Bills take aim at bonuses, SES members

Federal Times: A House committee is scheduled to take up legislation Wednesday that would limit federal employee bonuses, make it easier to suspend or fire career Senior Executive Service members, and require the Office of Management and Budget to set governmentwide standards for responding to citizen phone calls and emails. Also on the panel’s agenda is a bill that aims to loosen restrictions on taping conversations with most federal officials and legislation to pull the U.S. Postal Service out of a financial hole.

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