February 12, 2015
Last Thursday, Representative Donna Edwards (D-Md.) introduced a bill that would rollback recent increases to pension contributions for federal employees. The bill would restore pension contributions made by federal employees…
February 4, 2015
On Monday, President Obama released his fiscal year 2016 (FY16) budget that laid out his funding priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. For federal workers, some of the most notable…
January 28, 2015
On Monday, a group of House lawmakers held a press conference to unveil the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (FEPPLA), legislation providing federal employees six weeks of paid parental…
January 23, 2015
Earlier this month, the Office of Personnel Management released data on the state of the 2014 federal workforce showing that the federal government shed around 21,000 jobs in FY14. That…
January 22, 2015
With nearly 2 million employees, the federal government is the largest employer in the country. Managing the largest workforce in the country has its challenges, but it also has the…
January 19, 2015
Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Dr. King was a pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He was one of the people responsible…
January 16, 2015
On Thursday, President Obama signed a presidential memorandum directing federal agencies to advance up to six weeks of paid sick leave to federal employees with a new child, employees caring…
January 9, 2015
With the new Congress being sworn in this week in Washington, freshmen and veteran lawmakers are getting accustomed to their new colleagues that they will be working with over the…
January 5, 2015
Despite only being in the fourth year of his first term, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is in line to become the new Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government…
December 19, 2014
As families around the country rush to finish last-minute college applications during the holiday season, do not forget about the countless scholarship opportunities available to NFFE-IAM members and their children/spouses.…
