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Bill to fund payroll tax cut by extending pay freeze fails in Senate

A Republican proposal that would pay for a one-year extension of the expiring payroll tax cut by extending the current federal employee pay freeze by three years—and cutting the size of the federal workforce—failed last night in the Senate

Audit finds VA doling out bonuses too freely

The Veterans Affairs Department appears to be handing out millions of dollars in retention incentive payments to thousands of employees without adequate justifications, according to a new audit.

Online access to tax statements to begin by mid-month, DFAS says

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service said that online and mail delivery of 2011 tax statements for military service members, military retirees and federal civilian employees paid by DFAS will begin by mid-December.

Bill would preserve payroll tax cut, extend pay freeze by three years

A proposal that would pay for a one-year extension of the payroll tax cut by extending the current federal employee pay freeze by three years—and cutting the size of the federal workforce—is drawing sharp criticism.

USPS continues to negotiate with city letter carriers, mail handlers

The U.S. Postal Service and two of its unions last week continued work on new labor agreements after the parties agreed to extend negotiations following expiration of the unions’ contracts.

Federal pay gap widens ... again

The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Nov. 4 reported to the Federal Salary Council that the gap between federal and private-sector pay has increased to 26.3 percent.

The hidden costs of cuts in federal pay

Cuts in compensation could shrink the federal talent pool, the director of the Congressional Budget Office tells the supercommittee.

Senior executives caution supercommittee

The Senior Executive Association has come out with yet another communication from feds against the massive budget-cutting that most observers feel is going to come out of the Joint Select Comittee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the supercommittee.

Federal-Postal Coalition to Supercommittee: Enough already!

The Federal-Postal Coalition sent the congressional supercommittee a letter in recent days, pressing the case that -- as far as deficit reduction goes -- federal employees already gave at the office.

Group representing millions of feds urges supercommittee not to penalize federal workforce

A coalition representing 4.6 million federal and postal workers and annuitants has sent a letter to the deficit reduction supercommittee urging the panel to reject proposals that would put further strains on the federal workforce.