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AFL-CIO
May 11, 2008 Happy Mother’s Day—Now Get Back to Work This Mother's Day, we’d like to wish every mother a Happy Mother’s Day. Today is the day we show how much we appreciate the innumerable contributions that mothers have made to our lives and our country in a big way. This is one of the busiest days of the year for restaurants,... AFL-CIO more
May 10, 2008 Massachusetts AFL-CIO Program Awards $1 Million in Scholarships More than 200 high school seniors received scholarships from the Massachusetts AFL-CIO. Higher education is no longer a far off dream parents once had for their children but a necessity in today’s economy—and an expensive necessity at that. Recent studies show... AFL-CIO more
Govexec
May 9, 2008 Largest federal labor union endorses Obama American Federation of Government Employees President John Gage, a Democratic superdelegate, also commits to personally backing the candidate. Govexec more
May 9, 2008 Defense to review 'unnecessary duplication' among services Critics have complained that vast sums of money are wasted due to the military operating four air forces, two land armies and overlapping intelligence and space programs. Govexec more
May 9, 2008 From NextGov.com: Bill lays out stricter info security requirements for DHS Conducting vulnerability tests against known cyberattacks and setting requirements for the CIO post would be part of a bill that fixes shortcomings in a federal security law. Govexec more
May 9, 2008 Blackwater unlikely to face charges in Iraq shooting Company likely will keep its multimillion-dollar contract to protect U.S. diplomats. Govexec more
May 9, 2008 GSA's draft acquisition system guidelines aim for standardization Agency hopes the new rules will promote financial system compatibility and further automation of the contracting process. Govexec more
Stephen Barr's Federal Diary
May 11, 2008 For Defense, Crunching the Numbers Is Half the Battle It has more than 3 million employees, more than 600,000 buildings and does business in 134 countries. Stephen Barr's Federal Diary more
May 8, 2008 Senators Urge Government To Streamline Hiring Process The federal hiring process is broken and needs a quick fix, two senators with a keen interest in government management said yesterday. Stephen Barr's Federal Diary more
May 6, 2008 Hiring After the Baby-Boom Brain Drain The Federal Aviation Administration. The Social Security Administration. The National Science Foundation. The Treasury Department. Stephen Barr's Federal Diary more
Apr 29, 2008 Brown Testifies Before House Subcommittee on TSP Today, NFFE National President Richard N. Brown testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia. National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Apr 22, 2008 Veterans� Groups Briefed on 7422 Bill Last week, representatives from NFFE and other unions representing Department of Veterans� Affairs (VA) workers briefed a number of Veterans� Service Organizations (VSOs) on HR 4089 and S 2824, legislation that would restore a meaningful scope of bargaining to Title 38 VA health care providers.... National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Apr 16, 2008 Senator Rockefeller Introduces Bill to Maintain Meaningful Collective Bargaining for Veterans� Affairs Nurses and Doctors Over the last several months, NFFE has been lobbying Congress to adopt a bill (HR 4089) that would restore a meaningful scope of bargaining for Title 38 workers at the Department of Veterans� Affairs (VA). Just last week, Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced a companion bill in the Senate... National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Dec 4, 2007 Lobbying Begins on Bill to Maintain Meaningful Collective Bargaining for Veterans’ Affairs Nurses and Doctors Last week in Washington, NFFE began lobbying efforts in support of HR 4089. This bill was recently introduced in the House, and would restore a meaningful scope of bargaining for Title 38 workers at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. The current objective is to recruit additional lawmakers... National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Oct 2, 2007 NFFE Local 1998 President Appears on CNN Colin Walle, National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) Local 1998 President, recently appeared on CNN to discuss the unprecedented volume of passport applications received by the Department of State this year, and the resulting consequences for passport adjudicators. more...
