Being the bearer of bad tidings is not a role that members of Congress relish. <\/p>\n
During this season of bad news for federal employees, Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) plans to meet with workers at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt on Tuesday. The picture he will paint is bleak. <\/p>\n
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Joe Davidson writes the Federal Diary, a column about the federal workplace that celebrated its 80th birthday in November 2012. Davidson previously was an assistant city editor at The Washington Post and a Washington and foreign correspondent with The Wall Street Journal, where he covered federal agencies and political campaigns. <\/p>\n
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