federal pay freeze
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If you are a vintage movie buff, especially of science fiction classics, you may understand why the membership and the rhetoric of the new Congress reminds Senior Correspondent Mike Causey of one of his boyhood favorites from Hollywood: The Invasion of the Body Snatchers!
January 25, 2011 -
Federal employees are already the target of cost-cutting. Tuesday\'s State of the Union address may offer more ideas of how deep the cutting will go.
January 24, 2011 -
Republicans plan to send President Barack Obama a message just a few hours before his State of the Union speech Tuesday. We get details from CNN\'s Bob Constantini.
January 24, 2011 -
With all this talk about furloughs and layoffs Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has a timely reminder for politicians: while their target may be waste, red tape and duplication in Washington, people hurt most by government cutbacks live, work and VOTE way outside the beltway.
January 20, 2011 -
Patrick Donahoe became the 73rd Postmaster General Friday, assuming control of the Postal Service in the midst of a fiscal crisis. Donahoe said USPS will reduce its workforce by another 7,500 people in 2011. Still, he\'s optimistic about the future. In the short term, however, the reality is that postal workers are likely to suffer while the agency tries to balance its books.
January 17, 2011 -
Thanks to congressional interest in federal retirement benefits, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says membership in the Die At Your Desk Club may soar. So what\'s the deal and what are the proposed changes?
January 14, 2011 -
This week\'s show is all about you - the federal employee. What other changes may be in store for feds in 2011 in the wake of the federal pay freeze and the change in Congress? January 12, 2011
January 12, 2011 -
Federal Times reports on the raise employees in the National Security Personnel System will be getting this month.
January 11, 2011 -
With a 2-year pay freeze in place and politicians looking at your job and retirement benefits are you suddenly nervous in the civil service? Given the economic outlook are you ready to pull the plug or hang in there until better times. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey is hearing it both ways.
January 07, 2011 -
A sea change is what Federal News Radio’s Senior Correspondent calls the change in atmosphere for federal workers between 2009 and 2010. Mike told the DorobekINSIDER that 2011 is shaping up to be even tougher,…
January 04, 2011 -
The New York Times reports that budget problems have states turning to curb the influence of unions, especially ones representing government workers.
January 04, 2011 -
Your most commonly asked questions about the federal pay freeze are answered.
January 04, 2011 -
The Office of Personnel Management sent a memo to agencies explaining who the pay freeze applies to and how it will be implemented. OPM answers several questions about performance increases, step increases and collective bargaining raises.
January 03, 2011 -
Will the proposed federal pay freeze hamper the hunt for the best and brightest and clog the promotion pipeline in your office. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it could very well happen.
December 30, 2010 -
The Partnership for Public Service\'s John Palguta explains both the good and bad news about the pay freeze.
December 28, 2010