Mar 9, 2007 NFFE Forest Service Council Addresses Competitive Sourcing Early for FY08 Washington, DC – Last week, the NFFE Forest Service Council’s Red Team—aptly named with the goal of keeping the Forest Service in red on the President’s red/yellow/green management scorecard for competitive sourcing—stormed Capitol Hill with the goal of laying the groundwork for a... National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Oct 28, 2006 Civilian Federal Pay Raises Are No Guarantee Over the last several years, the White House and their majority friends in Congress have displayed a disturbing pattern of attempting to whittle away at civilian federal pay increases. more...
Oct 18, 2006 Pentagon to Address NSPS in Next Congressional Session In the next Congressional session, the Department of Defense is going to approach legislators and request additional concessions on NSPS. The current majority in Congress is likely to rubber stamp practically anything DoD asks for, to the detriment of Defense workers who stand to lose collective... more...
Oct 13, 2006 FEEA Celebrates 20 Years of Helping Federal Employees This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA), a non-profit organization providing aid to civilian federal and postal employees. Former NFFE National President Jim Pierce was one of the organization's founders, and current National President... more...
Oct 12, 2006 2006 Elections Have Big Implications for Feds The 2006 elections are less than a month away. On November 7th, one of the most critical mid-term elections in decades will take place, and hanging in the balance is the majority status in both houses of the United States Congress. more...
Oct 3, 2006 Forest Service Law Enforcement Officers to Receive Back Pay Thanks to the diligence of the Forest Service Council and its Law Enforcement and Investigations (LEI) Committee, non-exempt Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) will now receive paid meal breaks. more...
Dec 1, 2005 Federal Employees Get 3.1% Raise in ‘06 Federal employees will receive a 3.1% average pay increase for fiscal year 2006. On November 18th, the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly (392 to 31) to adopt the Transportation-Treasury-Housing Appropriations conference report which included the pay raise. The measure was adopted... more...
Dec 1, 2005 Congress Adopts Favorable A-76 Rules Last year, a last-minute veto threat by the Bush administration blocked key provisions in the 2005 omnibus spending bill that would have made the outsourcing of federal jobs more difficult. This year things worked out better. more...
Oct 28, 2005 NSPS Regs Issued; Implementation Set for Day After Thanksgiving Yesterday, after several months of anticipation, the Department of Defense (DoD), along with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), published final regulations for the National Security Personnel System (NSPS), the Pentagon’s overhaul of personnel rules affecting collective bargaining, pay,... more...
Oct 11, 2005 Forest Service Council Takes Concerns to Congress; Comp. Sourcing and FS Budget are Primary Issues Last week the NFFE, FD 1, Forest Service Council sent a trio of Council representatives to Washington, DC for a week of lobbying and meeting with top agency officials. more...
Sep 16, 2005 Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Opens Agency Up to A-76 Studies; First Study Estimated $300 Mil. Yesterday, the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee considered several amendments to the Veterans Health Care Act of 2005 (S. 1182) at a markup in Washington, DC. Most notable was an amendment offered by Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Ranking Member on the committee, which would preserve the... more...
Aug 4, 2005 NFFE-IAM Talks NSPS With Senator Collins’ Office Yesterday in Washington, NFFE National President/DBR Richard N. Brown, IAM Director of Government Employees Frank Carelli, and NFFE Legislative Director Randy Erwin met with the office of Susan Collins (R-ME), Chairperson of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and... more...
Aug 4, 2005 VA Finally Addresses Funding Shortfall After a lengthy process, the Senate passed a $1.5 billion increase to the budget to cover veterans’ health care benefits, clearing the first spending bill for the new fiscal year beginning on October 1st. more...
Jun 23, 2005 After Struggle, Pay Parity Likely for Feds in '06 Providing pay parity for military and civilian federal employees is once again proving a controversial topic as Congress drafts the federal budget for fiscal year 2006. The battle to provide equal pay raises for federal employees is well under way, and the issue has staunch supporters from both... more...
May 2, 2005 Tone of Congress Shifting on NSPS as Meet and Confer Goes Nowhere As the meet and confer period between the Department of Defense (DoD) and employee union officials reaches the end of its second week, little progress has been made in the way of meaningful discussions that address real issues department employees have with the proposed National Security... more...
