Jessica Klement

  • Many in government are worried about the threat of sequestration, the across-the-board budget cuts set to take effect in January unless Congress and the White come up with an alternative deficit-cutting plan. But federal employee groups and sympathetic lawmakers are also concerned about such alternatives -- if they contain changes to federal employee pay or compensation. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and a slate of federal-employee unions and groups are warning of such proposals in the deficit talks to replace sequestration.

    December 12, 2012
  • Jenny Mattingley hosts of roundtable discussion of legislation pending in Congress that affect federal workers. August 24, 2012

    August 24, 2012
  • Nearly two years of negotiating has led to a stalemate between the Social Security Administration and its largest union, the American Federation of Government Employees. The protracted dispute mars the Obama administration\'s otherwise productive attempts to collaborate formally with federal unions.

    November 08, 2011
  • Some call the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee\'s approval of a 10 percent cut in the federal workforce is a political statement. Others worry it portends cuts in federal pay, benefits or jobs. Federal employees\' groups have stepped up lobbying efforts.

    November 07, 2011
  • Agency leaders, employee unions and associations are recommending ways to improve upon the age-old problem of supervision in the federal workforce. They\'re hoping to reassure employees that they\'re being treated fairly, while showing the public that the government is working efficiently. The President\'s Labor-Management Council is reviewing the plan.

    September 27, 2011
  • Jessica Klement, chief lobbyist for the Federal Managers Association and Federal Times senior writer Steve Losey join host Mike Causey on today\'s program. September 14, 2011

    September 14, 2011
  • FMA\'s Jessica Klement discusses the biggest legislative threat to federal employees\' pensions. June 1, 2011(Encore presentation June 29, 2011)

    June 01, 2011
  • Federal workforce issues have become a hot topic on Capitol Hill. Host Bill Bransford talks the good, the bad, and the ugly with Dan Adcock of NARFE and Jessica Klement of FMA. December 17, 2010

    December 17, 2010
  • The proposed federal pay freeze has left feds with a lot of questions. We get an update from Jessica Klement with the Federal Managers Association. Walton Francis also joins us for a look at the best health plans for you this open season. December 1, 2010

    November 30, 2010
  • 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

    September 21, 2010
  • Jessica Klement of the Federal Managers Association joins Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey on this week\'s Your Turn to discuss why she and her organization think it\'s only a matter of time before more feds telecommute.

    August 11, 2010
  • This week, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks with Jessica Klement of the Federal Managers Association about why she feels telework is here to stay, no matter how Congress votes late Wednesday.

    July 13, 2010
  • This week\'s Your Turn was jam-packed with information. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talked with Jessica Klement, legislative director at the Federal Managers Association, about the latest regarding the NSPS transition and rolling your unused annual leave into your TSP once you retire from federal service. He also talked with Certified Financial Planner Rebecca Schreiber, who explains why you shouldn\'t be panicking about the global economy just yet.

    May 25, 2010
  • Federal workers are rolling outside money into their Thrift Savings Plan at a record pace, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, and that includes 75 people who now have million dollar balances.

    April 14, 2010