National Federation of Federal Employees

Forest service, Firefighter on a maintenance prescribed burn at Bitterroot National Forest

Forest Service lifts hiring pause, but plans to only fill ‘highest priority’ vacancies

The Forest Service’s restricted hiring efforts do not apply to its wildland firefighting workforce.

Hiring/Retention

With ‘spying bosses’ on the rise, where do federal agencies stand on employee monitoring?

Federal Report

6-bill minibus rewards some agencies, while slashing budgets for others

Budget

As agencies face budget uncertainty, Democrats propose a 7.4% pay raise for feds

Pay

4 ways federal pay has changed in the last year

Federal Report

A firefighters works to stop a wildfire in Gouveia, in the Serra da Estrela mountain range, in Portugal on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Authorities in Portugal said Thursday they had brought under control a wildfire that for almost two weeks raced through pine forests in the Serra da Estrela national park, but later in the day a new fire started and threatened Gouveia. (AP Photo/Joao Henriques)

Despite massive bipartisanship, a pay raise for federal wildland firefighters is still at risk

Pay

(AP Photo/Eileen Putman)

FILE - This May 25, 2021 file photo shows a U.S. Passport cover in Washington. The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation, a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who don't identify as male or female. (AP Photo/Eileen Putman)

Fed up with the State Department’s passport delays? So are its employees

Federal Report

Bill roundup: Committee OKs Border Patrol pay raise, CBP hiring, permanent federal firefighter raise

Pay

FILE -Firefighters work at the scene of forest fire near Kyuyorelyakh village at Gorny Ulus area, west of Yakutsk, in Russia Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. A warming planet and land use changes mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe in coming decades. That's according to a UN report released Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 that says many governments are ill-prepared to address the problem. (AP Photo/Ivan Nikiforov, File)

Federal firefighters temporary pay raise goes permanent

Federal Newscast

Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) speaks to reporters in front of the Capitol building about workforce challenges for federal wildland firefighters. Photo by Drew Friedman, Federal News Network.

15 weeks until federal firefighters face ‘pay cliff,’ warn Forest Service, Interior officials

Pay

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), accompanied by federal wildland firefighters and union leaders, speaks to reporters in front of the Capitol building.

With time running out on a temporary pay raise, federal firefighters press Congress for a permanent one

Pay

Revived bills would alter feds’ payment obligations during shutdowns, federal first responders’ pensions

A host of bills lawmakers reintroduced this week would impact retirement savings for federal fighters and federal law enforcement officers, as well as…

Workforce

Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

VA expects to ‘significantly expedite’ hiring process by giving some applicants shorter window to apply

The Department of Veterans Affairs has struck an agreement with one of its unions that would allow the agency to expedite the hiring process for certain…

Veterans Affairs

Hundreds of employees rally behind 8.7% proposed federal pay raise

Unions

Federal employees, union officials and lawmakers heightened calls for an 8.7% federal pay raise in 2024 at a rally in front of the Capitol building.