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Category Archives: Democrats
Emotional Moment
This is the first time I have ever heard of federal employees, including senior leadership defying the edicts of the incoming administration. Highly unusual. People in this country should be paying serious attention to this. Continue reading
Posted in Attrition, budgets, Conservatives, debt ceiling, debt ceiling debate, Democrats, Donald Trump, Educating, federal budgets, federal employees, federal government, federal government shutdown, highway spending, highway spenging, Highway Trust Fund, infratrustructure, morale, National Security, Obama, partisan politics, partisanship, personal expenses, President, Public welfare, reduction in force, Republicans, safety, Senate, shut down, transportation, TSA, Uncategorized, Veterans Administration
Tagged America, bureaucracy, civil servants, Congress, country, democrats, education, environment, financial, government, infrastructure, maintenance, maritime, OPM, politics, republicans, research, Senate, transit, transportation, United States, war
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Fighting to be Objective
I probably say this a lot, but it bears repeating. I am a proud civil servant (retired) who worked in different agencies during my career. This gives me insight into the workings of a variety of federal organizations across republican … Continue reading
Posted in Attrition, budgets, Constitution, defense, Democrats, federal budgets, federal employees, federal government, partisan politics, partisanship, President, reduction in force, Republicans, white house
Tagged bureaucracy, Congress, democrats, government, House, politics, republicans, research, Senate, statistics, United States, White House
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Alarmingly Useless
Reducing the federal workforce does nothing to fix our nation’s serious problems. It just gives people someone to blame thus providing a distraction. Continue reading
Posted in Attrition, budgets, Congress, Conservatives, Democrats, Donald Trump, employment opportunity, federal employees, federal government, hiring process, Holman Rule, partisan politics, partisanship, Republicans, Streamline
Tagged Congress, democrats, education, Holman Rule, House, politics, republicans, taxes
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Attrition is nothing new
Really! Again? House Makes It Easier to Cut Federal Employees’ Pay, Slash Workforce Every administration has goals and promises to meet for its constituents. Each one seems to have a focus on reducing the federal workforce and cutting their pay … Continue reading
Posted in Attrition, budgets, Congress, Conservatives, Constitution, Customs and Border Protection, defense, Democrats, federal budgets, federal government, hiring process, Informing, National Security, partisan politics, partisanship, Republicans, retirement, safety, Senate, Streamline, white house
Tagged bureaucracy, business, Congress, country, democrats, government, politics, republicans, research
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Back at It
Time to get back at it. The federal workforce may be coming upon yet another challenging period. A new administration enters into power in a few days. Many civil servants don’t really know what will happen. Any change of administration … Continue reading
Posted in budgets, Congress, Conservatives, Constitution, Democrats, Donald Trump, federal employees, federal government, Public welfare, Republicans, safety, Senate
Tagged bureaucracy, business, democrats, government, House, local, politics, republicans, research, Senate, state
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Something Concrete
For this election season, I’ve been watching and waiting for either party’s documented views on the federal government, agencies and employees. We have the first concrete view. The Republic Party has released its 2016 Platform. According to Government Executive, “The Republican … Continue reading
Posted in budgets, Congress, Conservatives, Constitution, Democrats, Donald Trump, federal budgets, federal employees, federal government, Presidential election, Republicans, Uncategorized
Tagged basic pay, budget, Civil Service, Congress, democrats, federal agencies, federal budget, federal employees, federal government, federal workforce, republicans, workforce
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Budget Negotiations Continue
Now what is this FAST Act? Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act or “FAST Act”
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Posted in budgets, Congress, Conservatives, debt ceiling debate, Democrats, federal budgets, federal government, federal government shutdown, highway spenging, infratrustructure, investment, partisanship, President, Republicans, safety, Senate
Tagged budget, Civil Service, Congress, democrats, federal agencies, federal budget, federal government, republicans
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Streamlining – A Good Word for This
Congress is taking steps to streamline the federal hiring process. It is about time. We have needed some movement along these lines for a long time. Even the Partnership for Public Service likes this one. Here’s the article in … Continue reading
Good News and Other Stuff
Just in case you haven’t heard, President Obama signed into law H.R. 22, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. You remember that I have a soft spot for transportation infrastructure research and investment particularly for maritime transport. So when I … Continue reading
Posted in budgets, Congress, Conservatives, Democrats, federal budgets, federal employees, federal government, federal government shutdown, highway spending, Highway Trust Fund, infratrustructure, investment, Republicans, retirement, transportation, Uncategorized, white house
Tagged civil servants, Civil Service, Congress, democrats, federal budget, federal employees, federal government, federal workforce, leadership, republicans, White House
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