Apr 15, 2004 Senate Armed Services Committee Raises Concerns about NSPS In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing yesterday, lawmakers received testimony from Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy and Dan Blair, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management regarding the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). more...
Apr 15, 2004 Party Line Vote Kills Additional Funding for VA Senate Republicans on Tuesday struck down a Democratic-backed proposal to add $2 billion to the fiscal 2005 supplemental spending bill intended to manage a predicted surge in the need for veterans’ health care. more...

Working Families

Jan 24, 2008 Congress Looks at Impact of GPO and WEP Last week in Washington, D.C. the House Ways and Means, Social Security Subcommittee held a hearing on the impact of social security provisions affecting some public employees and their families who face hardships in retirement, or in the event of disability or death. Discussed at length were... more...
Jan 24, 2008 Congress Passes Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Authorization Bill, Again The Senate voted Tuesday to approve a revised defense bill authorizing 3.5 percent pay raise for troops while sidestepping a veto showdown with President Bush. This bill also contains favorable NSPS reform language as well as long-sought new rules for the Bush administration’s competitive... more...
Jan 24, 2008 NFFE Forest Service Council Yields Huge Legislative Wins Years of hard work and perseverance by the NFFE Forest Service Council (FSC) have come to successful fruition for its members. When the FY 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill was signed into law last month, it stopped competitive sourcing (outsourcing) in the Forest Service in its tracks. The bill... more...
Nov 14, 2007 NFFE Participates in Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Parade On November 10, representatives from the National Federation of Federal Employees proudly participated in the 25th Anniversary Vietnam Veterans Memorial Parade in Washington, DC. NFFE, along with a several or our sister unions, co-sponsored a labor float in the parade. more...
Oct 1, 2007 GSA Council Victoriously Lobbies to Halt Transfer of Contract Specialists When the contents of the fiscal year 2008 Defense Appropriations bill were made available after the House mark up, NFFE’s GSA Council was dismayed to see $21 million set aside to move 600 GSA contract specialists to the Department of Defense (DoD) to do acquisition work for the Pentagon. National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Sep 21, 2007 NFFE NEC Meets in Washington, DC Last week, NFFE’s National Executive Council (NEC) traveled to Washington for its annual board meeting. In attendance were NFFE National President Richard N. Brown, National Secretary/Treasurer Bill Dougan, First Vice President Patricia La Sala, Third Vice President Jozef Drozdowski, Fourth... more...
Sep 19, 2007 NFFE Recognized for Recent Organizing Success The National Federation of Federal Employees was honored for its recent organizing success at this year’s IAM National Staff Conference in Orlando, FL more...
Sep 17, 2007 NFFE Celebrates 90 Years of Representing Federal Employees Today, September 17, 2007, marks the ninetieth anniversary of the National Federation of Federal Employees. On this day in 1917, Florence Etheridge presented the resolution at a convention in Washington, DC to form NFFE as an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). more...
Aug 27, 2007 NFFE National President and Secretary/Treasurer Visit NFFE Local 251 Last week, NFFE National President Richard N. Brown and National Secretary/Treasurer Bill Dougan made a visit to NFFE Local 251. more...
Aug 16, 2007 Bill Dougan Elected NFFE National Secretary/Treasurer Today, Bill Dougan was named the new National Secretary/Treasurer of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) after winning the overwhelming majority of votes cast by the NFFE membership. more...
Aug 2, 2007 Call To Action: Ask Your Representative to Support the Inslee/Jones/Van Hollen Amendment to Strip Funding of NSPS! A vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to strip funding for DoD’s wasteful and anti-worker personnel system, NSPS, will take place later this week: Call your Representative TODAY, and ask him or her to support the Inslee/Jones/Van Hollen Amendment! National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Jul 25, 2007 Federal Minimum Wage Raises After 10-year Wait For the first time in ten years, minimum wage earners in the U.S. will get a long overdue raise. The 70-cent per hour raise ends the longest span without a federal minimum wage increase since it was enac ted in 1938. Raising the minimum wage was a top priority of the new Democratic-controlled... National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Jul 16, 2007 Families of Fallen Firefighters Receive NFFE-IAM Contribution Thanks to the generosity of NFFE-IAM members around the country, the families of the two NFFE members who died while battling a fire in the San Bernardino National Forest last October were recently presented with checks on behalf of the union. more...
