Both employee unions and agencies say certain phrases in President Obama\'s executive order creating these committees need to be better defined. VA deputy secretary Gould will lead an effort to bring some precision to terms such as pre-decisional, to make sure everyone is working from the same sheet of paper. National Council on Federal-Labor Management Relations also details first set of bargaining pilots, called B-1.
From pay freeze proposals to furloughs, there are a lot of issues before Congress that could affect feds. This week on Your Turn, Mike interviews Charity Wilson from the American Federation of Government Employees and Jessica Klement from the Federal Managers Association, about what a lame duck Congress can do to federal workers and retirees. September 22, 2010
Former Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-Tenn.) Author of \"More Davids Than Goliaths: A Political Education\" John Wilson Executive Director, National Education Association Former Rep. Bob Edgar (D-Pa.) President & CEO, Common Cause
Congress is back in town today after an extended summer break. What it\'ll find, in addition to a stack of unfinished business, is the career federal workforce which has been toiling away keeping things running.
Mike Miles Federal Times \"Money Matters\" Columnist Eric Young Southeast Regional Vice President, AFGE Council of Prison Locals Dr. Elsie Scott President and CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
We get insider\'s views from NTEU\'s Colleen Kelley and AFGE\'s John Gage
Leo Bosner Former President, AFGE FEMA Local 4060 Jim Aldridge Secretary-Treasurer, AFGE Federal Law Enforcement Steering Committee Vincent DeMarco President, Maryland Citizens Health Initiative
Federal unions cannot bargain over pay, holidays, vacation time or other federal fringe benefits. Yet tens of thousands of government workers belong to them. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there are a number of good reasons why so many pay dues when they don\'t have to.
A dozen Defense Department workers jobs are at risk, allegedly because of their bad credit ratings. AFGE Vice President, Arnold Scott, says DoD isn\'t playing fair.
Susan Grundmann Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board Arnold Scott AFGE 6th District National Vice President Andrew McAfee Author of \"Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization\'s Toughest Challenges\" Perry Hooks President, Hooks Book Events
Did you know that every day, thousands of your fellow federal workers go to prison? To find out why they are there and how they do their time check out Senior Correspondent Mike Causey\'s Federal Report today.
Charles Stephenson Co-author, \"The Beat! Go-Go Music From Washington, D.C.\" Lisa Schlosser Director, Information Collection Office of Environmental Information, Environmental Protection Agency Bob Hill District Advisor, First Command
J. David Cox AFGE National Secretary-Treasurer John Rowan President, Vietnam Veterans of America Michael Castelle National Fair Practices Coordinator, AFGE Council of Prison Locals Phil Glover National Legislative Coordinator, AFGE Council of Prison Localsbr>
Calling for an end to the FCIP? This week, host Derrick T. Dortch talks with Employees Union (NTEU) President Colleen M. Kelley. June 18, 2010
The next challenge for supporters of teleworking in the government has nothing to do with laptops, laws or cybersecurity. Instead, experts say that challenge will be to convince the recalcitrant manager in the office down the hall, who doesn\'t like the idea.