The partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration ended last week, but the dispute that precipitated it is carrying on and could continue past the deadline. The Hill reports the temporary extension
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The Education Department will start offering a second round this year of buyouts and early retirements to employees. Government Executive obtained an email sent Monday by Robert Buggs, the department’s chief human
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Last month, the General Services Administration announced it would begin charging its employees for parking at all federal office buildings and GSA-leased buildings in the Washington, D.C., region. Now, GSA employees will
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The U.S. Postal Service announced Friday it continued to lose money in fiscal 2011 and could be forced to default on payments to the federal government absent congressional action. USPS had a
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced Sunday he is staying on the job at President Barack Obama’s request. Reuters reports Geithner considered stepping down after the federal debt ceiling was raised. However, Obama
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Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) proposed legislation Tuesday to extend the current two-year pay freeze to three more years and restrict bonuses during that period. Government Executive reports the
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The Office of Personnel Management announced Friday it plans to revamp the way the federal government brings students and recent graduates into the federal workforce. Federal Times reports OPM proposed regulations for
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Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement Thursday over legislation to extend the operating authority of the Federal Aviation Administration, ending a two-week partial shutdown that furloughed 4,000 FAA workers. The AP reports
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Half of all cabinet departments have made little to no progress in reducing backlog of Freedom of Information requests within the past fiscal year, a Justice Department assessment says. According to FierceGovernment,
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FBI Director Robert Mueller was sworn in Wednesday for another two-year term as head of the bureau. Mueller had already been in charge of the bureau for ten years, originally the maximum
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