January 21, 2016
Get the bulletin board-ready story, here. Access to specialized educational courses at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center is one of the many benefits of being a NFFE-IAM member.…
January 15, 2016
Get the bulletin board-ready story, here. On Tuesday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chaired by Representative Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, conducted a legislative markup hearing that had a slew of…
January 11, 2016
As federal employees are just now recognizing the 1.3 percent pay adjustment authorized in the 2015 year-end government funding bill, this pay adjustment has two noteworthy differences from years past.…
January 5, 2016
On December 29, 2015, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued its long-awaited guidance on implementation of the Land Management Workforce flexibility Act (LMWFA). This new law makes long-serving and successful temporary…
December 30, 2015
Congress passed a government funding bill for 2016, eliminating the possibility of a government shutdown in 2015, and a 1.3 percent pay adjustment goes into effect for federal employees on…
December 16, 2015
Late Friday afternoon, President Obama signed an Executive Order excusing executive branch non-Postal Service employees from duty for the last half of the scheduled workday on Thursday, December 24, 2015,…
December 10, 2015
Despite repeated promises by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to pass a government funding bill, it does not appear as if Congress is headed towards any comprehensive spending package…
December 8, 2015
Recently, NFFE Local 1450, representing United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) employees in California, Nevada, Arizona & Albuquerque (SWONAP only) (Region IX), has scored two big wins…
December 3, 2015
Earlier this week, OPM released information regarding the specific pay adjustments federal employees will receive in 2016. Federal employees are scheduled to receive a 1.3 percent pay adjustment in 2016,…
November 12, 2015
On November 5, NFFE National President William R. Dougan testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry regarding the threat wildfires impose on public and private lands.…