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Sequestration May be Slowing Momentum on Retirement Claims
The government processed 19 percent fewer retirement applications in May than in April, a sign that sequestration could be hobbling efforts to eliminate the long-standing claims backlog. The Office of Personnel Management completed 10,954 retirement claims last month -- 2,628 fewer claims than...
· Government Executive · Jun 7, 2013
White House again calls for federal employee raise
With the House set to start voting over the next several days on the first of the spending bills for the upcoming fiscal year, the White House has again called for a federal employee raise to be paid in January. “The Administration urges the Congress to provide the proposed 1.0 percent pay...
· Washington Post · Jun 5, 2013
House Committee Leaves 2014 Federal Pay Raise on the Table
A House spending committee has cleared two separate appropriations bills that did not include a 2014 pay raise for civilian federal employees, but did not reject the notion entirely. The House Appropriations Committee has approved bills to fund the Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security...
· AFSCME Council 26 · May 30, 2013