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Washington, D.C.—With significant changes looming at the start of the 110th Congress in January, federal employees and the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) look forward to an opportunity for Congress to closely examine key administration goals that impact the federal workforce and America’s taxpayers, the leader of the nation’s largest independent ...
Washington, D.C.—The army of federal contracting employees is growing at an alarming rate and at more than 7.6 million in 2005 is four times the size of the 1.8 million member federal civilian workforce, raising serious concerns about accountability and value for U.S. taxpayers, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees said ...
Washington, D.C.—The head of the union representing Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees today welcomed legislation introduced by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) that would help retain, either in the IRS or elsewhere in the federal government, a number of skilled, experienced and dedicated attorneys who otherwise likely would have to leave federal ...
Washington, D.C.—As a successful and unique follow-up to its federal court victory earlier this year, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has won agreement from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for more than $40,000 in back pay to employees in a contracting out matter. “This is the first case of which NTEU is aware in which the government has paid ...
Washington, D.C.—A volunteer federal advisory group—whose members are appointed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department—has added its voice to those calling for the IRS to drop its plan to use private sector debt collectors to pursue tax debts in exchange for a bounty on the money they collect. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP), ...
Washington, D.C.—The third and final installment of telework guidelines issued to federal agencies by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is missing two key elements critical to the success of telework—the importance of negotiating with employee representatives and a way to ensure that employees have the equipment they need to perform their jobs, the ...
Washington, D.C.—Another important member of the House Appropriations Committee has called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to delay cuts in the number of its estate and gift tax attorneys until and unless the agency can provide a detailed plan on how the agency will increase its detection of possible tax cheating among taxpayers with incomes of more than ...
Washington, D.C.—Protecting the integrity of the nation’s ports of entry from those who would use fraudulent documents among the 1.1 million passengers and pedestrians who enter the U.S. every day is a function of adequate staffing and resources at the nation’s 317 ports of entry and appropriate training for the employees of the Bureau of Customs and Border ...
Washington, D.C.—Federal employees won two important victories in today’s markup by the Senate Appropriations Committee of the fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations bill. One involves approval of a 2007 pay raise of 2.7 percent; the other is language that helps level the playing field for federal workers in the competition for their ...
Washington, D.C.—The head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU)—which represents more than 5,000 employees at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—today commended the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) for calling attention to the “critical gaps” in scientific integrity and lack of resources at the agency. A UCS recent survey of approximately ...
Washington, D.C—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) applauded yesterday’s announcement by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) canceling a competitive sourcing study involving fuel compliance officers (FCO). From the agency’s initial announcement that it would seek to compete these jobs with the private sector, NTEU has maintained that FCOs perform ...
Washington, D.C—A proposal to establish a commission to consider changes in federal employee appeals processes misses the real issue, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers told a House subcommittee today. “It appears as though a concern with the processing of equal employment opportunity issues is the main issue driving the ...
Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today won an historic legal victory for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees when a federal appeals court not only upheld, but significantly broadened a lower court’s decision declaring that wide portions of a regressive personnel system are illegal and cannot be implemented. Today’s ...
Washington, D.C—The head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today welcomed approval by the House of Representatives of an amendment that would curtail government contracting in agencies funded by Science, State, Justice and Commerce Appropriations bill. The House approved, by voice vote, a bipartisan amendment offered by Rep. Rob Andrews (D-N.J.) ...
Washington, D.C.—House approval late yesterday of the fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations bill provides a triple win for federal employees—including major gains for taxpayers, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers said today. The bill provides for a 2.7 percent pay raise for federal civilian workers next year; ...
Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today called on House conferees to agree to Senate-approved language in a supplemental appropriations bill that would pay federal employees who also are active duty members of the National Guard and Reserves the difference between their military and civil service ...
Washington, D.C.—An angry President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today accused the Department of Energy (DOE) of treating the rules allowing federal employees to compete to retain their jobs as “little more than a nuisance” in the wake of that agency’s decision to turn over its headquarters logistics functions to a private ...
Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today called on the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to repeat his action of a year ago and make a midyear recalculation of the allowable mileage reimbursement rate. In a letter to IRS Commissioner Mark Everson, President Colleen M. Kelley of the National ...
The White House announcement of its intent to nominate Paul Denett to head the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) presents an opportunity for a thorough and much-needed overhaul of both the government’s procurement process and its oversight of private contractors. I would hope that Mr. Denett, if he is ...
Washington, D.C.—Despite the congressional mandate not to close any of its Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TACs) during the 2006 tax-filing season, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) apparently is continuing to consider such closings as a cost-cutting measure, the head of the union representing IRS employees said today. The warning of potential closings is ...