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Yvonne Jones, Director of Strategic Issues, GAO

Double dipping from the federal government gets more common as agencies rehire more and more retirees. The Government Accountability Office says between 2004 an...

Federal News Network Staff

January 14, 2015 4:11 pm

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Double dipping from the federal government gets more common as agencies rehire more and more retirees. The Government Accountability Office says between 2004 and 2013, the amount of federal employees hired out of retirement rose from 5 percent to 8 percent of the overall workforce. Yvonne Jones is director of strategic issues at the GAO. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she explained how OPM approves employee double dipping.