January 9, 2014
On January 1, 2014 GS federal employees ended their three-year pay freeze with a modest 1 percent pay adjustment. While that was a positive development, Congress failed to make the…
January 8, 2014
January is a time when we often reflect on what we accomplished during the previous year, and what we hope to achieve during the New Year. People often set goals…
December 18, 2013
Congress just can’t seem to do anything right these days. By taking no action to prevent it, Congress allowed a much-needed one percent pay adjustment for General Schedule (GS) federal…
December 16, 2013
Last week, the Budget Conference Committee announced that it had reached an agreement, unveiling the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. The bill was then passed by a 332-94 vote in…
December 6, 2013
Right now on Capitol Hill, House and Senate lawmakers are negotiating a budget deal to fund the federal government through the end of Fiscal Year 2014. Inexplicably, some lawmakers are…
December 3, 2013
With less than two weeks remaining before the Dec. 13 deadline, the Congressional Budget Conference faces mounting pressure to reach an agreement to keep the government funded beyond Jan. 15.…
November 20, 2013
To view full letter sent, click here. — Dear Chairmen Murray & Ryan and Ranking Members Sessions & Van Hollen, As you work to reconcile the Senate and House budget proposals,…
November 19, 2013
Employees of the Army Contracting Command (ACC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Gunpowder, MD have a rich history of NFFE/IAM representation. However, a recent agency realignment brought a new group…
November 13, 2013
Last Thursday, the Senate passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) with a bipartisan vote of 64-32. The bill seeks to further workplace equality and drew the praise of numerous LGBT…
November 11, 2013
“And so the greatest of American triumphs… became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades.” — Robert M. Gates, 1996 Each…
