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Washington, D.C.—The necessary first step in any successful effort to reshape the federal government has to be a full accounting of the massive and growing contractor workforce that is increasingly performing the work of the American people, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees said today. President Colleen M. Kelley of ...

Washington, D.C.—There are meaningful ways to improve the federal government’s contracting process, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers said today, but revisions proposed by the administration to that process fall short. The government’s reckless proposals are a missed opportunity that does little more than eliminate the ...

Washington, D.C.— Legislation passed last night by the Senate to establish a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a “great disappointment” and is most notable not for what the bill contains, but for what is missing, NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley said. “The homeland security bill passed by the House and the Senate leaves employees who will transfer ...

Washington, D.C.—The president of the union representing some 98,000 employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today expressed the willingness of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) to work with newly-named IRS commissioner-designate Mark Everson on the “continuing and very important issues” facing the IRS and its employees. Everson, deputy ...

Washington, D.C.—The results of the midterm elections present federal employees with “both opportunities and challenges,” particularly on the key matter of educating newly-elected legislators about the substantial contributions to the nation of the federal workforce, the leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) said today. “The work of NTEU on ...

Washington, D.C.— The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) required latest FAIR Act submissions by federal agencies to include for the first time a listing of federal jobs considered “inherently governmental.” National Treasury Employees Union President Colleen M. Kelley said while the administration is pushing ahead with its plans to create a “one-stop ...

Washington, D.C.— The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today announced proposed changes in contracting out rules that would put federal workers and American taxpayers at a great disadvantage when it comes to public-private competition for federal government work. In announcing draft proposals in the rules governing competitions between the private sector ...

Washington, D.C.— While the U.S. Customs Service admits it is 4,700 personal radiation detectors short of what is needed for front-line employees, President Bush continues to erroneously claim that the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has or would block their distribution and use, said NTEU National President Colleen M. Kelley. “President Bush has ...

Washington, D.C.— Hoping to hit a home run for the administration in opposing the Nelson-Chafee-Breaux bipartisan compromise amendment to homeland security legislation pending in the Senate, a group of federal senior executives struck out in its understanding of what the amendment would do. Strike One: In a letter to senators, the Senior Executive ...

The Homeland Security debate has resulted in the Administration and some members of Congress making inaccurate statements at public events and to the media. There have been several unwarranted attacks on the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) and the some 12,000 U. S. Customs inspectors and canine enforcement officers represented by NTEU. The attached ...

Washington, D.C.—The president of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has taken sharp issue with an administration suggestion that, despite House and Senate rejection of its quota-driven plan to contract out hundreds of thousands of federal jobs, it may try to move even more jobs to the private sector. “With public pronouncements like that,” said ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) “cannot and will not” support any provision that permits the president to strip federal employees of their union rights “by simply submitting a report to Congress,” said NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley. As Senate Republicans began efforts to weaken homeland security legislation advanced by Sen. ...

Washington, D.C.—The fight to prevent the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) from cutting one-third of its Trademark attorney workforce at the end of this month is “far, far from over,” National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) President Colleen M. Kelley told a boisterous noon rally of union members outside the Crystal City, VA, headquarters of PTO. “We are ...

Washington, D.C.—Today’s bipartisan approval by the full House of Representatives of an amendment prohibiting the use of numeric quotas to contract out the jobs of federal workers sends a clear signal to the administration to stop efforts to arbitrarily open up 425,000 federal jobs to the private sector, the head of the nation’s largest independent federal ...

Washington, D.C.—Approval by the House of Representatives of the 2003 Treasury Appropriations Bill that contains a 4.1 percent pay raise for federal civilian employees “is a very positive step” in efforts by the federal government to address its serious recruitment and retention problems, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers ...

Washington, D.C.—More than 40 federal agencies rely on employees of the Customs Service to ensure compliance with import laws and regulations affecting their missions, a responsibility that underscores the importance of keeping Customs as a separate entity within a Department of Homeland Security, the leader of the union representing Customs employees said ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees hailed as “critically important steps in the right direction” yesterday’s approval by the Senate Appropriations Committee of a 4.1 percent 2003 pay raise for federal civilian employees and language that would block the use of quotas by the administration in determining ...

Washington, D.C.—Given the anti-union and anti-worker actions of this administration since its first days in office, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has “no confidence whatsoever” in promises by Bush administration officials that they will respect the civil service rights of federal employees placed in a new Department of Homeland Security, NTEU ...

Washington, D.C.—The reasons the “quiet crisis” in public service “has escalated to a fever pitch” over the past dozen years are clear, National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) President Colleen M. Kelley told a meeting of the National Commission on Public Service today. “Inadequate pay and benefits, blind contracting out targets, artificially restricted ...

Washington, D.C.—National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) President Colleen M. Kelley has applauded the Senate Treasury Postal Appropriations Subcommittee for voting in opposition to the administration’s use of arbitrary quotas to make contracting decisions. She also welcomed yesterday’s vote by the subcommittee in support of a 4.1 percent 2003 pay raise for ...