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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 ...
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 ...