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Washington, D.C.—A key congressional leader will join with President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) as opening day speakers next Tuesday as more than 300 NTEU members from around the country gather for the union’s annual three-day legislative conference. Along with President Kelley, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) said today NTEU will push strongly in this session of Congress for passage of bipartisan legislation that would bring to an end the two-class status impacting federal employees who perform a wide range of law enforcement duties. Many of these employees have the early retirement right ...

Washington, D.C.—The White House proposal for a three percent pay raise for federal workers in 2008 is yet another disappointing reflection of the administration’s disregard for federal employees and their contributions to our nation. That is especially true coming, as it does, on the heels of the 2007 pay raise, which was the lowest in 20 years. “Federal ...

Washington, D.C.—The policies of the federal government in recent years—from contracting jobs to the private sector to a culture that stresses top-down management to a demonstrated lack of respect for employees—have contributed to a severe crisis of confidence in leadership at a number of agencies represented by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), ...

Washington, D.C.—It is shocking and discouraging, as well as a clear danger to the security of our nation, that its own employees have ranked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) near the bottom in four major categories identified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from a recent government-wide employee survey, the leader of the union ...

As the president prepares to deliver his State of the Union address tonight, I would urge him to consider the state of our nation’s federal workforce. These 1.8 million dedicated federal employees contribute a great deal to the strength of our country and the ability of the federal government to deliver needed services to our citizens. Yet this administration ...

Washington, D.C.—As a result of the intervention of the National Treasury Employees (NTEU) on multiple fronts, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Social Security Administration (SSA) has withdrawn proposed fines of up to $3.5 million that it sought against four SSA employees, thereby completely exonerating them. At NTEU’s insistence, the OIG also ...

Washington, D.C.—A follow-up analysis by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of survey responses by agriculture specialists working at the nation’s border crossings underscores the argument by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) that efforts to consolidate multiple skills and experiences into a single front-line border security position simply ...

Washington, D.C.—Despite assertions to the contrary, the use of private sector debt collectors to pursue tax debts is a less cost-effective, less efficient and less successful method of collecting taxes than using the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees hired for that inherently governmental function. That was the view expressed today by President ...

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 ...