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OPM proposes new limits on back pay for federal employees, unions

New proposed regulations from OPM reinterpret the agency’s own 40-year-old reading of the Back Pay Act, and would limit the kinds of cases where federal…

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OPM looks to change when it owes back-pay from personnel disputes

Federal Newscast

The air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport is seen, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in New York. The Federal Aviation Administration reported delays in air travel Friday because of a

Shutdowns: 2020 style

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Prepping for poverty, maybe throw in a recession too?

Mike Causey

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2015 photo provided by NASA, Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly participates in a spacewalk outside the International Space Station in which he and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra, not pictured, moved the station's mobile transporter rail car ahead of the docking of a Russian cargo supply spacecraft. In his new autobiography, the retired astronaut writes about his U.S. record-breaking year in space and the challenging life events that got him there. (NASA via AP)

Back pay for low-wage federal contractors clears House

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Trump admin. not on board with contractor back pay for government shutdown

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FILE - In this June 19, 2015 file photo, Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration building is seen in Washington. The FAA would be required to set new minimum requirements for seats on airplanes under legislation to be considered in the House this week. The regulation of seat width and legroom is part of a five-year extension of federal aviation programs agreed to early Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, by Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate committees that oversee the nation's air travel. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Is your agency as good as when you first started?

Federal Report

Senate’s 2020 budget resolution passes without contractor back pay for future shutdowns

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federal employment job application hiring recruiting government employee

Support builds for law to increase fed job access for ex-criminals

Bipartisan support is growing for a proposed bill to remove barriers to federal employment for people with a criminal record.

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FILE- In this Aug. 22, 2018, file photo a chart on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the rise of the S&P 500 index since 2009. The bull market for U.S. stocks is now 10 years old and the longest since World War II. That lifespan speaks to financial markets' resiliency in the face of a variety of shocks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Shutdown dings TSP contributions

Of the eligible Federal Employees Retirement System participants who have Thrift Savings Plan accounts, January participation rates rose by less than 1…

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FILE- This Aug. 14, 2007, file photo shows a sign of a house under foreclosure in Antioch, Calif. As home values plummeted after the housing bubble burst in 2007, many borrowers with exotic types of loans were stuck, unable to refinance as lenders began to tighten their lending criteria. That set the stage for cascading mortgage defaults. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Next shutdown, no problem: Get a pay day loan

Federal Report

Many current government officials were baffled by the strange, sometimes rowdy and downright undignified behavior of testy civil servants during the recent government shutdown.

back pay

OPM proposes new limits on back pay for federal employees, unions

OPM looks to change when it owes back-pay from personnel disputes

Shutdowns: 2020 style

Prepping for poverty, maybe throw in a recession too?

Should astronauts be furloughed, too?

Shutdown’s permanent collateral damage

3 government shutdowns have cost agencies 57,000 productive years

Back pay for low-wage federal contractors clears House

Trump admin. not on board with contractor back pay for government shutdown

Is your agency as good as when you first started?

Senate’s 2020 budget resolution passes without contractor back pay for future shutdowns

Support builds for law to increase fed job access for ex-criminals

Shutdown dings TSP contributions

Next shutdown, no problem: Get a pay day loan

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