Jun 20, 2007 Senate Holds Hearing on Passport Backlog In response to countless complaints, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing yesterday to investigate a massive backlog in the processing of passport applications more...
Jun 6, 2007 House Subcommittee Supports 3.5 Percent Pay Increase for Civilian Workers in Fiscal Year 2008 Yesterday, a key House subcommittee voted to give federal civil service workers a 3.5 percent average raise in fiscal year 2008. This move echoes the actions made in both the House and Senate to give military personnel that same rate of increase next year. more...
May 30, 2007 NFFE Wins Election to Represent Atlanta GSA Workers Months of hard work paid off this month when a majority of eligible General Services Administration (GSA) employees in Atlanta, GA voted in favor of representation by the National Federation of Federal Employees, IAMAW. Professional and non-professional employees were eligible to vote in the... National Federation of Federal Employees more...
May 22, 2007 DoD Unions Face Setback in the U.S. Court of Appeals In a bitterly divided 2-1 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, reversed the U.S. District Court, which enjoined DoD from implementing regulations on labor relations, adverse actions, and employee appeals. The Court determined that the National Defense... National Federation of Federal Employees more...
May 4, 2007 President Brown and Assistant Kerner Visit NFFE Locals in San Francisco San Francisco, CA — Last week NFFE National President Richard N. Brown and Assistant to the President Cassie Kerner visited Northern California on behalf of the NFFE National Office. National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Apr 30, 2007 NFFE-IAM Member Gives Testimony Before Congressional Subcommittee Washington, DC – On April 19th, Lisa Corathers from NFFE-IAM Local 1957 gave testimony before the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee. Lisa works for the Minerals Information Team (MIT) of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in Reston, VA. In her testimony that was given on... National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Apr 6, 2007 NFFE Meets With DoD Representatives to Discuss Joint Basing Plan Yesterday, representatives from the Department of Defense’s Civilian Personnel Management Service (CPMS) visited the new NFFE National Office and gave a briefing on the department’s proposed joint basing plan. more...
Mar 9, 2007 NFFE Forest Service Council Addresses Competitive Sourcing Early for FY08 Washington, DC – Last week, the NFFE Forest Service Council’s Red Team—aptly named with the goal of keeping the Forest Service in red on the President’s red/yellow/green management scorecard for competitive sourcing—stormed Capitol Hill with the goal of laying the groundwork for a... National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Feb 20, 2007 NFFE Opens in New National Headquarters We are excited to announce that NFFE has completed its move to its new home in downtown Washington, DC and is again open for business. After spending several weeks preparing for and executing the move, NFFE’s staff is once again up and running and providing service to the NFFE membership. more...
Jan 5, 2007 NFFE Local 273 Conducts Major Organizing Campaign NFFE-IAM Local 273, located at Fort Sill, OK, is proof that making a concentrated commitment to organizing can lead to great results. more...
Nov 9, 2006 Veterans' Day Message from NFFE National President Richard N. Brown Tomorrow our nation will once again pause and pay tribute to our veterans, past and present, who have selflessly devoted their lives to the defense of this country. more...
Nov 8, 2006 Post Election Message from NFFE National President Richard N. Brown Federal employees and working men and women across the country have spoken, and their message was clear: They are tired of being “represented’ by lawmakers who do not value their contribution to this nation or fight to protect their interests. It is time for change. more...
Nov 7, 2006 Former President Bill Clinton Stumps for NFFE Endorsed Candidate Yesterday, on the eve of Election Day, former United States President Bill Clinton served as the keynote speaker at a get out the vote rally in New York’s 20th Congressional district. The rally was held for Democratic House candidate Kirsten Gillibrand, who is locked in a tight race with... more...
