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Federal Diary: ‘Modest’ raise not enough

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

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.