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Washington, D.C – One of the most alarming cuts in the administration’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget is to the Department of Energy office that helps the private sector use advanced technology to make the U.S. more energy independent. The proposal to cut the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Office by 70 percent, or $1.4 billion, is especially ...

"Government-sponsored research is one of the most important investments our country can make to encourage innovation, unleash our free enterprise system to create good-paying jobs, and ensure American competitiveness in a global economy," wrote the senators in a letter sent Friday. The administration’s budget proposal for 2018 is due this week. The group was ...

Washington, D.C. — The spending cuts contained in the administration’s proposed budget for 2018 would weaken our nation’s ability to protect the vulnerable, advance science and respond to basic taxpayer needs, said National Treasury Employees Union National President Tony Reardon. “You can learn a lot from a budget proposal, and this budget shows an ...

Chairman Chaffetz, Ranking Member Cummings and members of the Committee, thank you for allowing NTEU to share its thoughts on federal employee pay and benefit programs. As National President of NTEU, I represent over 150,000 federal employees in 31 agencies and I appreciate the opportunity to discuss these important issues.    While the impetus for today’s ...

Washington, D.C. — Congress should not rely on a flawed analysis of federal compensation to justify cutting salaries and benefits to thousands of middle-class federal employees around the country, said Tony Reardon, National President of the National Treasury Employees Union. Reardon submitted a statement for Thursday’s hearing by the House Oversight and ...

That’s what happened during a lunchtime rally on Friday outside of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters in Washington, D.C., and on Thursday at the EPA offices in San Francisco.  A coalition of environmental and labor groups greeted EPA employees with dessert and thank you messages sent in on postcards from cities and towns nationwide. ...

Washington, D.C. — The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) commends those who rallied outside the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency Friday to show their support for federal employees.  “As the representative of many EPA employees, we join the message of gratitude that was delivered in person to the hardworking, nonpartisan civil servants ...

Washington, D.C. — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report today on federal pay and total compensation confirms the position long held by NTEU that the education levels and professional occupations of federal employees account for the differences noted time and time again in compensations surveys and studies attempting to compare federal and ...

Washington, D.C. — The National Treasury Employees Union supports legislation introduced this week that would ensure federal employees are paid during a government shutdown. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), joined by 16 other senators, introduced the Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017 (S. 861) in the event that Congress is unable to reach an agreement before ...

The law followed the assassination of President James Garfield by a disgruntled job seeker. Patronage in federal jobs was the practice at the time. The first exam was given to potential job seekers and Mary F. Hoyt was the second person, and first woman, to be appointed to a federal job. She was given her position because of the score she received on the test. ...

Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member McCaskill, distinguished members of the Committee; thank you for the opportunity to deliver this testimony.  As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 25,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers, Agriculture Specialists and trade enforcement ...

Washington, D.C.— Hiring another 3,500 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers, Agriculture Specialists and Trade Enforcement Specialists to staff the ports of entry would improve the nation’s security and economy, National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) National President Tony Reardon testified to Congress on Wednesday. Reardon, speaking on behalf of ...

Washington D.C. –  Among the 3,200 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jobs that would be eliminated under the 2018 budget outline proposed by the White House Thursday are committed civil servants who help enforce clean air and clean water laws, said Tony Reardon, National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). “The proposed cuts at the ...

The document is the first step in lengthy negotiations between the White House and members of Congress over how to allocate funding. Ultimately, Congress decides how much money to spend and what to spend it on. The federal budgeting process play out for months, until funding for the Oct. 1 start of the new fiscal year. But first, Congress must pass a measure ...

Washington, D.C.— President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget, which cuts billions from critical government agencies, is an outrageous attack on federal workers and the services they provide to all Americans, said National Treasury Employees Union National President Tony Reardon. “This budget proposal has nothing to do with draining the swamp and everything to do ...

Washington, D.C.— Cutting $54 billion from non-military programs in 2018 would be disastrous for all citizens who rely on government services as well as their fellow Americans who provide those services, said National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) National President Tony Reardon. Various media reports indicate that President Trump will call for massive ...

Chairman Lankford and Ranking Member Heitkamp, thank you for the opportunity to share my views with the Subcommittee.   As National President of the National Treasury Employees Union, I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal employees at dozens of federal agencies.  NTEU welcomes the Subcommittee’s interest in improving the federal workforce, and ...

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is already short-staffed and its operational jobs at land, sea and airports should be exempted from the federal hiring freeze, NTEU National President Tony Reardon told Congress Wednesday. “There is no greater roadblock to legitimate trade and travel efficiency than the lack of sufficient staff at the ...

Chairman McCaul, Ranking Member Thompson, distinguished members of the Committee; thank you for the opportunity to submit this testimony.  As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 25,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement specialists stationed at 328 ...

Washington, D.C.— Federal employees would receive a 3.2 percent pay raise next year under legislation introduced in the Senate and endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act is sponsored by Sen. Brian Schatz, (D-Hawaii), Sen. Sherrod Brown, (D-Ohio), Sen. Patty Murray, (D-Wash), Sen. Ben Cardin, ...