Nov 6, 2006 Make Your Voice Heard After months of campaigning, Election Day is finally almost upon us. The votes cast tomorrow will determine who controls 435 House seats, 33 Senate seats, 36 governorships, and thousands of state and local positions. On a larger scale, tomorrow’s vote will determine whether the Republican... more...
Jul 21, 2006 Senate Spending Bill Would Put Coast Guard Civil Engineering Program Reorganization on Hold Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill that would temporarily block a High Performing Organization (HPO) reorganization of the Civil Engineering Program at Coast Guard. more...
Jun 28, 2006 NFFE-IAM Wins Election at Mingo Job Corps Center NFFE-IAM added a new Jobs Corps Center (JCC) to our Forest Service Council (FSC) after eligible employees voted overwhelmingly in favor of unionizing and becoming a part of NFFE-IAM. more...
Jun 27, 2006 Federal Unions Win DHS Personnel System Decision in Federal Appeals Court Today, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its long awaited ruling in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel reform. NFFE, along with sister unions, prevailed in a resounding victory. more...
Jun 7, 2006 Recent Supreme Court Rulings Potentially Impacting Federal Employees Since last week, the U.S. Supreme Court has handed down two rulings, one of which has a direct impact on public employees. On May 30, 2006, the Supreme Court handed down a potentially far reaching decision regarding First Amendment protection as a public employee. In Garcetti, et al., v.... more...
May 12, 2006 Reps Evans and LaHood Introduce Bill to Make Lock and Dam Workers Inherently Governmental Last week, Representatives Lane Evans (IL-17) and Ray H. LaHood (IL-18) introduced the 2006 Federal Locks and Lock and Dam Facilities Act (HR 5204), a bill that would make roughly 2000 federal lock and dam workers at over 200 lock and dam facilities across the country inherently governmental. more...
May 2, 2006 The NFFE National Executive Council Announces Building Sale As many of our members are aware, NFFE has been in the process of trying to sell our 1016th Street building for many years. The sale of the current National Headquarters building was finalized on Monday, April 24th, with approval from the 1016 16th St. venture and a unanimous vote by the NFFE... more...
May 2, 2006 NFFE Files Cross Appeal with Sister Unions on NSPS Court Decision On May 1, 2006, NFFE, accompanied by twelve sister unions, filed a cross-appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia responding to and appealing certain portions of the District Court’s decision on National Security Personnel System (NSPS). more...
Apr 26, 2006 Minerals Information Team Aims to Restore Funding The U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team (MIT), NFFE Local 1957, is lobbying Congress to restore funding for the Mineral Resource Program, which received a 42% cut in the President’s FY07 budget. more...
Apr 20, 2006 NFFE Welcomes New Business Representative The National Federation of Employees (NFFE-IAM) is pleased to announce that a new Business Representative, Gary Johanson, has been hired to represent NFFE members in the Midwestern region of the United States. more...
Nov 16, 2005 NSPS Delayed as a Result of NFFE and Union Coalition Litigation Earlier today, defendants in our lawsuit filed on November 7, 2005 in the District Court for the District of Columbia, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and Director Springer of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), reached agreement on delaying implementation of key provisions in the new... National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Nov 8, 2005 NFFE and DoD Coalition Unions Fight NSPS in District Court On November 7, 2005 NFFE returned to the District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge the Department of Defense’s (DoD) published personnel rules, otherwise known as the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Aug 31, 2005 Red River Breathes Sigh of Relief; BRAC Board to Keep Depot Open Late last week, the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission voted on parts of the final BRAC list which is headed to the desk of the president for editing or approval by September 8th. In a surprise move, the 9-member commission headed by Anthony Principi overruled the Pentagon on a... more...
Aug 15, 2005 Unions Enjoin DHS From Implementing New Personnel Regulations Late Friday, the District Court for the District of Columbia issued its much anticipated ruling. In a bold but justified decision, Judge Collyer enjoined the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from implementing certain aspects of their new... National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Jul 15, 2005 NFFE and Sister Unions Rally Against NSPS Several hundred federal employees and union members from across the country, including many from NFFE, turned out for a rally near the Capitol on Tuesday to protest the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) proposed new personal system, known as the National Security Personnel System, or NSPS. more...
