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'Morning after' antibiotics may cut risk of STDs

Health News // 2 years ago

'Morning after' antibiotics may cut risk of STDs

A "morning after" dose of a common antibiotic can greatly lower the chances of sexually transmitted bacterial infections in high-risk people, a new clinical trial has found.

U.S. News // 9 years ago

Federal employees sue U.S. agency over data breach

The federal workers' National Treasury Employees Union has sued the Office of Personnel Management over a massive hack of employee data late last year.

Outside View // 1 decade ago

Outside View: The IRS scandal smoking gun?

In the Internal Revenue Service targeting scandal and others, Washington and the media are obsessed with the question: What did the president know and when did he know it?

Health News // 1 decade ago

New smoking ban at government offices

U.S. government workers will be prohibited from smoking in federal building courtyards or within 25 feet of doorways and air-intake ducts, a new rule says.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Union chief: Morale 'crisis' at DHS

The president of a union representing employees at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security told a Senate committee Thursday that morale is low.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Senators ask the FDA to halt lab closings

A bipartisan group of 20 U.S. senators is asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to suspend plans to consolidate laboratories.

Top News // 2 decades ago

Union backs bill banning IRS outsourcing

The largest federal union is supporting a bill to keep the U.S. Internal Revenue Service from hiring private contractors to collect taxes.

Top News // 2 decades ago

Union assails IRS cutback plans

The leader of a federal union said Tuesday a plan to cut back Internal Revenue Service walk-in and telephone customer services is short-sighted.

Top News // 2 decades ago

Union: Charges cloud IRS outsourcing

The indictment of six former bank employees underscores the danger of outsourcing tax debt collection to private contractors, a federal union said Monday.

Top News // 2 decades ago

IRS employees to share $5 million

More than 30,000 Internal Revenue Service employees will share in a $5 million back pay settlement, the National Treasury Employees Union said Thursday.

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As this case shows, there is no doubt that privatizing tax collections puts the personal and sensitive information of taxpayers at serious risk
Union: Charges cloud IRS outsourcing Mar 28, 2005

The employees losing their basic rights are the same men and women who guard our borders every single day
Suit targets Homeland Security regulations Jan 27, 2005

NTEU fully supports any policy that would heighten the security of federal employees
Union seeks comments on federal ID cards Dec 22, 2004

I believe that a two-minute phone call from a constituent who is a federal employee, explaining to an elected official why it is vital not only to continue government operations but to fund them adequately for the good of the country can change the debate on this issue
Federal unions urge mass budget 'call-in' Apr 04, 2011