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Chairman Green, Ranking Member Thompson, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you 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 29,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers, Agriculture Specialists and trade enforcement and ...

Washington D.C. – The political failure to re-open the federal government has become untenable for federal employees who cannot wait any longer for the paychecks they are owed, NTEU National President Tony Reardon said today. Since last week, Reardon has escalated his demands that Congress and the administration find a way to pay federal employees ...

WASHINGTON – A president hostile to the civil service could not take away the due process rights of frontline federal employees under a draft rule published today by the Office of Personnel Management.      Under the proposal, federal employees forced to move from the merit-based competitive service to the excepted service under a new Schedule F would retain ...

Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Neal, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you 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 29,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers, Agriculture Specialists and trade enforcement and compliance ...

Chairman Murphy, Ranking Member Britt and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you 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 29,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) CBP Officers, Agriculture ...

The Administration has requested a 10 percent increase ($372 million above the FY23 enacted level) for the Food & Drug Administration (FDA).  The total FDA budget request is for $7.2 billion of which $3.93 billion would come from funds appropriated by Congress, $2.5 billion from medical products user fees, and $700 million from tobacco user fees.  NTEU ...

Food & Drug Administration The Administration has requested a 10 percent increase ($372 million above the FY23 enacted level) for the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). The total FDA budget request is for $7.2 billion of which $3.93 billion would come from funds appropriated by Congress, $2.5 billion from medical products user fees, and $700 million from ...

Washington D.C.  – Bipartisan legislation to keep the merit-based federal workforce from being politicized was introduced today and endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union.  The Saving the Civil Service Act would prevent attempts to replace skilled, qualified career public servants with people chosen for their partisanship. The bill is sponsored by ...

Washington D.C. – Federal employees would receive an average 8.7 percent pay raise in 2024 under legislation introduced today and endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union.   “Using fresh economic data, Congress and the administration can make federal pay adjustments that reflect current conditions, and this year’s proposal is on target,” said NTEU ...

Washington D.C. – The backlog of unprocessed tax returns at the IRS is now dramatically smaller according to an internal watchdog report, which is a testament to the surge of frontline employees committed to tackling the problem and making sure the agency is better prepared for the fast-approaching 2023 tax filing season.    The National Taxpayer Advocate’s ...

We made our voices heard. NTEU prides ourselves on having a strong collective voice, and that was on full display in 2022. Throughout the year, we made sure lawmakers and the administration got the federal employee perspective on our issues. And leading up to the midterm elections, our members nationwide volunteered to get-out-the-vote, helping to ...

An October 2020 executive order from then-President Trump threatened the nonpartisan professional workforce by potentially moving thousands of jobs into a newly created Schedule F, eliminating their due process protections and allowing them to be fired at will, with little recourse. President Biden rescinded the Trump order within hours of his ...

Washington D.C. – Federal employee salaries in 2022 have fallen further behind the private sector, according to new data released Friday by the Federal Salary Council.  Federal employees on average earned 24.09 percent less this year than their counterparts in the private sector. In 2021, the gap was 22.47 percent.  “As any federal employee can tell you, it’s ...

Washington D.C. – Political ads that deliberately lie about the IRS and its employees are a shameful new ploy that is misleading voters about their own government and endangering hard-working civil servants, said Tony Reardon, national president of the National Treasury Employees Union.   “House and Senate candidates across the country are using deceit and ...