Josh Hicks

WASHINGTON — The Office of Personnel Management is planning to reduce its call-center hours and halt overtime for workers who process federal-retiree pensions because of the government-wide spending cuts that took effect last month.

WASHINGTON — The Labor Department lifted its controversial hold on Job Corps enrollments Monday, ending an action the agency took in January to deal with an estimated $60 million shortfall for the federal job-training program.

The move comes as good news for individuals who were locked out of the program in a stubbornly sluggish job market, but the Job Corps still plans to reduce enrollment by 20 percent, according to the National Job Corps Association (NJCA), which represents the contractors that run the training centers.

WASHINGTON — NASA has suspended educational and public-outreach activities as part of its budget-cutting efforts.

A memo issued to employees Friday said the agency was halting all activities “whose goal is to reach out to external and internal stakeholders and the public concerning NASA, its programs, and activities.”

WASHINGTON - The federal government’s civilian employees have worked under a salary freeze for about two years, but their incomes will begin to rise after March 27 unless Congress acts to once again halt their salary increases.