Article Title: U.S. Congress moves on spending bill as shutdown deadline looms
Snippet of Article: "...Faced with a veto threat from Obama and mixed support among Republicans for a strategy that would likely lead to a shutdown, Boehner said on Sunday the House would pass a funding bill without the Planned Parenthood provisions..."
Article Title: Will You Be Forced To Pay Into Medicare?
Snippet of Article: "...Congress is considering a bill that would require postal retirees to enroll in Medicare Parts B and D or lose their Federal health insurance. Is this the future for all Federal retirees?..."
Article Title: Bill Introduced To Protect Government Workers If A Shutdown Occurs
Snippet of Article: "...would pay federal employees retroactively in the event of a shutdown, whenever government funding is restored. "In the past, we've always paid the federal workers who are unable to go to work because of the shutdown through no fault of their own. We've always paid them back retroactively. This legislation will let them know up front that they will be made whole," says Cardin..."
Article Title: When the Fed raises rates, here's what happens
Snippet of Article: "... A rate hike will come and the bull market will stumble, bond yields will climb and the economy will slip into a recession.
This we know. ..."
Article Title: House Just Passed “Donald Trump Act” – Sends Big Message to Obama!
Snippet of Article: "...the U.S. House of Representatives just issued a major defeat to Obama! Known as the “Donald Trump Act,” House Resolution 3099 takes direct aim at cities which don’t enforce federal laws about sanctuary cities.
The House passed it by an overwhelming 241-197 vote. This is a big deal!..."
Article Title: Walker returns to organized labor fight in effort to boost White House run
Snippet of Article: "...Walker’s four-part “Power to the People” plan calls for eliminating federal employee unions and the National Labor Relations Board..."
Article Title: Scott Walker Has a Plan to Cripple Federal Employee Unions
Snippet of Article: "...One such labor leader, American Federation of Government Employees President J. David Cox, derided the proposal, noting union dues automatically withdrawn from federal paychecks do not go to supporting federal candidates. Those contributions instead come from optional donations from union members to the group..."
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Article Title: Federal workers launch White House petition for a ‘meaningful pay raise’ above 1.3 percent Obama is giving
Snippet of Article: "...Federal workers are taking their frustration with the 1.3 percent pay raise President Obama announced he’s giving them in January straight to the boss. They’re starting to petition the White House for more money.
“Give hard-working federal employees a meaningful pay raise..."
Article Title: President Directs 1% Federal Pay Raise for 2016
Snippet of Article: "...President Obama issued an Executive Order on August 28, 2015 approving alternative January 2016 across-the-board and locality pay adjustments. The full text of his executive order is below the text of this article. - See more at: http://www.fedsmith.com/2015/08/28/president-directs-1-federal-pay-raise-for-2016/#sthash.iUETMFNS.dpuf..."
Article Title: Study: Coffee intake affects dementia risk
Snippet of Article: "...Moderate coffee drinking may be protective "against cognitive decline and dementia," researchers say..."
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Article Title: City gets federal grant to hire firefighters
Snippet of Article: "...The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant was announced Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. The grant is administered through the Department of Homeland Security..."
Article Title: Labor Leaders Meet with Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders
Snippet of Article: "...“And he has been a forceful advocate for working people for decades. He’s not in the pocket of big corporations. We thought it was important to hear his ideas about the 2016 campaign – especially how he plans to take on the big-money interests that are strangling our political system and our economy..."
Article Title: Looking for official government surplus items?
The service provider for various government agencies authorized to sell government surplus and confiscated items via the Internet is GovDeals.
Government Liquidation (GL), a Liquidity Services, Inc. marketplace is the exclusive contractor of the DLA Disposition Services for the sale of surplus and scrap assets of the United States Department of Defense (DOD).
Article Title: Jenkins Reintroduces Legislation to Allow Recording Conversations with Federal Employees
Snippet of Article: "...Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) has reintroduced legislation that would allow Americans to record conversations with federal employees from most executive branch agencies, both in person and over the phone...."
