Our reading guide on the head of the regulatory agency that oversees Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae— who's putting profits (and repaying taxpayers) ahead of homeowners.
Differences in total compensation—the sum of wages and benefits—betweenfederaland private-sector employees varied according to workers' education level.Federalcivilian employees with no more than a high school...
Thefederalgovernment employs 2.3 million civilian workers, or 1.7 percent of the U.S. workforce, in over 700 occupations and spent about $200 billion in fiscal year 2011 to compensate them. Recently, concern about the...
CBO has released a study comparing the wages and benefits of private sector andfederalnon-military workers. The study uses statistical techniques to make comparisons with adjustments for education level, experience, and...
Updated 3:35 pm ET When congressional Republicans try to figure out how to avert cuts in defense spending, or offset the cost of an extension of unemployment insurance, it is oftenfederalworkers they look to for the money.