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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

This past weekend, the Senate approved a $1.1 trillion funding bill that will keep the government funded through the end of Sept. 2015 (excluding the Department of Homeland Security, which…