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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 ...

Washington, D.C.—The head of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers today described as “absolutely outrageous” information contained in a government report that some 33,000 federal contractors owe more than $3 billion in back taxes. “At the minimum,” said President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), “every ...

Washington, D.C.—In a major victory for First Amendment rights at a time when the federal government is increasingly seeking to restrict such rights under the guise of security, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) will conduct a public rally protesting certain White House actions on the federal sidewalk outside of one of the largest federal buildings ...

Washington, D.C.—The head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today criticized as “premature and speculative” government estimates of savings from contracting out—and warned that continuing efforts to turn over federal work to the private sector is taking a substantial toll on the institutional knowledge agencies need to fulfill their ...

Washington, D.C.—The head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today reiterated her strong objections—echoed by earlier criticisms from members of Congress and from within the agency itself—to an Internal Revenue Service plan to sharply cut back the important face-to-face and telephone assistance it offers the nation’s taxpayers. “When this plan ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today warned that taxpayers are facing two harsh blows from the Internal Revenue Service that will wipe out a great many of the important gains the agency has made in its customer service in recent years. The agency’s planned cutback in assistance to America’s taxpayers is coming as ...