While he served in the position popularly known as "pay czar, " Feinberg had the job of refashioning the compensation programs of seven firms that had received exceptional assistance from the government and U.S. taxpayers.

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Judicial Watch, the watchdog group, has obtained some emails from the administration about an October 2009 incident about whether or not FOX News would get an interview with Ken Feinberg, then the executive pay czar.

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In the coming days, the Treasury Department's pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, is expected to announce compensation cuts of about 50% for the 25 highest-paid executives at American International Group, Bank of America, Citigroup, Chrysler, General Motors and the auto companies' financing arms.

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Although the announcement Ken Feinberg, the federal pay czar, has made with respect to limiting bonuses will undoubtedly be politically popular, what steps, if any, is the government considering to keep the top talent from leaving the U.S. financial community and moving to a more friendly regulatory environment -- considering a brain drain, in essence?

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I'll bet if I asked to be promoted to Senior Media Planner Ninja-Czar, I'd get it with a pay freeze until 2020.

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