Jul 13, 2005 Unions Oppose DHS Attempts to Limit Scope of Court’s Injunction On August 12, 2005, the District Court for the District of Columbia issued an injunction preventing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from implementing certain aspects of their new personnel regulations on the grounds that the new Human... National Federation of Federal Employees more...
Jun 27, 2005 NFFE Prevails Over FLRA/BLM in the U.S. Court of Appeals On June 17, 2005, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit handed down a scathing indictment of the Federal Labor Relations Authority’s (FLRA) overbroad reading of management’s right to assign work, which upheld the non-negotiability of NFFE Locals 951 and 2152 proposals... National Federation of Federal Employees more...
May 18, 2005 Unions Leave “Sham” NSPS Collaboration; Coalition Still Strong Yesterday, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) and five other unions that withdrew from meet-and-confer discussions with the Pentagon held a press conference to publicly voice their reasons for backing out of the process. Armed with an exit letter addressed to Department of... more...
Apr 19, 2005 Meet and Confer Begins: Pentagon and Unions Attempt to Settle Differences over Proposed Personnel System Yesterday marked day one of the meet-and-confer between federal employee labor unions and the Pentagon over proposed regulations for the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). The closed-door deliberations, which will take place continually for at least the next four weeks, will be used to... more...
Feb 23, 2005 NFFE Members Challenge 5 Month Confinement Order in Court On February 14, 2005, bargaining unit members in NFFE Local 1363 filed a class action lawsuit in the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. more...
Apr 20, 2004 Federal Employees Denied Job Competition Appeal Rights Yesterday, The General Accounting Office (GAO) announced that it would not accept appeals from federal employees who lose work to contractors in job competitions. GAO reasoned that federal employees affected by public-private competitions do not meet the criteria for “interested parties” as... more...
Apr 15, 2004 DoD Slows Implementation of Proposed Personnel Plan Yesterday, Navy Secretary Gordon England announced that there will be a new timetable for the implementation of the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) at the Department of Defense (DoD). Originally, DoD planned to publish proposed regulations on April 20th, and could begin implementation... more...
Mar 11, 2004 New DHS HR System Contains many Harmful Provisions for Feds Last year the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) were granted authority by Congress to recreate their human resources management system. Their vision for this new system was released in the Federal Register on February 20th. more...
Feb 11, 2004 Bush Rejects Pay Parity in ’05: Tries to Pull a Fast One on Feds President Bush’s fiscal 2005 budget proposal, submitted last week, includes a 1.5 percent pay raise for civilian workers and a 3.5 percent increase for military personnel. This proposal disregards calls for military-civilian pay parity from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. more...
Jan 9, 2004 NFFE Adds NASA Bargaining Unit in Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral, FL – For the first time in 48 years of existence, the employees at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Exchange unit at Kennedy Space Station will have a union. In an election held just before the holidays, employees in the bargaining unit voted better... more...
Jan 9, 2004 Passport Employees Plead for More Time to Review Passport Applications Over the past five years, employees at the Department of State¡¯s Passport Services located across the country have been pleading for more time to review passport applications, a process called ¡°adjudication.¡± Despite the fact that fraudulent passports have been issued to serious... more...
Sep 5, 2002 NFFE-IAM Member Receives DOI Valor Award Yesterday at the Department of the Interior 61st Honor Awards Convocation, Blane Dolges of NFFE FD 1 Local 2062, National Park Service, received the DOI Valor Award, presented to a DOI employee who has demonstrated unusual courage involving a high degree of personal risk in the face of danger. more...
Aug 20, 2002 Brown Attends Federal Salary Council Meeting at OPM Richard Brown, President/DBR attended the first Federal Salary Council meeting of 2002 at OPM last Thursday. The Federal Salary Council is made up of 3 experts in labor relations or pay policy and 6 representatives of federal employee organizations. The purpose of the council is to provide... more...
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