AFGE and TSA come to terms with new collective bargaining agreement

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AFGE and TSA come to terms with new collective bargaining agreement

In today's Top Federal Headlines, the American Federal of Government Employees and the TSA workers they represent agree to a new CBA after months of negotiations.

Eric White@FEDERALNEWSCAST

December 23, 2016 5:10 am

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The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the 42,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers it represents have agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement with the agency. The agreement came after several rounds and months of negotiations. Workers were concerned about workplace conditions and high turnover rates. The new contract takes effect Jan. 7. (American Federation of Government Employees)

An update to the Army’s Assignment Satisfaction Key (ASK) is expected to make it easier for active-duty enlisted soldiers to navigate the web application. The ASK program lets soldiers pick assignment location and assignment preferences. One of the major updates is the web tool will now only display assignments they are eligible for based on their military occupational specialty. (Army)

The cyber risk management firm Coalfire announced it has acquired Veris Group. No word was available on the final price of the sale. Coalfire said this move is to strengthen the company’s cybersecurity service capabilities for its government and commercial customers, including FedRAMP, for which the company provides third party assessments on cloud service providers. (Business Wire)