Defense Department civilian employees will see a 2 percent reduction in their net pay as a result of the tax package passed by Congress Jan. 1 to avert the fiscal cliff, American
MoreThe federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2012 declined from 2011’s figure but still exceeded a trillion dollars, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates. CBO said the fiscal 2012 deficit totaled $1.1
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The Social Security Administration‘s request to industry for 174,000 rounds of hollow-point bullets is standard issue for the agency’s 295 special agents and supervisory special agents, SSA’s office of the inspector general
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The Social Security Administration is offering 14 percent of its workforce the option of retiring early from the agency, Federal Times reports. Nearly 9,000 employees received the notification Aug. 6 and this
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The Congressional Budget Office predicts the number of federal retirees will increase by 10 percent over the next decade, helping spur a close to 30 percent increase in retirement benefit spending over
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All will not be lost if negotiations go nowhere and the deficit reduction supercommittee fails to reach an agreement, according to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.). During an appearance on CNN’s “State of
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