If federal employees are forced to contribute more toward their civil service retirement benefits, many might have to cut back on their investments in the Thrift Savings Plan, employee organization officials said Monday. Read full article > >

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The U.S. Secret Service imposed new rules Friday aimed at tightening oversight of its employees on international trips in the wake of the Colombia prostitution scandal, banning staff from bringing foreigners into their hotel room, drinking alcohol within 10 hours of duty and visiting “non-reputable establishments.” Read full article > >

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The US Secret Service is looking into allegations its employees paid for strippers and prostitutes in El Salvador ahead of a presidential visit.

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The United States has just lost a key ally in the fight against al-Qaeda terrorists: the residents of Virginia, and state employees in particular. Virginia’s legislature recently passed a bill that forbids state employees, including police and members of the National Guard, from participating in the investigation, surveillance, detention or arrest of any suspected member of al-Qaeda or its affiliates, if that suspect is a U.S. citizen. Read full article > >

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Some Secret Service employees accused of misconduct in the Colombian prostitution scandal are privately contending that their conduct didn’t warrant dismissal because senior managers tolerated similar behavior during official trips, according to people familiar with the employees’ thinking. Read full article > >

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Nine Secret Service employees have now resigned or are being forced out because of a Colombia prostitution scandal.

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The US Secret Service says three more employees are resigning over the prostitution scandal at an international summit in Colombia last weekend.

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Colombia scandal claims more jobs

Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s administration has fired 61 city employees for collecting unemployment benefits while working for the District government, city officials said Tuesday. The city’s Department of Employment Services, which oversees the jobless-compensation program, said in February that dozens of current and former city workers had received the fraudulent payments . Read full article > >

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First Solar, one of the world’s leading solar-panel makers , announced Tuesday that it will close its German manufacturing operations late this year, indefinitely idle four of its 24 production lines in Kulim, Malaysia , on May 1 and lay off 2,000 employees — about 30 percent of its global workforce. Read full article > >

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The prepared statements for this afternoon’s House hearing on the General Services Administration have been released, with both the investigator whose report brought the controversial 2010 conference to light and the former agency head decrying the cost of the meeting and the behavior of agency employees there. Read full article > >

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Agriculture Department employees who are assigned to its two main downtown Washington buildings are on administrative leave Monday. A small fire in the USDA’s South Building occurred during routine maintenance early Monday, according to department spokesman Justin DeJong. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, but Pepco cut power to the facility. Read full article > >

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USDA buildings closed Monday due to small fire

The Government Services Administration has suspended an employee award program cited by congressional investigators for exceeding spending limits, the acting head of the agency said Tuesday.

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GSA acts to halt wasteful spending

As could have been expected, the scandal about the exorbitant 2010 General Services Administration conference at a gambling casino just outside Las Vegas has become a political football and federal employees are the ones getting tackled. Read full article > >

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All feds pay the price for GSA scandal

As could have been expected, the scandal about the exorbitant 2010 General Services Administration conference at a gambling casino just outside Las Vegas has become a political football and federal employees are the ones getting tackled. Read full article > >

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At the start of his mind-reading act, Bob Garner asked a federal employee for the name of his dead dog. He asked someone else to recall a person close to them who had passed away. Then he shared some of the messages the deceased sent from the other side. Read full article > >

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Mind reader provided ‘pure entertainment’ for GSA workers