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Congressional Testimony
07/31/2007
Federal Pay Policies and Administration

Chairman Davis, Ranking Member Marchant, and members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear again before this distinguished subcommittee to discuss the important subject of federal pay systems. As you know, the National Treasury Employees Union represents more than 150,000 federal employees in over 30 different agencies and departments ...

Congressional Testimony
03/07/2007
Closing the Tax Gap

Chairman Jones, Members of the Board, and other distinguished guests, my name is Colleen Kelley and I am the National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). As you know, NTEU represents some l50,000 federal employees in 30 federal agencies and departments, including the men and women who work at the Internal Revenue Service. I appreciate ...

Congressional Testimony
04/12/2007
Filing Your Taxes: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure

Chairman Baucus, Ranking Member Grassley, and distinguished members of the Committee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the 2007 Tax Filing Season and the Administration’s FY ’08 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing ...

Congressional Testimony
02/19/2008
HOW THE IRS CAN ATTRACT TALENT, DEVELOP AND RETAIN KEY EMPLOYEES, AND BEST PRACTICES FOR BUILDING FUTURE LEADERS

Chairman Cherecwich, Members of the Board, and other distinguished guests, my name is Colleen Kelley and I am the National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). As you know, NTEU represents some l50,000 federal employees in 31 federal agencies and departments, including the men and women who work at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). I ...

Congressional Testimony
03/20/2007
Internal Revenue Service Operations and the Tax Gap

Chairman Lewis, Ranking Member Ramstad, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on IRS operations and the tax gap. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers in 30 agencies including the men and women at the ...

Congressional Testimony
09/16/2008
SSA Administration

Good Morning Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee. My name is James Hill. I have worked as an Attorney-Adviser in the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (formerly the Office of Hearings and Appeals) for over 25 years. I am also the President of Chapter 224 of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) that represents Attorney-Advisers ...

Congressional Testimony
03/05/2009
Putting People First: A Way Forward for the Homeland Security Workforce

Chairman Carney, Ranking Member Bilirakis, I would like to thank the subcommittee for the opportunity to testify on the current state of affairs regarding personnel practices and workforce challenges at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal ...

Congressional Testimony
04/22/2009
Public Service in the 21st Century: An Examination of the State of the Federal Workforce

Chairman Lynch, Ranking Member Chaffetz, and members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before this distinguished subcommittee. I would like to congratulate both of you in your new capacities as chair and ranking member of the subcommittee that has the important mission of overseeing the federal government’s workforce. These are ...

Congressional Testimony
09/24/2008
S. 2521, the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act

Good morning Chairman Lieberman, Ranking Member Collins and members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. My name is Colleen M. Kelley and I am National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). NTEU is the nation’s largest independent federal sector labor union, representing workers at 31 government ...

Congressional Testimony
05/14/2009
Protecting the Protectors: An Assessment of Front-line Federal Workers in Response to the Swine Flu (H1N1) Outbreak

Chairman Lynch, Ranking Member Chaffetz, distinguished members of the Subcommittee; I would like to thank the Subcommittee for the opportunity to provide this testimony. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents thousands of Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) at the Department of ...

Congressional Testimony
06/09/2009
Administration's FY 2010 Budget Request for the IRS

Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Collins, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the Administration’s FY 2010 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers ...

Congressional Testimony
05/19/2009
Administration's FY 2010 Budget Request for the IRS

Chairman Serrano, Ranking Member Emerson, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the Administration’s FY 2010 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers ...

Congressional Testimony
05/23/2007
IRS Private Tax Collection Program

Chairman Rangel, Ranking Member McCrery, and distinguished members of the committee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on IRS’ private tax collection program. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers in 31 agencies, including the men and women at the ...

Congressional Testimony
06/04/2009
Administration's FY 2010 Budget Request for the IRS

Chairman Lewis, Ranking Member Boustany, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the Administration’s FY 2010 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers ...

Congressional Testimony
04/17/2009
CBP Issues At The Ports Of Entry

Chairman Price, Ranking Member Rogers, distinguished members of the Subcommittee; I would like to thank the Subcommittee for the opportunity to provide this testimony. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 22,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement ...

Congressional Testimony
07/12/2007
Merit System Protection Board - Submitted for the Record

The National Treasury Employees Union, the largest independent federal sector union representing more than 150,000 federal employees in 31 agencies and departments, welcomes this opportunity to offer its views on the effectiveness of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), as this Subcommittee considers ...

Congressional Testimony
05/09/2007
Internal Revenue Service Budget for FY 2008

Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Brownback, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the Administration’s FY ’08 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers ...

Congressional Testimony
07/17/2007
Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center

Good morning Chairman Stupak, Ranking Member Whitfield, Chairman Dingell and members of the Subcommittee. I thank you for your interest and allowing me this valuable opportunity to speak on behalf of my friends and colleagues at the Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center (WEAC) and the citizens of this nation at this critical juncture at a time when the ...

Congressional Testimony
06/19/2007
Ensuring We Have Well-Trained Boots On The Ground At The Border

Chairman Carney, Ranking Member Rogers, I would like to thank the subcommittee for the opportunity to testify on training of frontline Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPOs) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 18,000 Customs ...

Congressional Testimony
07/31/2008
Federal Pay Policies and Administration

Chairman Davis, Ranking Member Marchant, and members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear again before this distinguished subcommittee to discuss the important subject of federal pay systems. As you know, the National Treasury Employees Union represents more than 150,000 federal employees in over 30 different agencies and departments ...