Article Title: Federal government says marijuana is not legal for federal employees
Snippet of Article: "...If you live in Washington or one of the 23 states that have legalized marijuana, think twice before lighting a joint if you work for the federal government:
Pot is still illegal for you..."
Article Title: USPS Suspends Remaining Facility Closures Scheduled for 2015
Snippet of Article: "...Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., has led the charge against the closures, and recently held a meeting with Postmaster General Megan Brennan to discuss rural issues.
“We pressed her about the harmful effects mail processing center closures will have across the country, particularly on rural communities,” Heitkamp told Government Executive. ..."
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Article Title: Postal Service says hundreds of delayed Murray Electric bills, payments under investigation
Snippet of Article: "...Then this month, Hughes said many customers complained that they never received their bills before the April 15 due date. He has records indicating that the bills were mailed on April 1, but many customers did not receive the bills until April 17. ..."
Article Title: New Bill Would Curb 'Official Time' for Unionized Federal Workers
Snippet of Article: "...Federal Employee Accountability Act (H.R. 1658). The bill, which has gathered more than 15 House co-sponsors, would bar unionized federal workers from engaging in bargaining or arbitration while collecting wages and salaries. ..."
Article Title: Army Reserve, Colleges Join Forces to Boost U.S. Cyberdefense
Snippet of Article: "...the partnership includes Drexel University, George Mason University, Norwich University, the University of Alabama at Huntsville, the University of South Florida, the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Washington.
Among the defense contractors in the partnership are..."
Article Title: Can You Retire Before Age 59.5 Without Incurring TSP Penalties?
Snippet of Article: "...Many federal employees are eligible (and in some cases even forced) to retire prior to the infamous age of 59.5. So what are your options..."
Article Title: NLRB Slams Postal Service For Failure to Bargain over Employee Data Breach
Snippet of Article: "...The APWU filed the NLRB charge just days after learning of the cyber intrusion, after the Postal Service refused to bargain over management’s response to the breach and failed to respond to the union‘s request for information. At the time, Dimondstein said, “We are outraged that this happened. We do not know at this point whether management did everything in their power to protect our privacy, but they bear the ultimate responsibility.”
The complaint by Region 5 of the NLRB cites the Postal Service for ignoring its legal obligations to bargain with the union.
“By issuing this complaint, the NLRB is recognizing employee rights in the information age,” Dimondstein said.
In a move typically reserved for the most intractable employers, the NLRB is seeking special remedies for the Postal Service’s unlawful acts.
“In view of the extensive history of repeated unfair labor practice violations found by the Board and courts,” the complaint says, the NLRB is seeking an order “to comprehensively address the Postal Service’s violations of the law.”..."
Article Title: The Special Retirement Supplement
Snippet of Article: "...Are you a FERS employee? If you are and you retire on an immediate, unreduced annuity before reaching age 62, you will not only receive your basic annuity but an additional payment that represents the amount of Social Security benefit you earned while a FERS employee. It’s called the special retirement supplement (SRS)..."
Article Title: Obama downplays Iran ‘death to America’ remarks, toes hard line on Benjamin Netanyahu
Snippet of Article: "...downplayed concerns over “death to America” remarks Iran’s supreme leader made over the weekend.
The White House also seemed to warmly welcome input from 367 House members reiterating Congress‘ role in reaching a final nuclear agreement with Tehran..."
Article Title: TSA Pre✓® Application Program
Snippet of Article: "...TSA Pre✓® allows low-risk travelers to experience expedited, more efficient security screening at participating U.S. airport checkpoints.
What does TSA Pre✓® mean for travelers?..."
Article Title: Congressman says criminal probe opened into 2012 Fed leak
Snippet of Article: "... asked Yellen about the matter.
"It is my understanding that although the Federal Reserve's
General Counsel was initially involved in this investigation,
the inquiry was dropped at the request of several members of the
FOMC," Hensarling said in the letter.
The Federal Reserve and the Fed's Office of Inspector
General were also not immediately available for comment. ..."
Article Title: U.S. government to notify federal workers of lawsuit over 2013 shutdown back pay compensation
Snippet of Article: "... About one million federal workers are set to receive notices alerting them of an opportunity to join a lawsuit against the federal government over backpay compensation during the 2013 government shutdown. ..."
