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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 ...
Washington, D.C.—The head of the union representing employees of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today called on Congress to provide those on the front lines of homeland security with the formal designation of law enforcement officer (LEO) for the roles they play in providing a key underpinning of the nation’s safety. “Every day,” said ...
The appointment of Joshua Bolten as White House Chief of Staff is a clear signal that the administration plans no meaningful changes in the policies which hinder federal workers. These policies include its unwillingness to be more open to differing perspectives or points of view on managing the federal workforce, and its determination not to seek the ...
Washington, D.C.—When the American people fully realize the extent to which their sensitive tax information and personal data are going to be made available to private companies by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), they will be “outraged,” the leader of the union representing IRS employees told a noisy, crowded rally of union members today. “The IRS and the ...
Washington, D.C.—More than 100 employees of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and federal workers stood in the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Memorial last night holding glowing candles to honor federal officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. The annual Vigil of Lights was held by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), ...
Washington, D.C.—In a suit brought by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), a federal court has ruled that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) illegally used appropriated funds to convert its mailroom functions to a private contractor without giving federal workers a chance to compete to keep their jobs. NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley applauded the ...
Washington, D.C.—The head of the union representing Internal Revenue Service employees took the agency to task for inaccurately presenting anticipated costs and savings in its fiscal year 2007 budget request to provide justification for administration policy goals of reducing programs and service to taxpayers. President Colleen M. Kelley of the National ...