Archive for August, 2010

Federal workers have become a new flashpoint in the fight between Republicans and Democrats on the economy. House GOP Leader John Boehner (Ohio) this week blamed Democratic policies for exacerbating a gap in the pay between public and private workers that he claims was rising even as the country suffers through a housing crisis and [...]

Thursday, August 12, 2010 (National Federation of Federal Employees) Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) last week introduced S. 3747, the 2010 Reduce and Cap the Federal Workforce Act, a bill that seeks to reduce costs by diminishing the size of the federal workforce. The bill would first require federal agencies to report their workforce levels as [...]