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  • IAM Launches GoIAM 3.0 at 2009 Communications Conference

    This past week, delegates from across the U.S. and Canada met in Vancouver, British Columbia, to discuss the union’s strategy for staying on the forefront of 21st century communications. “There is no question about what’s more important to the local lodge,” said IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger to the full room of local and district…
  • NFFE Goes Green with New-Look Federal Employee

    A communication and organizing tool since the union’s earliest days, the Federal Employee newsletter is a potent symbol of NFFE’s strength and continuity as a union. Though its appearance may have changed with time, its intrinsic value has remained. After months of hard work, today NFFE is proud to introduce the new and improved Federal…
  • NFFE Welcomes New National Business Representative David Stamey

    This week, National President Dougan announced that David Stamey will become NFFE’s newest National Business Representative, filling the slot vacated by now-National Assistant Directing Business Representative James Davis. Stamey, a 21 year veteran of the federal workforce and 15 year NFFE member, holds extensive labor relations experience at the Local, Regional, and National Levels. At…
  • President Dougan Talks Pay Reform at Blacks in Government Conference

    Yesterday, NFFE National President William R. Dougan sat on a panel with several other federal employee representatives to discuss federal pay reform at the Blacks in Government (BIG) conference in Baltimore, Maryland. At the conference, President Dougan made it clear that NFFE would never support a pay for performance system resembling NSPS, and reiterated his…
  • NFFE Local 1998, National Office, Win Big in 2009 IAM Communications Contest

    Thursday, the IAM announced the winners of its annual Newsletter and Website Contest, a competition that honors excellence and innovation in both print and digital media. Out of a field of hundreds of Locals and Districts, one name appeared time and time again: NFFE-IAM. In fact, NFFE Local 1998 and the National Office won a…
  • Senate Unanimously Confirms FLRA Nominees

    Friday, the Senate confirmed by unanimous consent the appointments of Julia Akins-Clark as General Counsel and Ernest DuBester as Member to the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Both appointees have extensive backgrounds in federal labor relations, each having served federal employees in some capacity for nearly two decades. Prior to her appointment as FLRA General Counsel,…
  • Key Federal Workforce Initiatives Suffer Setback in Congress

    Last week, an effort to advance several key federal workforce initiatives in Congress suffered a major setback after the amendment was withdrawn from consideration in the Senate’s version of the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Authorization bill. The amendment, introduced by Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) was unexpectedly filibustered by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), and was ultimately…
  • A Message from National President William R. Dougan

    In accordance with the Bylaws of the National Federation of Federal Employees, National-Secretary Treasurer William R. Dougan has succeeded the late Richard N. Brown as NFFE National President. Having resumed business on July 14, 2009, following the funeral proceedings, William R. Dougan released the following statement: Brothers and Sisters: It is with great sorrow and…
  • Congress Sending Mixed Messages on Pay Parity

    This week, key committees in both houses of Congress approved figures for this year’s federal pay adjustment, however they arrived at very different results. Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee endorsed a 2.9 percent civilian federal employee pay adjustment for fiscal year 2010. This compares to a 2 percent pay adjustment passed earlier in the week…
  • National President Dougan Talks the Issues with USDA Leadership

    Last Thursday, NFFE National President William R. Dougan sat down with key Department leadership at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC, to discuss key issues affecting USDA employees across the country. Meeting with Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment Jay Jensen, Chief of Staff to the USDA Secretary, John Norris, and a number…