Jacqueline Simon, Public Policy Director at the American Federation of Government Employees, has written a detailed rebuke of the recent Congressional Budget Office study comparing the compensation of federal and private-sector employees. It’s a must-read. American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO CBO Study of Federal vs. Private Sector Pay Compensation – Many Flaws in AnalysisRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Luke Harris reports. On Monday, President Obama released his proposed fiscal year 2013 budget, which outlines proposed budget figures for highly-relied-upon grant programs within state and local governments. President Obama’s budget provides $632.7 billion to aid state and local governments in 2013 – an increase of $20.2 billion from 2012. Grant outlays forRead… Read more »
The United States Postal Service has been delivering mail on Saturday for decades, which may soon come to an end for the fourth time in history as the USPS copes with yearly deficits. President Obama’s 2013 proposed budget backs plans allowing the USPS to cut Saturday mail services, as well as increase the price ofRead… Read more »
A recent Pew Research Center report titled The Rising Age Gap in Economic Well-being contends that the old prosper relative to the young and they provide abundant statistics to prove their assumption. I’m tired of the constant subtle attacks on anyone that did the right things throughout their lives; saved, worked hard, spent responsibly, paidRead… Read more »
Via this tweet, we just discovered that the President’s budget proposes that the Senate should be required to electronically file their campaign finance reports. In this document, you can find the following section: The Budget proposes that Senate Campaign Committees berequired to file campaign finance reports electronically with the Federal Election Commission, in keeping withRead… Read more »
Important government transparency programs would receive a small boost if the President’s proposed budget for FY 2013 were enacted. The Electronic Government Fund, which supports Data.gov, the IT Spending Dashboard, and USASpending.gov, among other programs, would increase by $4.2 million in FY 2013, from $12.4 million in FY 2013 to $16.665 million in FY 2013.Read… Read more »
Military defense contractors and lobbyists are rushing to support the wife of Congressional House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon in her bid for California state assembly, according to a Slate article earlier this month. The article reports that in the first few months of fundraising, Patricia McKeon was able to collect $19,200 from defenseRead… Read more »
A continuous organization improvement program can be easily implemented and be very beneficial using minimal organization resources. It’s very important that you establish a continuous improvement program; not assume that improvement suggestions and efforts will appear without encouragement by management. And it should be become inherent in your culture and day-to-day work activities throughout youRead… Read more »
For those of you who have tackled a home improvement project, you will come to a point where semi-assembled parts are scattered all around you. This is usually when someone comments on how it looks like you will never finish what you started. With some of the more complex projects, even you doubt that youRead… Read more »
Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — If you were living in a cave during the last quarter of 2011, you may have missed out on hearing about Pinterest – the hottest new social platform to hit the tech scene in some time. Judged by leading tech blog TechCrunch as the best new startup of 2011, PinterestRead… Read more »