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• House Republicans write letter in support of protecting fed pay, pensions

  A group of nine Republicans has written a letter to House leadership announcing that they will not support cuts to the government’s retirement system that are included in the fiscal year 2018 budget proposal. View More

• WH proposes deep cuts to fed agencies, pensions—and unions, experts push back

  The White House May 23 issued its official fiscal year 2018 budget proposal—and even more graphically than the outline issued back in March, the full budget proposal promises to take away an unprecedented amount of money from federal employees. View More

• Experts say tiny 2017 COLA shows system fails to calculate real-world needs

  As retired and disabled federal employees absorbed the disappointing news about next year’s cost-of-living increase, critics took aim at every aspect of the increase—from its meager size to its effect on Medicare beneficiaries to the method used to calculate it. View More