Take Advantage of Education Opportunities at the Winpisinger Center
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.…
Read MoreHouse Committee Seeks to Strip Federal Employee Due Process Protections
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…
Read MoreThe Inequality of GS and WG Pay Systems
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.…
Read MoreOPM Issues Guidance for Implementing the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
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…
Read More1.3% Pay Increase Final in Spending Bill, Looking Ahead to 2016
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…
Read MorePresident Obama Grants Federal Employees Half Day of Holiday Leave
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,…
Read MoreCongress Looks to Punt Government Funding Deadline Five Days
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…
Read MoreLocal 1450 Scores Two Big Wins for Bargaining Unit Employees
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…
Read MoreOPM Releases Information About 2016 Federal Employee Pay Adjustments
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,…
Read MorePresident Dougan to Senate: Time is Now to Protect our Nation from Wildfires
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.…
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