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Article Title: Federal watchdog unrelenting in probe of Dover military mortuary
Snippet of Article: "...revelations that the Dover Air Force Base mortuary had lost and sawed off body parts and mishandled other remains of America's war dead...."
Article Title: Congress approves flag honors for federal employees
Snippet of Article: "...a bill to authorize agencies to present American flags to the survivors of federal employees who die of injuries suffered while on the job or because of their status as government employees...."
Article Title: Postal worker charged in shooting
Snippet of Article: "...An employee at Montgomery's main post office likely will face federal charges in a Thursday shooting at the post office..."
Article Title: When Congress wiped an agency off the map
Snippet of Article: "...With Republican presidential contenders proposing cuts to federal spending and the elimination of federal agencies, one might wonder: When was the last time Congress actually closed a federal agency?..."
Article Title: No free speech at Mr. Jefferson's library
Snippet of Article: "...it will likely define the free speech rights of federal employees and so determine the quality of people who will make up our government...."
Article Title: Finding an Individual Federal Employee's Name and Salary
Snippet of Article: "...Please note that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) does not release the name of every federal employee based on the agency's conclusion that it is in the interest of national security not to include these names. ..."
Article Title: Federal worker claims speaking to FOX Undercover cost him his job
Snippet of Article: "...He was a union steward when he contacted FOX Undercover in 2007 and arranged for his national union president to speak on camera about the effect of budget cuts on security...."
Article Title: Alabama's 'Rocket City' Hopes For Another Boom
Snippet of Article: "..."I think they would tell you this community does vital federal work. There's government spending, and then there's our government spending."..."
Article Title: What do you think of OPM’s snow policy?
Snippet of Article: "...the new federal snow policy that will require federal employees to “shelter in place” at their office unless they leave immediately when dismissed due to inclement weather...."
Article Title: Federal Employees Paid A Quarter Less Than The Private Sector: BLS
Snippet of Article: "...Federal workers make more than a quarter less than private sector employees doing similar jobs, according to a recent study. ..."
Article Title: A Tasty New COLA for 2012
Snippet of Article: "...The federal government's adjustments for inflation are expected to affect "virtually every taxpayer," the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday. All of the changes take effect Jan. 1 and won't affect 2011 tax returns...."
Article Title: Social Security benefits to rise 3.6 percent
Snippet of Article: "...3.6 percent next year, the first cost-of-living increase since 2009, the U.S. Social Security Administration said on Wednesday..."
Article Title: Budget-cutting proposals could affect federal employees
Snippet of Article: "...Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the oversight panel, recommended significantly larger employee retirement payments. ..."
Article Title: Pay freeze through 2015 part of Issa's super committee recs
Snippet of Article: "...calls for a pay freeze through 2015, a 10 percent cut to the workforce and cuts to federal retirement benefits. ..."
Article Title: Department of State has issued a World Travel Alert linked to Iran terror plot
Snippet of Article: "...The Department of State has issued a Travel Alert for U.S. citizens because of of the potential for anti-U.S. actions following the disruption of a plot, linked to Iran, to commit a significant terrorist act in the United States. This Travel Alert expires on January 11, 2012. ..."
Article Title: Pentagon may cap executive pay reimbursement at $694,000
Snippet of Article: "...The House has approved a cap on all employees of defense vendors. While the full Senate ... "
Article Title: Federal pensions next on budget chopping block?
Snippet of Article: "...Some retirement funds at the state and local levels are having solvency problems. That's not the case in the federal sector, Shoop said.
"These retirement funds are well-established and in no fiscal difficulty..."
Article Title: Lobby group objects to new rule banning gifts to all federal employees
Snippet of Article: "...The American League of Lobbyists on Monday called for the withdrawal of a new ethics regulation that would prohibit all government employees from accepting gifts from lobbyists...."
Article Title: Government on brink of shutdown again
Snippet of Article: "...This sort of crisis management has cost Congress credibility in the eyes of the electorate, with about eight in 10 Americans disapproving of the institution’s performance after this summer’s debt crisis. A major credit agency downgraded the U.S. bond ratings as a result, unnerving the world’s financial markets...."
Article Title: Anti-union bill passes Republican-controlled Subcommittee
Snippet of Article: "...they want to destroy decent, union jobs and benefits. This bill alone, if it were to become law, will cost more than 100,000 postal workers their income and modest retirement.”..."
Article Title: Democrat TSA Shutdown | Wasted Union Dues: AFGE Silent on Democrat Attack on Unionized TSA Workers The disgusting AF...
