Big boosts proposed in death benefits when federal employees die in the line of duty

The Washington Post: The Obama administration has proposed to boost the value of two types of death benefits paid when federal employees die for reasons related to their official duties, one of which hasn’t been increased in five decades while the other has not changed in nearly two decades.

A legislative proposal sent to Capitol Hill Friday would substantially raise each and then link their value to inflation.

“This legislation is necessary to ensure that families of civil servants killed while serving the people of the United States do not take on an unnecessary financial burden,” Office of Personnel Management Acting Director Beth Cobert said in announcing the proposal.

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