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Virtual firings: The new rules of the workplace

With more and more employees teleworking, is it also acceptable to give people the pink slip over the phone or computer? Some managers say yes.


Taxes

OPM posts tax tips for annuitants

With tax season upon us, OPM wants to be sure you have access to all the info on federal annuities.


Cupcake

Next on TSA's agenda: Exploding cupcakes

They may look delicious, but cupcake confiscation is no laughing matter. It is just the price we pay for safe air travel these days, writes Editor Phil Piemonte.


Funding gap

Unions of two minds on proposed pay increase

While some see the end of the federal pay freeze as a good thing, others argue that the increase is nothing compared to what feds are entitled to.


 

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