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Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
IRS Assistance for Taxpayers Experiencing Economic Difficulties

Chairman Lewis, Ranking Member Boustany, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on IRS assistance for taxpayers experiencing economic difficulties. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers in 31 agencies, ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
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
05/03/2016
Immigration and Border Security

Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Baucus, distinguished members of the Committee; I would like to thank the Committee 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 15,000 Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPOs) and trade enforcement ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Customs Budget Authorization And Other Customs Issues

Chairman Shaw, Ranking Member Cardin, distinguished members of the Committee: I would like to thank the Committee 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 15,000 Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPOs) and trade enforcement ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Establishing A Commission To Recommend Improvements For The Federal Employees Appeals Process

Chairman Porter, Ranking Member Danny Davis and members of the House Government Reform Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and Agency Operation, my name is Colleen M. Kelley and I am National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). I appreciate the opportunity to present this statement on behalf of NTEU on the proposal to establish a ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Transportation Security Administration Personnel System

Chairman Akaka, Ranking Member Voinovich, distinguished members of the Subcommittee; I would like to thank the subcommittee for the opportunity to testify on the extension of collective bargaining rights to the employees at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Increase Federal Telework Options

Chairman Davis, Ranking Member Marchant and members of the House Committee on Government Reform, my name is Colleen M. Kelley and I am National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). NTEU represents 150,000 federal workers in 31 agencies and departments. We appreciate the chance to present this testimony to the Subcommittee. Under ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Human Capital Issues at the Department of Homeland Security

Chairman Carney, Ranking Member Rogers, I would like to thank the subcommittee for the opportunity to testify on human capital issues 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 employees, 15,000 of whom are Customs and Border Protection ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
The Federal Workforce

Chairman Serrano, Ranking Member Regula, distinguished members of the Subcommittee; I would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify on the subject of federal workforce issues under consideration by the Subcommittee. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union, I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers in 30 agencies and ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Enhancing Employee Performance: The Federal Workforce Performance Appraisal and Management Improvement Act And The Federal Supervisor Training Act

Chairman Voinovich, Ranking Member Akaka, members of the subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to testify today at this important hearing on enhancing employee performance. SUPERVISOR TRAINING Let me first address the Akaka bill on supervisor training and section 3 of S. 3492, which deals with the same issue. Section 3 mandates the establishment of ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Fiscal Year 2007 IRS Budget

NTEU represents l50,000 federal employees in 30 federal agencies and departments, including the men and women who work at the Internal Revenue Service. I appreciate the opportunity to provide the Subcommittee with comments on the IRS budget for fiscal year 2007. There are several items in the Administration’s IRS budget that NTEU believes would be ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Authorization of Customs snd Trade Functions

Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Baucus, distinguished members of the Committee; I would like to thank the Committee 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 15,000 Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPOs) and trade enforcement ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Customs and Border Protection Issues (Senate)

Chairman Gregg, Ranking Member Byrd, 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 15,000 Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPOs) and trade enforcement ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Fiscal Year 2007 IRS Budget

NTEU represents l50,000 federal employees in 30 federal agencies and departments, including the men and women who work at the Internal Revenue Service. I appreciate the opportunity to provide the Subcommittee with comments on the IRS budget for fiscal year 2007. There are several items in the Administration’s IRS budget that NTEU believes would be ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
What Price Free Speech? Whistleblowers and the Ceballos Decision

The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) thanks the Committee for this opportunity to address the significant adverse consequences that the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Garcetti v. Ceballos, 126 S. Ct. 1951, 2006 U.S. LEXIS 4341, 74 U.S.L.W. 4257 (May 30, 2006), has on federal employees and the public at large. NTEU has a long tradition of fighting ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Federal Family Health Information Technology Act

Chairman Porter, Ranking Member Davis, and members of the House Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, my name is Colleen M. Kelley and I am National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). I am always grateful to come before this subcommittee and to have the opportunity to present this testimony today on behalf of ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Human Capital Issues At The Department Of Homeland Security

Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Meek, I would like to thank the subcommittee for the opportunity to testify on human capital issues 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 employees, 15,000 of whom are Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
To Amend Title 5, U.S.C., to Facilitate the Temporary Reemployment of Federal Annuitants

Chairman Davis, Ranking Member Marchant, members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to present the views of the National Treasury Employees Union on H.R. 3579, a bill that would facilitate the reemployment of federal annuitants. The Administration has promoted this proposal as a solution for an anticipated lack of qualified federal employees ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees

Chairman Akaka, Ranking Member Voinovich, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to review the challenges to recruiting and hiring candidates for federal government jobs and to offer some recommendations in that regard. As you know, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) represents more than 150,000 federal ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Customs And Border Protection Issues

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 ...