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Article Title: EPA may offer more buyouts, early retirement, depending on funding from Congress
Snippet of Article: "...the EPA could offer buyouts to an additional 2,200 to 2,500 employees. The maximum buyout a civilian federal employee can receive under current law is $25,000.
“I think we will see another round of buyouts with that kind of money in play,” O’Grady said in an interview with Federal News Radio..."
Article Title: How much porn does it take to get fired at EPA?
Snippet of Article: "..."So this guy is making $125,000, spending two to six hours a day looking at porno," said Rep. John Mica (R-FL), who was told by officials that the worker had been given performance awards - despite one time spending four straight hours on a website called, "Sadism is Beautiful." "How much pornography would it take for an EPA employee to lose their job?..."
Article Title: EPA Management Thwarting Organizing Effort At Georgia Laboratory, Says AFGE
Snippet of Article: "...AFGE Council 238 urges the Administration to remind EPA management of their obligations under federal labor law to ensure there is a fair and unbiased election at the Athens laboratory. “The least this Administration could do is work with its labor partners to ensure that the Executive Order establishing a cooperative and productive form of labor-management relations at EPA is followed by management,” concluded Orzehoskie.
“We intend to hold this election and prevail. It is clear that these EPA scientists need someone to protect them so they can continue to ensure all of us have clean air to breathe and safe water to drink. They stand at the front lines of ensuring that human health and the environment are protected,” concluded Kelley...."
