Bureau of Labor Statistics
With two months to go in the COLA countdown for January 2016, it appears unlikely retirees will get any adjustment next year. The CPI-W will be announced later this month, but all indications say there won't be a COLA in January, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
August 10, 2015-
Federal retirees will soon know their cost of living adjustment for January 2015. The bad news is, it might be lower than they were hoping, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
September 24, 2014 -
After a decade of growth, the number of federal employees has begun a slight decline. New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 63,000 fewer feds on the government's payroll today than there were a year ago. Federal News Radio's Web Manager Julia Ziegler joined Tom Temin and Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to discuss what this means for agencies as they try to complete their missions.
June 20, 2014 -
The report found federal employees work on average of 38.7 hours a week, compared with 41.4 hours per week in the private sector. That difference adds up to 3.8 fewer weeks per year feds work.
September 13, 2012 -
Learn more about how many people are working for the government, and how many aren\'t from Christopher Goodman, an economist with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
July 18, 2011 -
Union membership has declined across the board in 2010 despite a substantial rise in public sector union workers compared to their private sector counterparts.
January 21, 2011 -
GovExec reports on a Bureau of Labor Statistics report that federal employees are paid an average of 24 percent less than their private sector counterparts.
November 01, 2010 -
The job outlook is getting better for people in the health IT industry. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that jobs in medical records and health IT are expected to grow by 20 percent…
June 29, 2010