August 14, 2015
Last month at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Penn., the leadership of NFFE Local 1429 established an organizing committee and laid out a plan to substantially grow the membership of…
August 10, 2015
Before leaving town for August recess, the Senate passed HR 1531, the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA). This comes in the wake of the House passing the LMFWA in July. And…
August 4, 2015
In 2013, the National Council disseminated the first edition of the Labor Management Forum Reporting Tool developed by the Problem Resolution Subcommittee to: (1) provide a mechanism for labor management…
July 30, 2015
The Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) continues its march toward enactment into law. Yesterday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) unanimously approved H.R. 1531, the House…
July 28, 2015
Congress is on the verge of stripping due process rights from every non-management Veterans Affairs (VA) employee – including whistleblowers and the over 100,000 veterans employed by the VA. Supporters…
July 27, 2015
Last week was a particularly big week for federal employee issues on Capitol Hill, with lawmakers rushing to finish up legislative work ahead of the August recess. Below are the…
July 23, 2015
In June, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced the discovery of a data breach that compromised the personnel files of 4.2 federal employees. Following a subsequent investigation, it was…
July 21, 2015
In June, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced the discovery of a data breach that compromised the personnel files of 4.2 federal employees. Following a subsequent investigation, it was…
July 16, 2015
Earlier this week, NFFE, in collaboration with the Federal Workers Alliance (FWA), delivered a letter to President Obama expressing the frustrations federal employees are feeling in the wake of the…
July 9, 2015
In April, Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL) introduced the inappropriately-titled VA Accountability Act of 2015 (H.R. 1994), a bill that seeks to strip Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees of critical…
