- Joe Davidson
- Columnist
Federal Diary: ‘Modest’ raise not enough
President Obama won’t please many folks with the federal employee provisions in the fiscal year 2013 budget plan he released Monday.
Obama budget: Fed workers should contribute more to pensions
The Obama administration is proposing to increase the contribution of federal employees to their retirement program by 0.4 percent each year over three years.
In defense of federal workers
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) is trying to protect employees’ pay and benefits from GOP proposals.
Cummings says federal employees have sacrificed enough
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings is in the difficult position of protecting federal employees from a flow of proposals pushed by the majority Republicans that would limit pay and benefits.
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- Federal Diary: House Republicans target federal workforce
- In pension calculations, proposed ‘high five’ is really a slap in the face
- Retired federal workers wait for system fix
- Senate studies delays in federal retirees’ annuity payments
- CBO weighs in with a report on wages
- Readers respond
- House Republicans target their own benefits
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