he planned to plant a bomb at the event celebrating the U.S. Independence Day holiday and would also target other locations in Cleveland and Philadelphia. "What would hit them in the core..."

Source: www.msn.com

FBI, al Qaeda attacks, Foiled Terrorist Attack, Islamic Terrorist,