Category Archives: Compensation

CONGRATS TO NWSEO It is never easy to get any job upgraded, but boosting the grade of those doing clerical and admin support has been particularly hard.  OPM considers them overgraded already and there rarelya re enough of them in … Continue reading

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POPA & NTEU LOWER EMPLOYEE PARKING COSTS Agencies are no longer regularly including free parking for employees in the buildings they rent.  They save money by shifting the cost of daily parking to the employee.  But here is how the … Continue reading

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CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS OWE MILLIONS IN UNPAID TAXES Great article posted in the Washington Post by Ed O’Keefe on 1/23/12.  It is another “gotta read” piece about the hypocrisy in Congress over raising enough money to fund the government—and federal employee … Continue reading

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NTEU PROVES FDIC PAY RAISES VIOLATE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT NTEU charged the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation with discriminating against its African-American employees and those 40 and over when it distributed performance awards. Last week an arbitrator agreed ruling that FDIC … Continue reading

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HONEY, THEY SHRUNK THE IRS . . . And that made my raise totally disappear. Just a few days ago FEDSMILL.com posted an article about how Congress will not fund the IRS to collect over $300 billion our government is … Continue reading

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QUESTION: WHO GOT YOUR PAY RAISE MONEY? ANSWER:  This one is almost too easy to answer.  You probably already read who took it in other media material.  The latest IRS analysis of how much money tax cheats are stealing from … Continue reading

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