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NEWS ABOUT: federal employees

federal employees stories: 11 news summaries
investigation

White House Sought to Weaken Whistleblower Law


Aug 7, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration appears to have attempted to water down the whistleblower protection law the president himself championed on the campaign trail. In an e-mail obtained by the Washington Times, a lawyer in the White House counsel's office sent a new draft of the bill to the Senate. That... More »

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national security • FBI • Senate • House of Representatives • federal employees • Election 2008 • whistleblower • US Senate • Obama administration • President Obama • Homeland Security Committee • White House counsel

ANALYSIS

Health Care Works Great—
for Congress

Taxpayers spend $15B to offer 8.5M federal workers primo benefits

Aug 2, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - As members of Congress tear into each other over health care reform, they do so assured that a top shelf taxpayer-funded smorgasboard of health plans are there to respond to their slightest sniffle, Mark Barabak and Faye Fiore note in the Los Angeles Times. Last year, taxpayers spent about $15... More »

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health care • Congress • health care reform • uninsured • federal employees • public option

Critics Blast Congress for Lack of Staff Diversity

NFL hiring rule may translate to Capitol Hill

Jun 26, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congressional staffs are so overwhelmingly white that Capitol Hill needs its own version of the NFL rule requiring teams hiring a head coach to interview at least one person of color, critics tell the Hill. Frustrated staffers, lobbyists, and aides point out that even though more minorities are being elected,... More »

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Congress • NFL • Senate • football • House of Representatives • Capitol Hill • affirmative action • federal employees • US Senate • Rooney Rule • congressional staff

(Newser) - President Obama plans to announce tomorrow that he's extending benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees, the Washington Post reports. The move, a victory for gay rights activists, will give the partners access to health care and other benefits. Obama's been under steady criticism from the gay community for... More »

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gay rights • lesbians • federal employees • domestic partnership • President Obama • gay

(AP) - President Obama appealed to federal workers today to propose ways to make their agencies' and departments' budgets more efficient. The president said employees' ideas would be key as his Cabinet officials cut millions from the federal budget and trim the deficit. "After all, Americans across the country know that... More »

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government spending • federal employees • budget deficit • Obama administration • President Obama • radio address • budget bill

 Obama's Agenda 
 Dwarfs His Staff 

President's team stretched thin despite flurry of appointments

Mar 16, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is filling government jobs more quickly than his predecessors, but there's so much going on that his team is still stretched thin, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama is juggling the economic crisis, stimulus package, and two wars, all with just 43 confirmed aides. "No one... More »

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Department of Health • Treasury Department • Department of Commerce • federal employees • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner • Obama Cabinet • political appointment

Obama's Plans Require a Lot More Hands

Federal workforce
could expand by 100-250K, experts say

Mar 3, 09 8:57 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama’s ambitious budget and stimulus plans will require the government to hire scores of new workers, the Washington Post reports. Analysts put the number between 100,000 and 250,000 spread among various agencies, the biggest expansion of the federal workforce since Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society days.... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Lyndon Johnson • budget • federal employees • economic stimulus package • Great Society • Obama administration • President Obama • hiring

Federal Judges Lose Pay Raise Battle, Again

Financial crisis kills hike, leaves bench feeling shortchanged

Jan 1, 09 2:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Federal judges went without a cost-of-living pay increase yet again in 2008, the LA Times reports. A quirk in federal law prevents judges from getting the automatic raises other federal employees get, and the financial crisis derailed a bill that would have upped their pay by 28%. John Roberts... More »

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John Roberts • Cost of Living • federal employees • federal judges • financial crisis

Obama Letters Promised Gov't Workers an Overhaul

He wooed bureaucrats with expanded roles

Nov 17, 08 8:11 AM CST
(Newser) - With the election fast approaching, Barack Obama sent letters to seven federal agencies, hoping to win the votes of their employees with detailed—and generally very generous—promises, the Washington Post reports. Obama promised to make departments more powerful and effective, to improve worker rights, and eliminate unpopular Bush... More »

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Barack Obama • federal employees • federal spending • defense spending • President Obama

Supreme Court Backs Workers on Retaliation Suits

Justices affirm employees' right to sue

May 27, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today issued two rulings fortifying workplace-discrimination law, finding that employees can sue over retaliation for bias complaints. In one case, an 1866 law was used to protect a black employee who alleged he was fired after complaining about a black colleague’s treatment—though he’d failed... More »

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workplace discrimination • federal employees • US Supreme Court • retaliation

Feds Fly 1st Class on Your Dime

$146M wasted in premium travel

Oct 3, 07 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal employees wasted $146 million in a single year flying business or first class, according to a government investigation. Some 67% of premium-class travel is unauthorized or unnecessary, and the biggest abusers are Pentagon, Justice and State Department officials, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. More »

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Pentagon • Department of Justice • State Department • Liberia • Government Accountability Office • federal employees • premium class travel • first class • business class • perk • Department of Agriculture

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