http://www.mail.com/subjects/44114-civil-service.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/44114-civil-service.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089492-obama-picks-budget-official-to-troubled-irs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day another top official announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over agents targeting tea party groups. Obama named longtime civil servant Daniel Werfel as the acting IRS com... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:04:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089492-obama-picks-budget-official-to-troubled-irs.html 2013-05-17T02:04:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081416-greece-uses-emergency-power-striking-teachers.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek government said Monday it will use emergency powers to prevent protesting teachers from disrupting university entrance exams this month. Civil servants' unions retaliated by calling a 24-hour strike for Tuesday. It is the third time this year that the conservative-led coalition government has used the emergency civil mobili... Mon, 13 May 2013 17:29:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081416-greece-uses-emergency-power-striking-teachers.html 2013-05-13T17:29:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2050120-greek-bill-opens-way-civil-service-layoffs.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's Parliament approved an emergency bill Sunday to pave the way for thousands of public sector layoffs and free up 8.8 billion euros ($11.5 billion) in international rescue loans. The bill, which passed in a 168-123 vote, will allow for the first civil service layoffs in more than a century. About 2,000 civil servants will be l... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:57:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2050120-greek-bill-opens-way-civil-service-layoffs.html 2013-04-28T21:57:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039714-venezuelan-govt-targets-disaffected-ex-supporters.html TACARIGUA, Venezuela (AP) — The razor-close vote to replace late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has sparked what opposition leaders and human rights groups say is a government crackdown on public employees who either didn't back Chavez's hand-picked successor or failed to show sufficient support for the ruling party. The April 14 election had revealed a... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:10:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039714-venezuelan-govt-targets-disaffected-ex-supporters.html 2013-04-23T18:10:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039088-army-warns-steeper-reductions-troop-numbers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Army officials warned Tuesday they may have to cut more than 100,000 additional soldiers over the next decade unless automatic spending reductions forcing the military services to slash their budgets are stopped. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Army Secretary John McHugh said the losses would undermine the s... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:45:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039088-army-warns-steeper-reductions-troop-numbers.html 2013-04-23T16:45:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2019876-greece-seals-deal-with-debt-inspectors.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece cleared an important hurdle in its drive to receive its next batch of bailout loans from its international creditors Monday. But even though the deal was secured without the global market tensions that have marked earlier rescue talks, the economic reforms agreed involve firing thousands of civil service workers. The review by... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:18:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2019876-greece-seals-deal-with-debt-inspectors.html 2013-04-15T18:18:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1997060-army-employee-shot-killed-fort-knox-ky.html FORT KNOX, Ky. (AP) — An Army civilian employee was shot and killed in a parking lot at Kentucky's Fort Knox, and investigators were seeking to question a man in connection with the shooting, authorities said. Army officials said in a news release late Wednesday that the victim was an employee of the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, which handles person... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:14:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1997060-army-employee-shot-killed-fort-knox-ky.html 2013-04-04T10:14:17Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1966596-venezuela-book-fair-offers-chavez-than-books.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Near the entrance to Venezuela's national book fair, an image of the late Hugo Chavez holding a can of paint in one hand and a brush in the other greets visitors. Beside him reads a bright-red message that has also been scrawled on walls all over the country: "I will be present in the struggle." Judging by the posters, comics and... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:21:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1966596-venezuela-book-fair-offers-chavez-than-books.html 2013-03-20T07:21:09Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1935824-uk-civil-servants-to-strike-pay-pensions.html LONDON (AP) — British civil servants are planning to strike this month amid an ongoing dispute over pay, pensions and working conditions. The Public and Commercial Services union said Wednesday that a 24-hour strike will start on March 20, the day British Treasury chief George Osborne presents his budget to lawmakers. It said the strike will coincide with... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:20:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1935824-uk-civil-servants-to-strike-pay-pensions.html 2013-03-06T16:20:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1919904-budget-cuts-affect-you.html Automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examples: DEFENSE One of the Navy's premiere warships, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, sits pier-side in Norfolk, Va., its tour of duty delayed. The carrier and its 5,000-person crew were to leave for the Persian Gulf on Feb. 8... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:22:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1919904-budget-cuts-affect-you.html 2013-03-01T02:22:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1914852-jindal-faces-troubles.html BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal faces deepening troubles in his home state even as he dishes out advice on how the divided GOP can regroup and looks to position himself as a national party front man. The new head of the Republican Governors Association, who also is a potential future White House contender, has made a series of cuts to health ser... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:17:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1914852-jindal-faces-troubles.html 2013-02-25T21:17:54Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1907746-strike-ends-malawi-with-pay-rise.html BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The Malawi government has agreed to raise public workers' salaries by 60 percent, ending a two-week old strike, a union leader said. Civil Service Trade Union (CSTU) president Eliah Kamphinda Banda told a press conference in the capital, Lilongwe, Thursday that his team has agreed with the government negotiating team to end the str... