Postmaster General Announces Retirement

Article Title: Postmaster General to Retire

Snippet of Article: "...Pat Donahoe, Deputy Postmaster General and Chief Operating Officer, will become our new Postmaster General when PMG Potter retires on December 3...."

Source: The Postal Newsgroup Postmaster General retirement

Postal Union Grows Impatient With Pace of Contract Talks

Article Title: Postal Union Grows Impatient With Pace of Contract Talks

Snippet of Article: "...As expected, USPS proposals have included efforts to maximize supervisory control of the workplace and reduce costs by removing previously negotiated contractual protections.

However, to date, management has not presented its proposals on the central contractual issues of wages, benefits, protection against layoffs, seniority, and workforce structure. When these proposals are presented, we expect them to be consistent with the propaganda we have heard so frequently in recent months..."

Source: www.apwu.org Postal Unions

FEHB Open Season 2011

Article Title: fehb open season 2011

Snippet of Article: "...The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has announced that this year’s open season for health benefits, dental and vision insurance, and Flexible Spending Accounts will run from November 8 through December 13, 2010...."

Source: Federal Employee News fehb open season 2011, Federal Employee News

Federal employees at Tobyhanna Army Depot

Article Title: Federal employees at Tobyhanna Army Depot

Snippet of Article: "...For years, blue-collar federal employees received different wages than white-collar federal employees although they work the same hours at the same facilities, Mr. Kanjorski said. ..."

Source: thetimes-tribune.com

Pentagon to Fight Domestic Cyberattacks

Article Title: Pentagon Will Help Homeland Security Department Fight Domestic Cyberattacks

Snippet of Article: "...Under the new rules, the president would approve the use of the military’s expertise in computer-network warfare, and the Department of Homeland Security would direct the work. ..."

Source: www.nytimes.com Pentagon, computer-network warfare,

Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA)

Article Title: Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA)

Snippet of Article: "...The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA), 5 USC Chapter 81, provides compensation benefits to Federal employees for work-related injuries or illnesses, and to their surviving dependents if a work-related injury or illness results in the employee’s death...."

Source: www.doi.gov Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA)

How Did Two Bullets Graze the Most Secure Building in America?

Article Title: CSI Pentagon: How Did Two Bullets Graze the Most Secure Building in America?

Snippet of Article: "...At least two of the bullets contacted Pentagon windows, director of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, Steven Calvery said at a Tuesday news conference...."

Source: newsfeed.time.com Pentagon Shooting, Shots hit Pentagon, Pentagon Force Protection Agency

Shots hit Pentagon; temporary lockdown

Article Title: Shots hit Pentagon; temporary lockdown

Snippet of Article: "...Someone fired shots at the Pentagon early Tuesday, hitting..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

CPI-W 2010

CPI-W September 2010

Article Title: CPI-W 2010

Snippet of Article: "...The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. (CPI-W) increased 1.4 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 214.306 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index was unchanged prior to seasonal adjustment. ..."

Source: www.bls.gov

Locality Pay

Article Title: General Schedule Locality Pay Areas

Snippet of Article: "...On behalf of the President's Pay Agent, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim regulations on the locality pay program for General Schedule employees. The interim regulations establish separate locality pay areas for the States of Alaska and Hawaii and extend coverage of the Rest of U.S. locality pay area to include American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Territory of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and all other U.S. possessions listed in 5 CFR 591.205, applicable on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2011...."

Source: www.federalregister.gov Locality Pay, Federal Pay,

AFGE National President John Gage Statement on FEHBP Premium Increases

Article Title: AFGE National President John Gage Statement on FEHBP Premium Increases

Snippet of Article: "...FEHBP's largest plan, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Standard Option, will charge enrollees 6.9% more for self coverage and 7.6% more for family coverage. "While we are pleased to see that these increases are smaller than those in 2010, they are still too high...."

Source: www.afge.org

There's a law that bars federal employees from running for office?

Article Title: There's a law that bars federal employees from running for office?

Snippet of Article: "...The Hatch Act prohibits almost all federal employees in the executive branch from being political candidates. Here's how the law..."

