An expert panel will discuss the impact of proposals to restructure FEHBP and what they imply for both the survival of the program and the broader health system under the president’s health care reform.

Recent economic research suggests that colleges siphon off a significant portion of federal education aid rather than lowering costs to students

The Office of Personal Management and union officials implausibly claim that federal employees are paid just 78 cents on the dollar compared to private sector employees, but average compensation may actually be $14,000 above private sector compensation.

Many public workers are overpaid relative to their private sector counterparts, especially in large, unionized states such as Wisconsin, Ohio and California. This may sound like a controversial claim, but it shouldn't. A consensus is building about the need for reform.

A new CBO study shows that federal-government employees receive significantly higher compensation than private-sector workers with the same levels of education and experience. It confirms many of the findings of a 2011 study written by Andrew Biggs and Jason Richwine and helps rebut union claims that federal workers are underpaid.

Nationwide, as governors and legislators seek to rein in labor costs, public-employee unions are protesting that their members are actually underpaid. But a growing body of evidence strongly suggests that their protests have no basis in fact.

Several studies have shown that public-sector workers receive higher compensation than their counterparts in the private sector. Although, federal contractors have some of the advantages of private sector workers, in that poor performers can be dismissed and the composition of the contractor workforce altered, it is possible that they are overcompensated just as federal employees are right now.