Public Employees

Maryland local government workers give $11.24M to charities

2013-06-17 07:06:00

The United Way of Central Maryland announced Monday that local government workers gave more than $11.24 million during recent fundraising campaigns. Federal, state and local employees donated the money through payroll deductions to designated health and...

Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes

2013-05-21 17:26:00

With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...

How not to run a local government

2013-05-19 05:00:00

One of the more enjoyable aspects of my public career was an excellent relationship with public safety unions. Law enforcement, fire and EMT groups were supportive of my races for the state legislature, Congress and governor. Although not unheard of,...

AP case fuels complaints on Obama whistle-blower policies

2013-05-17 15:51:53

The Justice Department's secret review of Associated Press telephone records gives advocates for federal employees one more reason to doubt the Obama administration's full commitment to protecting whistleblowers, particularly those in national security...

Federal innovation a matter of perspective

2013-05-08 20:17:24

The federal government has an innovation problem — or does it? The answer depends on whom you ask. Federal employees surveyed over the past three years have had a declining view of government innovation. But that doesn't mean Uncle Sam doesn't...

Federal workers relieved by limits on online disclosures

2013-05-08 20:14:35

Details of financial transactions by members of Congress and thousands of high-level federal workers were supposed to be posted online last month for anyone in the world to see — a key step, supporters of the move said, toward greater transparency...

With same-sex marriage now available, state to end benefits for domestic partners

2013-05-06 12:37:44

The O'Malley administration has notified state employees in same-sex relationships that they won't be able to include domestic partners in their health insurance anymore. If they want coverage, they'll have to get married. The policy change is the...

Why is the Pentagon exempted from scrutiny?

2013-04-30 09:22:00

The most common complaint from people who email me about my columns is that the federal government is horrible: Too big and growing too fast, too corrupt and wasteful, and providing too many benefits to too many Americans. If we just shrink the...

Obama budget would have big impact in Md.

2013-04-10 15:36:00

Labor unions representing federal employees reacted angrily to the $3.8 trillion budget unveiled Wednesday by President Barack Obama, who proposed trimming $20 billion from federal retirement benefits — reopening a debate many Democrats felt had...

Government workers should stop whining

2013-04-09 09:00:00

As talk of the sequester ratchets upward in the ranks of government employees who might be affected ("Sequester furloughs begin for U.S. public defenders," April 4), here's a quick word of advice: Keep the whining to yourselves! While readers generally do...

Federal employees are hurting under sequestration

2013-04-04 05:15:00

Your article about the effects of the sequester on federal employees left readers with a misleading impression of its effects by not mentioning the IRS ("Agencies in Maryland dodge furloughs — for now," March 30). The National Treasury Employees...

Agencies in Maryland dodge furloughs — for now

2013-03-30 12:36:31

A month after across-the-board federal spending cuts began, there are signs that one of the most troubling potential consequences for Maryland — the furloughing of federal employees — might not be as widespread as initially feared. But the...

Celebrating the Glendale City Employees Endowment Fund grant distribution are, from left, city employees Matt Doyle and�Alex Souto;�City Council member�Laura Friedman;�Sandy Doughty, GAR Services;�George Saikali, Glendale YMCA; Laurel Patric, Glendale Educational Foundation; Mayor Frank Quintero;

2012-09-11 19:46:00

Firefighters and other government employees take part in a demonstration against the Spanish government's latest austerity measures, in front of the Spanish Parliament (Las Cortes) in Madrid, on July 16, 2012.

2012-07-16 00:00:00

Kashmiri government employees are sprayed with purple colored water by Indian police to disperse a protest in Srinagar. Indian police detained dozens of government employees, used water cannons and resorted to baton charging the employees during the protest.

2012-05-09 00:00:00