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Article Title: US Envoy to SKorea in Stable Condition After Knife Attack
Snippet of Article: "... U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was in stable condition after a man screaming demands for a unified North and South Korea slashed him on the face and wrist with a knife, South Korean police and U.S. officials said Thursday. ..."
Article Title: Feds Will Miss a Pay Raise Champion
Snippet of Article: "...to federal employees Mikulski was best known as a champion. Her position as the top Democrat on the influential Senate Appropriations committee often gave voice at the negotiating table to issues important to federal employees. ..."
Article Title: FERS: High-3 Average Salary
OPM describes your “high-3” average pay as follows: Your “high-3” average pay is the highest average basic pay you earned during any 3 consecutive years of service. These three years are usually your final three years of service, but can be an earlier period, if your basic pay was higher during that period. Your basic pay is the basic salary you earn for your position. It includes increases to your salary for which retirement deductions are withheld, such as shift rates. It does not include payments for overtime, bonuses, etc. (If your total service was less than 3 years, your average salary was figured by averaging your basic pay during all of your periods of creditable Federal service).
* This information accurate on 2/28/2015 as per www.opm.gov/retirement-services/fers-information/computation/
Article Title: Congress averts security agency shutdown with one-week spending fix
Snippet of Article: "...The extension will give both chambers of Congress more time to work out their differences on funding for the super-agency that spearheads domestic counterterrorism efforts...."
Article Title: Homeland secretary warns Americans on mall threat, DHS budget
Snippet of Article: "...President Barack Obama's top homeland security adviser issued two warnings Sunday as he urged Americans to be "particularly careful" about terror threats at shopping malls ..."
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Snippet of Article: "...A large collection of useful government publications..."
Article Title: Ruth Y. Goldway, guest columnist: Your mail might be slowing down if you don’t live in the Big City
Snippet of Article: "...Postal Service reduced its service standards for first-class mail and eliminated nearly all overnight letter mail delivery. Most mail will be delivered in two to three days — longer if weekends and holidays are involved. ..."
Article Title: Obama proposes 1.3 percent federal pay raise for 2016
Snippet of Article: "...Some lawmakers are already pushing for a much bigger pay raise.
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D.-Va, and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, have proposed a 3.8 percent pay raise in the House and the Senate, saying the legislation will help feds keep pace with private sector wage growth ..."
Article Title: Three Weeks Left to #GetCovered
Snippet of Article: "... affordable health care.
This is something I am passionate about. I am doing all I can to encourage Americans, especially Latinos, to go to healthcare.gov and find the right plans for them. That is why earlier today I joined with Mayor Vaughn Spencer of Reading, Pennsylvania to help him spread the word. ..."
Article Title: Dems Propose a 3.8 Percent Pay Raise for Federal Workers
Snippet of Article: "...The lead sponsor of the bill, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), said his Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act, or the FAIR Act, is needed because federal wages have not kept up with inflation over the last five years...."
Article Title: Report says richest 1% will control most wealth by 2016
Snippet of Article: "...The world's richest 1% will soon amass wealth that represents more than the entirety of that owned by the rest of the people on our planet, a new report released Monday by the British anti-poverty charity Oxfam claims...."
Article Title: FBI arrests Ohio man, foils attack on Capitol
Snippet of Article: "...The joint FBI/Homeland Security bulletin stated Cornell’s alleged activities “highlight” the support for ISIS here in the U.S. and the use of social media by followers of the radical gang...."
Article Title: Jim Moran: Federal workers shouldn’t expect anything from new Congress
Snippet of Article: "...Moran’s successor, Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), promises to be supportive of the federal workforce, but he doesn’t have the seniority, contacts and chits that Moran accumulated over a generation. Plus, Moran was a rank-and-file fed, working from 1968 to 1974 as a budget analyst at the former Department of Health, Education and Welfare...."
Article Title: Obama to propose free community college program for up to 9 million students
Snippet of Article: "..."It's not just for kids," Obama said. "We also have to make sure that everybody has the opportunity to constantly train themselves for better jobs, better wages, better benefits."..."
Snippet of Article: "...Barack Obama at UN two weeks after the Benghazi jihad attack: 'The future does not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.' ..."
