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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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,…

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…

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…

“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…