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Marco Giamberardino, senior director of the Associated General Contractors of America\'s federal and heavy construction division, outlines the winners and losers of the FY2012 budget for federal construction.
January 05, 2012 -
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What kind of people worked during the dead-zone period between Christmas and New Year\'s? their reasons and motives might surprise you, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
January 05, 2012 -
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The Postal Regulatory Commission has criticized the Postal Service\'s proposal to consider closing more than 3,600 post offices as part of its plan to avoid a projected $14 billion loss this year. The plan is causing anxiety in communities that depend on their post offices and it would not save that much money, PRC Chairman Ruth Goldway told Federal News Radio. The commission will be watching the agency\'s cash flow closely in the coming months.
January 04, 2012 -
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Amid the partisan wrangling, near shutdowns and crises averted 2011 saw serious proposals to reduce the federal workforce, rework its benefits and retirement structures and lock in stagnant pay rates for another year or two. Here\'s what to look for in 2012.
January 04, 2012 -
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When they take the plunge into retirement, about half of all federal and postal workers do it in December or January, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. So is that a quirk of the calendar, or something else.
January 04, 2012 -
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Pressure is growing on agencies to draft formal succession plans. There\'s good reason to believe more feds retired in late 2011 than in recent years, although the final count is not yet out.
January 03, 2012 -
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The Air Force has announced a second round of buyouts and early retirements affecting the service\'s civilian employees. Officials said the second round is part of the
January 03, 2012 -
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Tammy Flanagan, the senior benefits director at the National Institute of Transition Planning joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss what federal employees should consider when choosing a life-insurance program.
January 03, 2012 -
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For most of 2011, it looked as if federal workers were about to be bent, folded, stapled or otherwise mutilated by politicians. After the dust settled, the government is still with us. How come?
January 03, 2012 -
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When it comes to shoveling it, official Washington is years ahead of anybody else. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says this applies to snow-day policy matters too.
December 30, 2011 -
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Davis retired after 42 years in government. She said she\'s tried to live by a few basic principles, get the job done, get it done right and get it done on time.
December 29, 2011 -
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The Energy Department is one of six agencies testing a framework aimed at revamping one of the thorniest issues in government: how supervisors evaluate employees. Chief Human Capital Officer Mike Kane led a working group of more than 100 union, management and government representatives who drafted the framework. He earned the \"Chief Human Capital Officer of the Year\" award from the CHCO Council.
December 28, 2011 -
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The Department of Veterans Affairs avoided $200 million in turnover costs by investing in online training resources for employees, Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration John Sepulveda told Federal News Radio. He also explained how the VA plans to make veterans 40 percent of its workforce, weather the retirement tsunami and continue to be a federal leader on human capital issues in a wide-ranging interview.
December 23, 2011 -
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With no end to lawmakers\' fedbashing in sight, the American Federation of Government Employees is looking forward to 2012\'s presidential and Congressional elections. \"Federal workers are a sane, responsible group of citizens. They vote in big numbers,\" AFGE President John Gage told Federal News Radio.
December 23, 2011
