Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ...

Yields have fallen over the past few weeks, so "any decent excuse that rates move up a little bit after that big rally" may have occurred as the market digested the report — which was a "little bit of ...

Pennsylvania’s Capitol was full of high ideals, pomp and circumstance and rhetoric Tuesday as Gov. Josh Shapiro took the ...

Thousands of federal workers have accepted the Trump administration’s buyout offer — taking eight months’ pay and benefits in exchange for walking away from the government workforce ...

The message reiterated an offer to take a second job or travel to a “dream destination” and remain on the federal payroll for months. But questions remain about whether that would be legal.

He reaches this conclusion by not counting federal payroll taxes — which are larger for most people than income taxes — as though they were taxes at all. But they are taxes: If you think they ...

By Lydia DePillis When it comes to the federal payroll, two seemingly contradictory things are true. One, the Biden administration went on a hiring spree that expanded the government work force at ...

All federal employees have been offered eight months of pay and benefits through September if they resign. The email, titled “Fork in the Road Reminder,” notes in bold that the buyout offer ...

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs ...

Congressional Democrats on Thursday reintroduced two bills aimed at boosting federal workers and retirees’ pay, though the chance of their passage under the GOP’s control of government is slim.