Federal workers’ tough 2013 is behind them, but they aren’t out of the fiscal woods yet

The Washington Post: President Obama’s signature on a new two-year budget deal brings welcomed stability and a bit of fiscal relief for the federal government, but tough leadership challenges lie ahead as agencies and their employees deal with continued austerity and deteriorating worker morale in 2014.

The new budget promises $60 billion in relief from across-the-board reductions imposed by the so-called sequester, but the government still has to operate with less annual funding than it had before those automatic cuts.

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