Los Angeles pays record amounts of overtime to its police officers and other emergency first responders, whose departments are understaffed.
Shutdowns keep happening, since 2013, because Congress pays no price for causing or prolonging them, while federal workers pay.
More than 1500 people on the federal payroll actually draw higher salaries than the President of the United States.
Pittsburgh has a chronic and severe staffing shortage across all departments, and overtime has become a significant expense.
Maryland routinely pays excess overtime with no attempt to monitor who is claiming it without good work-related reason.
The United States Postal Service is losing money, in large part because it is paying the highest wages and salaries in history.
U.S. Investigations Services, tasked with investigating backgrounds of new federal hires, dumped several cases without proper vetting.
A California Air Resources Board employee took a two-year paid vacation and then announced his retirement before anyone noticed.
The Maryland Office of Personnel Services and Benefits (HR) lets millions slip through its fingers on improper pay and benefits.
An NYC city councilwoman has introduced a bill to give raises to Council members, the mayor, and other top city officials.