News Articles

White House Calls for Discretionary Spending Freeze; Impact on Federal Workers Unclear
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama proposed a three-year discretionary spending freeze on federal funding that is not related to national security. For agencies not exempted from the budget freeze, it is too soon to tell what the impact for each will be. The freeze is proposed to take effect in Fiscal Year 2011.
News Item  ·  National Federation of Federal Employees  ·  Jan 28, 2010

Double your Donations to Help Haiti with Union Plus
Survivors of the massive earthquake that struck Haiti need your help. The city is devastated. The number of dead and injured is estimated to be more than 100,000. Your donation will help rush life-saving relief supplies including food, clean water, medical supplies, blankets and tents to the Haitian people.
News Item  ·  National Federation of Federal Employees  ·  Jan 28, 2010

NFFE Wins Election to Represent Forest Service Human Resource Management Employees
Yesterday, employees in the U.S. Forest Service Human Resources Management (HRM) department in Albuquerque, NM voted in favor of representation by the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE). Nearly 65% of the bargaining unit turned out to vote yesterday, a very high turnout for a union election.
News Item  ·  National Federation of Federal Employees  ·  Jan 21, 2010

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Press Releases

Statement of National President Dougan Regarding Proposed FY 2011 Pay Adjustment
Following the release of the Administration’s fiscal year 2011 budget proposal, William R. Dougan, National President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, a national union representing approximately 110,000 federal workers government-wide, issued the following statement.
Press Release  ·  Feb 1, 2010

FEEA Ready to Help Feds Affected by Haiti Earthquake
The Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) announced its FEEA Natural Disaster Fund is available to provide grant assistance to civilian federal employees affected by Tuesday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti.
Press Release  ·  Jan 14, 2010

Newly Formed 'Federal Workers Alliance' to Strengthen Federal Sector Union Advocacy
Monday, twenty-one labor unions, collectively representing more than 300,000 federal workers announced the formation of the Federal Workers Alliance (FWA). The newly formed coalition is dedicated to fighting for the interests of federal workers.
Press Release  ·  Jan 12, 2010

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News Feeds

Army bases face funding gap this year
Service leaders will shift money from other accounts to make up for shortfalls.
News Item  ·  Govexec  ·  Feb 8, 2010  

Murtha dies at 77 after hospitalization
Pennsylvania Democrat supported the original resolution sending U.S. troops to Iraq, but later argued for bringing service members home.
News Item  ·  Govexec  ·  Feb 8, 2010  

Labor coalition raises questions about generic drug prices for some feds
Report comes as Congress considers regulation of pharmacy benefit managers in federal health plan.
News Item  ·  Govexec  ·  Feb 8, 2010  

Federal employees' top needs for advancing their career
The Merit Systems Protection Board asked federal employees which behaviors and characteristics help advance a federal career. Here are the top such factors, along with the percentage of employees who said it would be helpful:
News Item  ·  Joe Davidson's Federal Diary  ·  Feb 4, 2010  

Commerce breach of personal data just the tip of the iceberg
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, addressing the worries of department employees whose personal information was released on the Internet, told them Thursday, "These failures are simply unacceptable."
News Item  ·  Joe Davidson's Federal Diary  ·  Feb 4, 2010  

Allegations of bias at the Air Marshal Service
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has urged Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and the department's inspector general to investigate allegations of widespread discrimination and retaliation in the agency.
News Item  ·  Joe Davidson's Federal Diary  ·  Feb 3, 2010  

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