Federal employees and contractors face danger, even death, just doing their jobs

The Washington Post: Serving Uncle Sam can be dangerous – even deadly.

Four federal employees have died in the line of duty so far in fiscal 2015, following two in fiscal 2014, according to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). That doesn’t include contractors working for the federal government, like the security officer killed last Friday while protecting a federal building in New York City. The Tuesday before that, three correctional workers were assaulted in the Canaan, Pa., federal prison.

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