Article Title: Van Hollen: Ryan plans ‘very hostile to federal employees’
Snippet of Article: "...“Here’s what we know,” Van Hollen said in an interview. “We know that the Ryan budget is very hostile toward federal employees. It would dramatically cut their effective pay. The Ryan budgets have always looked to federal employees as a piggy bank to be used to reduce the deficit..."
Article Title: FBI chief tries to deal with the 'Ferguson effect'
Snippet of Article: "...In some cities, police officers privately report holding back on making stops for fear of ending up the next YouTube "bad cop" sensation. They call it the Ferguson effect..."
Article Title: WikiLeaks Claims It Will Release CIA Chief John Brennan's Emails
Snippet of Article: "...WikiLeaks announced on Wednesday that it had "obtained the contents of CIA Chief John Brennan's email account" and it would release the emails "shortly." ..."
Article Title: OIG Recommends Putting a Hold on Plant Closures
Snippet of Article: "...predictions that lower service standards would wreak havoc on mail delivery were substantiated in a “Management Alert” issued by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) on Aug. 13.
According to the alert, the Postal Service failed to meet even the degraded service standards management implemented on Jan. 5, 2015. The amount of mail that failed to meet delivery targets in the first six months of the year increased 48 percent over the same period last year – despite the new, more relaxed standards.
The OIG recommended that management postpone implementation of Phase II of its consolidation plan until the USPS stabilizes delivery..."
Article Title: The Families Funding the 2016 Presidential Election
Snippet of Article: "...Just 158 families have provided...Now they are deploying their vast wealth in the political arena, providing almost half of all the seed money raised to support Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. Just 158 families, along with companies they own or control, contributed $176 million in the first phase of the campaign, a New York Times investigation found..."
Article Title: We’ll Find Out Oct. 15 If There’s a 2016 COLA
Snippet of Article: "...The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Oct. 15 will publish the third number that determines whether retirees get a COLA in 2016. ..."
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Article Title: U.S. to Release 6,000 Inmates From Prisons
Snippet of Article: "... roll back the harsh penalties given to nonviolent drug dealers in the 1980s and ’90s, according to federal law enforcement officials.
About a third of the inmates are undocumented immigrants..."
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..."
