Archive: July 12, 2009 - July 18, 2009
SES Surveying Top-Level Federal Workers
The Senior Executives Association is marking the 30th anniversary of the Senior Executive Service by trying to find out why upper-level federal workers don't want to join the very top ranks of the civil service. The association is surveying GS-14s...
By Marcia Davis | July 17, 2009; 3:46 PM ET | Comments (0)
Getting Fired Can Be a Costly Process for Taxpayers
Tomorrow is an anniversary Bob Whitmore never sought and it has been marked with a present he doesn’t want. Two years ago Thursday, Whitmore was placed on paid administrative leave by the Labor Department, where he is a senior executive...
By Marcia Davis | July 15, 2009; 4:03 PM ET | Comments (0)
Pay Parity May Not Get Far With Congress
“Pay parity” is a mantra federal civilian employees have long chanted to great effect. For most of the last 20 years, they have used the power of positive thinking, not to mention good hard lobbying, to persuade Congress they should...
By Marcia Davis | July 14, 2009; 4:52 PM ET | Comments (0)
Postal Service Gets a Little Help on the Hill
A House committee has thrown the U.S. Postal Service a lifeline, but it won’t be enough to fully stop the financial quicksand that continues to pull the agency under. Legislation the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee advanced on Friday...
By Marcia Davis | July 13, 2009; 3:21 PM ET | Comments (0)