Article Title: OPM vows customer service improvements for breach-affected feds
Snippet of Article: "...OPM’s decision to hire Winvale and its subcontractor CSID came under scrutiny by lawmakers and procurement experts after questions arose about the contract award process.
Now those concerns are getting louder as CSID struggles to keep up with the demand. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the American Federation of Government Employees and the National Treasury Employees Union sent letters ..."
Article Title: Do unions do anything for today's worker?
Snippet of Article: "...some insight into what unions do. For example, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2014 Data) states, Median weekly earnings of nonunion workers ($763) were 79 percent of earnings for workers who were union members ($970). Even though wages have stagnated amongst unionized workers, as well as non-unionized workers, and the lowly wages of America's real workers is a pittance..."
Article Title: Man robs Barrington bank wearing US Postal Service jacket
Snippet of Article: "...He was wearing what appeared to be a light grey U.S. Postal Service jacket with a patch on the left shoulder, a light-colored hat, aviator sunglasses, pants with a stripe, and a beige neck band..."
Article Title: New bill aims to deter stealing from federal retirees
Snippet of Article: "...Federal retirees sometimes require a financial representative to help manage their saved funds and pensions – as well as minors and those with mental disabilities who receive benefits – but they don't have the protections they need to ensure their payments are handled properly, according to the senators..."
Article Title: OPM Sends Data Breach Notifications to Millions of Employees
Snippet of Article: "...Millions of federal workers are starting to receive notices from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management that their identity may be compromised following the recent data breach. ..."
Article Title: Letter to the editor: USPS' financial future much brighter than reported
Snippet of Article: "... Mail fell following the worst recession in 80 years, dropping 10 percent in 2009 alone. But as the economy gradually improves, mail revenue has stabilized. Meanwhile, with online shopping growing because of the Internet, package revenue is skyrocketing, auguring well for the future. Year-to-date, package revenue's up 11.2 percent over last year and mail revenue is up slightly.
As a result, the Postal Service reported $1.4 billion in operating profits in fiscal year 2014, a figure already surpassed in 2015's first half with $1.413 billion.
Postal red ink stems not from the mail but from congressional politics. In 2006, a lame-duck Congress mandated that the Postal Service pre-fund retiree health benefits. No other agency or company has to pre-fund for even one year; the Postal Service must pre-fund 75 years into the future and pay for it all over a decade. That $5.6 billion annual charge is the red ink.
Unnecessarily degrading now-profitable postal networks would hurt Americans and their businesses, weaken the Postal Service's bottom line by driving mail away - and ignore the cause of the red ink. ..."
Article Title: Cyber attack hits millions of U.S. federal workers, probe focuses on China
Snippet of Article: "...He said they may have widened their net to gather personally identifiable information for more elaborate, finely-tuned attacks in the future. "This is usually done by criminals, but based on their behavior, we believe these are espionage actors," said Hultquist..."
Article Title: U.S. Postal Service to release Elvis Forever Stamp
Snippet of Article: "...The King of Rock and Roll is soon to be the King of the United States Postal Service..."
Article Title: Jeb Bush backs higher Social Security retirement age. Big issue for 2016?
Snippet of Article: "...By coming out for a retirement-age hike, Bush joins fellow GOP presidential hopefuls New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who have proposed similar increases as part of larger Social Security reform plans. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker..."
Article Title: Obama administration clashes with friends over workers’ comp
Snippet of Article: "...“I am disappointed that the Department of Labor would come forward for the third time in the past five years with a proposal to cut benefits for injured workers that is not evidence-based, and whose justification has been completely debunked by the Government Accountability Office,” said Rep. Robert “Bobby” Scott, Va., the top Democrat on the full committee.
Article Title: Overflow crowd in Minneapolis hears Sen. Bernie Sanders
Snippet of Article: "...On Sunday, Sanders laid out an agenda in line with the Democratic base, including a major federal infrastructure program to create jobs; a harder line on trade agreements; an increase in the minimum wage; paid sick leave; a tax code with steeper levies on the rich; campaign finance reform; subsidized college for all; and a move toward a socialized health insurance system that would guarantee health care...."
