Hiring freeze
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The Defense Finance and Accounting Service will implement significant cost-cutting measures next week to prepare for the possibility of automatic spending cuts due to hit government in March. DFAS plans to freeze most hiring, reduce travel and overtime, and temporarily halt new employee performance awards, according to DFAS Director Terri McKay.
January 24, 2013 -
Janet Kopenhaver from Federally Employed Woman and Federal Times Senior Writer Sean Reilly, join host Mike Causey to talk about what would happen if the federal government were to shut down. January 16, 2013
January 16, 2013 -
Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini said GSA has at least 15 different bonus structures and there are questions about the agency's award rates. He said 85 percent of all SES performance awards are on hold in through 2013. GSA also will not hire new employees until a top-to-bottom review of the agency's organization is completed.
July 17, 2012 -
Democratic Senators, led by Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), say Panetta\'s plan breaks the law.
July 12, 2011 -
If there is a federal hiring freeze, how will it affect your agency, your operation and your job? What are the odds that you and your agency might be exempt? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that if the past is prologue they may be better than you think.
June 13, 2011 -
Federal News Radio surveyed 10 agencies to find out how they are preparing for a shutdown, and how operating under a continuing resolution is affecting their operations.
March 03, 2011 -
By Olivia Branco Federal News Radio The FBI’s budget has been growing fast ever since 9/11. It went from a two billion dollar law enforcement agency to a five billion dollar international terror-fighting operation. Now…
February 21, 2011 -
Friday is supposed to be a slow news day so we\'ll limit it to this: a 3 year pay freeze, 10 percent job cut, higher FEHBP premiums for retirees, lower benefits for future retirees and some other stuff. Interested? Check out Senior Correspondent Mike Causey\'s federal report.
November 12, 2010 -
Democratic insiders question if anything more than a stopgap spending measure and temporary extension of Bush-era tax cuts can pass. The Hill\'s Molly Hooper brings us the latest.
November 10, 2010 -
Will the big changes in Congress mean big changes for federal employees? Bill Bransford, general counsel for the Senior Executives Association, joins Mike Causey for this week\'s Your Turn. November 3, 2010
November 03, 2010 -
A partial shift in power on the Hill means committee chairmanships will change in the House but not in the Senate. A variety of issues from the federal budget to telework, and federal pay and regulatory policies will be re-examined.
November 03, 2010 -
How federal managers can prepare for furloughs, layoffs and hiring freezes from the Partnership for Public Service\'s John Palguta.
October 19, 2010 -
Tim McManus, vice president for education outreach at PPS, joined DorobekINSIDER to discuss what a freeze would mean for your agency.
October 01, 2010 -
Last week Republicans proposed a hiring freezeof non-security federal workers. That\'s just the latest GOP effort to target federal workers\' pay and hiring. So far these efforts haven\'t gone far, but that could change with a GOP takeover of Congress after the mid-term elections, The Washington Post reports.
September 27, 2010 -
Some of the items listed in the House Republicans\' Pledge to America directly affect federal employees. Politico\'s Jonathan Allen rates the odds of success for some of the pledge\'s items.
September 24, 2010