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Key Committee Approves Federal Employee Parental Leave Bill

Posted by Sarah on 11 May, 2009
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Thursday, May 8 Wednesday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (FEPPLA), H.R.626/S.354, a bill that will give federal workers a minimum of four weeks paid leave to care for a newly born, adopted, or fostered child. Under current law, expecting parents may take up to 12 [...]

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Bill Introduced Seeking Indefinite Freeze to Competitive Sourcing

Posted by Sarah on 5 May, 2009
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Friday, May 1  This week on Capitol Hill, Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) introduced a bill calling for an across the board suspension of public-private job competitions. The Correction of Longstanding Errors in Agencies Procurements Act (CLEAN UP Act), S. 924, also contains an in-sourcing provision urging agencies to bring contracted work back in-house to public [...]

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