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Washington, D.C.—Despite a clear congressional mandate to improve its service to taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) appears to be moving in the opposite direction with a fiscal 2007 budget proposal that would result in significant cuts in customer service, the leader of the union representing tens of thousands of IRS employees said today. These ...

Washington, D.C.—Bargaining under regulations issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) would not lead to contracts that are binding and enforceable against DHS. And that alone is enough to invalidate new DHS personnel rules, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) said in a legal brief filed with a ...

Washington, D.C.—Many frontline homeland security officers who voluntarily use their foreign language skills as part of their jobs may soon be rewarded for their efforts because of the persistence of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). Following a unilateral decision by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) two years ago to stop testing ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers today welcomed action by a House-Senate conference committee to provide a 3.1 percent pay increase to federal civilian employees in 2006, as well as approve important and common-sense provisions addressing the need for fairness in the contracting out of federal jobs. The ...

Washington, D.C.—In light of two court decisions ruling against the new personnel system for employees of the Department of Homeland Security, DHS should sit down with the unions to work out a mutually-acceptable system, the head of the National Treasury Employees Union said in a letter presented to DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff yesterday. NTEU President ...

Washington, D.C.—An influential congressional leader, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), reiterated his firm support for a 3.1 percent raise for civilian federal employees today at an event organized by a chapter of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). The Senate and House of Representatives both have approved language in their respective fiscal 2006 ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers has called on Congress to rein in the administration’s runaway contracting efforts by ending the use of a vague ‘best value’ concept which more often than not leads to a waste of taxpayer dollars and returning to cost-based contract awards. In letters to key members of ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers has called on Congress to rein in the administration’s runaway contracting efforts by ending the use of a vague ‘best value’ concept which more often than not leads to a waste of taxpayer dollars and returning to cost-based contract awards. In letters to key members of ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today scored a second major legal victory in its efforts to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from implementing an illegal personnel system. In a significant win for all DHS employees, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia sided with NTEU, rejecting a motion by DHS to ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers today acknowledged the small gesture by the Internal Revenue Service in raising the mileage reimbursement rate allowed as a business expense tax deduction from 40.5 cents a mile to 48.5 cents but maintained that it “simply isn’t enough.” The move by the IRS comes in the ...

Washington, D.C.—The introduction today of legislation to increase the mileage reimbursement rate for federal employees would provide “much needed relief” to those who use their personal vehicles during the course of their government jobs, said Colleen M. Kelley, President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). A bill (S. 1678) introduced today by ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the union representing tens of thousands of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees today expressed her great disappointment at an agency decision to turn over to a private contractor the jobs of another 58 IRS employees at five agency service centers around the country as well as in its headquarters operation. “This decision ...

Washington, D.C.—In an effort to help ease the impact of sharply rising gas prices on those who use their vehicles in their jobs—including federal workers—the head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to raise the maximum mileage reimbursement rate allowed as a business expense tax deduction. Such ...

Washington, D.C.—The administration’s efforts to compete the jobs of as many as half of the federal workforce against the private sector continue to take a toll on federal employees even when they prevail in the public-private competition for their work. Today the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that IRS employees have put together a winning bid in ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) successfully challenged a decision by the Department of Energy (DOE) to contract work to a private company—the first win of its kind under revised federal contracting rules and an important victory in ensuring that federal employees are treated fairly. NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley, who is ...

Washington—The nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today urged the Supreme Court to protect the First Amendment right of public employees at all levels of government to speak out on matters of public concern. In a friend-of-the-court brief dealing with a California case, Garcetti v. Ceballos, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers today welcomed approval by the full House of Representatives of legislative language that seeks to ensure that federal agencies use a fair public-private competition process before federal jobs are turned over to the private sector. In approving the fiscal 2006 ...

Washington—True civil service reform means having a federal workforce that is an engaged and active participant in continually improving efficiency and service to taxpayers, the leader of the largest independent federal union told a group of federal leaders yesterday at a forum sponsored by the Council for Excellence in Government and the Washington ...

Boston, MA — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is foolishly moving in the wrong direction in closing its Boston taxpayer call site—one of a series of steps the agency is taking to cut back on customer service, the leader of the union representing tens of thousands of IRS employees told a large rally of union members today. President Colleen M. Kelley of the ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today called approval by the House Appropriations Committee of bipartisan language to provide military-civilian pay parity in 2006 “important recognition” of the jobs federal employees perform and the continuing contributions they make. The pay parity amendment to the ...