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:05:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1907746-strike-ends-malawi-with-pay-rise.html 2013-02-22T09:05:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1896072-man-arrested-alaska-coast-guard-base-deaths.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man was arrested Friday in last year's shooting deaths at a Coast Guard communications station on Kodiak Island that left two employees dead, the U.S. attorney said. James Michael Wells of Kodiak is accused in a federal murder complaint of killing Petty Officer 1st Class James Hopkins and retired Chief Boatswain's Mate R... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:14:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1896072-man-arrested-alaska-coast-guard-base-deaths.html 2013-02-16T06:14:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1874294-un-cost-bribes-paid-afghans-spiked-2012.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The cost of corruption in Afghanistan rose sharply last year to $3.9 billion, and half of all Afghans bribed public officials for services, the U.N. said Thursday. The findings came despite repeated promises by President Hamid Karzai to clean up his government. The international community has long expressed concern about the prob... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1874294-un-cost-bribes-paid-afghans-spiked-2012.html 2013-02-07T09:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1846108-pentagon-budget-crisis-hurt-war-effort.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Afghan war effort eventually would be harmed by across-the-board budget cuts, even as the Obama administration intends to shield the military's combat mission from the reductions, the Pentagon's No. 2 official said Friday. "There will be second-order effects on the war," Ashton Carter, the deputy defense secretary, said in an intervi... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1846108-pentagon-budget-crisis-hurt-war-effort.html 2013-01-25T21:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1802510-ap-interview-palestinian-pm-warns-cash-crisis.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian self-rule government is in "extreme jeopardy" because of an unprecedented financial crisis, largely because Arab countries have failed to send hundreds of millions of dollars in promised aid, the Palestinian prime minister said Sunday. The cash crunch has gradually worsened in recent years, and the Palestinian Au... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1802510-ap-interview-palestinian-pm-warns-cash-crisis.html 2013-01-06T19:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1798354-pension-bonds-add-risk-to-public-retiree-crisis.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Oakland's city leaders took a risk when, rather than lay off more staff or cut services, they decided to borrow nearly $213 million to cover pension payments owed to retired city workers. They're betting that the pension fund's investments will earn more than the cost of issuing pension obligation bonds. If they're right, a finan... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1798354-pension-bonds-add-risk-to-public-retiree-crisis.html 2013-01-03T19:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1791984-illinois-dragging-feet-huge-pension-problem.html CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois, a state with a reputation for political wheeling and dealing, backroom handshakes and 11th-hour bargains, is dragging its feet on the one deal needed to solve its biggest crisis in a generation. Lawmakers will convene again the first week in January in hopes of fixing the nation's worst case of underfunding state employees' pensio... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1791984-illinois-dragging-feet-huge-pension-problem.html 2012-12-30T14:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1775974-greek-public-sector-cutbacks-trigger-strike.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Civil servants in Greece staged a 24-hour strike Wednesday, as thousands gathered to protest new pay cuts as well as suspensions that are expected to lead to layoffs. The strike led to public transport stoppages in Athens, while public hospitals were running on emergency staff, and other public services were disrupted. Greece has pro... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1775974-greek-public-sector-cutbacks-trigger-strike.html 2012-12-19T12:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1774608-unions-plan-offensive-michigan-loss.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Blindsided by a new law weakening union rights in Michigan, organized labor is preparing to target Republican governors in politically important states up for re-election in 2014 — part of a renewed offensive against perceived anti-union policies. While unions fared reasonably well nationally last month at the ballot box, their struggle ... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1774608-unions-plan-offensive-michigan-loss.html 2012-12-18T20:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1771604-guinea-to-civil-servants-50-percent-pay-raise.html CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — A labor inspector says that Guinean authorities will give civil servants a pay raise of 50 percent over the next year. Inspector Mariama Djogo Barry on Monday announced the decision that was agreed upon Friday between the government and Guinea's main trade unions. She said the raises would be applied in three phases of 10, 15 and 25... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1771604-guinea-to-civil-servants-50-percent-pay-raise.html 2012-12-17T13:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1770152-water-power-cash-syria-rebels-broke-town.html MAARET MISREEN, Syria (AP) — The anti-regime locals who have thrown together a ramshackle administration to run this northern Syrian town have one main struggle: Finding money to keep their community alive. Like other nearby rebel-held towns, Maaret Misreen is broke. Many of the town's 45,000 residents are out of work. There's no cash to keep water or ele... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1770152-water-power-cash-syria-rebels-broke-town.html 2012-12-16T17:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1762476-right-to-work-law-michigan-unions-task.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Now that Michigan has become a right-to-work state, unions in this stronghold of organized labor confront a new and urgent problem: convincing members to continue paying for their services instead of taking them for free. Brushing aside protests from thousands of labor supporters, the Republican-controlled state House approved measur... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1762476-right-to-work-law-michigan-unions-task.html 2012-12-12T22:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1730632-palestinians-celebrate-un-statehood-vote.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians erupted in wild cheers Thursday, hugging each other, setting off fireworks and chanting "God is great" after the United Nations granted them, at least formally, what they have long yearned for — a state of their own. The historic General Assembly decision to accept "Palestine" as a non-member observer state won't im... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1730632-palestinians-celebrate-un-statehood-vote.html 2012-11-29T22:42:00Z