Source: www.csmonitor.com

Supreme Court weighs need for background checks for NASA scientists

Article Title: Supreme Court weighs need for background checks for NASA scientists

Snippet of Article: "...Federal civil service employees have faced background checks since 1953. The checks were expanded to federal contractors in 2005...."

Source: www.csmonitor.com

Health care reform and Federal Workers

Article Title: Health care reform brings big changes for workers and their families

Snippet of Article: "...the evidence is overwhelming that once again, federal employees are being blamed for the slumping economy because some news outlet misread salary data and insisted that federal employees are significantly overpaid compared with private-industry employees...."

Source: fredericksburg.com

TSP L 2010 Fund to close

Article Title: TSP L 2010 Fund to close Article Snip: On December 31, the L 2010 Fund will be closed. If you have investments in the L 2010 Fund, they will be moved to the L Income Fund on December 31. If you have allocated any portion of future contributions Reference: www.tsp.gov

Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey 2010

Article Title: Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey 2010

Snippet of Article: "...Results from the 2010 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, FedView Report by Demographics, FedView Report by Agency, FedView Report on Demographic Questions by Agency, ..."

Source: www.fedview.opm.gov

...Federal Employees Who Owe Taxes To Pay Up Or Lose Jobs

Article Title: Senator Coburn Wants Federal Employees Who Owe Taxes To Pay Up Or Lose Jobs

Snippet of Article: "...Senate Bill 3790 would make federal employees who have seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for federal employment...."

Source: www.newson6.com

FBI Support Services Technician Job Announcement Closes September 15, 2010

Article Title: FBI Support Services Technician Job Announcement Closes September 15, 2010

Snippet of Article: "...The FBI is like no other career choice you've explored. It's challenging, compelling, and important. Whatever your background or expertise, you will find an FBI future exceptionally rewarding because the work you perform will have a daily impact on the nation's security and the quality-of-life for all U.S. citizens. Your career at the FBI will also include great benefits, see federal benefits highlighted below...."

Source: usajobs.gov

1935: Federal jobs program works to save Dunn County soil

Article Title: 1935: Federal jobs program works to save Dunn County soil

Snippet of Article: "...Eighteen projects in soil conservation in Dunn County await action from the CCC lads when they arrive at the Menomonie camp, located in the old mule pasture, north of Wakanda Park...."

Source: www.dunnconnect.com

2011 Federal Employee Pay Raise

Article Title: Panel Passes 1.4 Percent Pay Raise

Snippet of Article: "...in line with the change in the private sector's wages from September 2008 to September 2009, according to the Labor Department's Employment Cost Index...."

Source: wiredworkplace.nextgov.com

Federal Employment and Student Loans

Article Title: Gov't repaying more student loans for employees

Snippet of Article: "...The federal government's loan repayment program started in 2002 as a recruitment and retention tool. Agencies can make repayments up to $10,000 annually, with maximum payouts of $60,000, but workers must sign an agreement to work for at least three years. ..."

Source: washingtonpost.com

2010 Census was $1.6 billion under budget

Article Title: 2010 Census was $1.6 billion under budget

Snippet of Article: "...It's still unknown exactly how much will go back to the government because census operations are scheduled to continue through the end of September, but officials said it will be no less than $1.6 billion. Congress will have the final say on where the money goes...."

Source: washingtonpost.com

U.S. federal agents nationwide bilked by brazen Ponzi scheme

Law enforcement agencies actually paid crook to sponsor “seminars” used to hook his marks

Article Title: U.S. federal agents nationwide bilked by brazen Ponzi scheme

Snippet of Article: "...A rumor now popular among some federal law enforcement agents casts a bit of bitter irony over McLeod’s fate, indicating that he killed himself with a pistol given to him by the DEA to commemorate his years of service to the agency...."

Source: narcosphere.narconews.com

Fired USDA official receives apologies from White House, Vilsack

Article Title: Fired USDA official receives apologies from White House, Vilsack

Snippet of Article: "...In the snippet of video on Breitbart's Web site, Sherrod, who is black, admitted to having been reluctant to help a white farmer who sought her aid 24 years before, when she was working for a nonprofit agency established to help black farmers. ..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com