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The Economy Act of 1933, officially titled the Act of March 20, 1933 (ch. 3, Pub. L. 73–2, 48 Stat. 8, enacted March 20, 1933, is an Act of Congress that cut the salaries of federal workers and reduced benefit payments to veterans, moves intended to reduce the federal deficit in the United States.
The Air Force is the largest user of fuel energy in the federal government. The Air Force uses 10% of the nation's aviation fuel. (JP-8 accounts for nearly 90% of its fuels.) This fuel usage breaks down as such: 82% jet fuel, 16% facility management and 2% ground vehicle/equipment. [4]
The federal government has closed 21 times since 1977, for a total of 162 days and an average of nearly eight days per shutdown. Here is what you need to know about how a government shutdown could ...
The fiscal year 2010 president's budget request for a 2.9% military pay raise was consistent with this formula. However, Congress, in fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009 approved the pay raise as the ECI increase plus 0.5%. The 2007 pay raise was equal to the ECI. A military pay raise larger than the permanent formula is not uncommon.
However, a good number of DOD civilians will be "excepted" or deemed essential and have to come into work, but without pay. Both U.S. military personnel and DOD civilians are guaranteed ...
Another pay increase of 4.5% was given to military members as part of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. Earlier this year, a pay raise of 5.2% on average was given to federal employees ...
Federal pay rates (including military) were unaffected but the sequestration did result in involuntary unpaid time off, also known as furloughs. [4] The sequester lowered spending by a total of approximately $1.1 trillion versus pre-sequester levels over the approximately 8-year period from 2013 to 2021.
Per a nearly 3,000-page August 2024 report from the Federal Office of Management and Budget, roughly half of federal workers are in fully in-person roles, like healthcare and food-supply ...