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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
CNN Money | First furlough notices go out
The Army sent letters on Feb. 28 and March 1 to unions warning that employees at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Gunpowder, Md., as well as the Corps of Engineers in Walla Walla, Wash., will be forced to stay at home without pay one day each week from April 22 through Sept. 21.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Real Clear Markets | To Navigate $12M Sequester, BLS Cuts Green Jobs
In a triumph of common sense, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is responding to the sequester by eliminating its count of green jobs, an $8 million annual waste of taxpayer funds.