April 5, 2013
President Obama is planning to include upwards of $35 billion in cuts to federal retirement in his forthcoming budget proposal, according to the Washington Post. The plan was revealed in…
April 4, 2013
With billions more in sequestration cuts to meet next year, senior Department of Defense (DoD) officials are suggesting reductions in force may be necessary to meet the strict budget targets.…
April 1, 2013
This year’s first edition of the National Federation of Federal Employees’ (NFFE) quarterly newsletter, the Federal Employee, is now available! Featuring a detailed list of the latest anti-federal worker proposals…
March 28, 2013
Lobbying elected officials is critical in our efforts to improve the lives of federal workers across the country. Every day NFFE lobbies Congress and the Administration to ensure that our…
March 27, 2013
In a surprise announcement this week, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced that it would reduce the number of mandatory employee furlough days from 22 to 14. The announcement came…
March 27, 2013
Following the approval of both the House and Senate last week, President Obama signed into law a continuing resolution to fund the government through the remainder of 2013. The measure…
March 22, 2013
Thursday, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced that it would be delaying the issuance of furlough notices to hundreds of thousands of civilian employees in response to questions over funding…
March 22, 2013
Less than 24 hours after Congress cleared a continuing resolution to fund the government through the remainder of 2013, the House of Representatives succeeded in passing a budget resolution for…
March 21, 2013
Wednesday evening, the Senate passed its version of the continuing resolution, a funding measure poised to keep the government open through the end of the fiscal year in September. Though…
March 20, 2013
As Unionists we have all run into situations where we simply don’t have the requisite knowledge or experience to effectively conduct our representational duties and union functions. In times like…