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National Treasury Employees Union National President Tony Reardon says the IRS needs to be fully funded in fiscal 2017 so it can hire staff to keep up with an increasing workload.
Fiscal 2015 was a record-breaking year for the Internal Revenue Service, according to the tax agency’s Data Book. But it was also a year that marked a continued decline in funding for the agency, leading to shrinking numbers in its workforce and in the agency’s enforcement branch.
A Senate version of the FAIR Act, which would give federal employees a 5.3 percent pay raise, is gaining support from unions and area lawmakers.
The National Treasury Employees Union says the upcoming 2016 election could be the most important one for federal employees yet. NTEU National President Tony Reardon is calling on his members to organize, rally for change and vote for the representatives who will protect their federal pay, benefits and collective bargaining rights.
In a slew of letters addressed to 26 agency leaders, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Subcommittee on Governmental Operations Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) want to know how many government employees carry out official time functions during the workday.
When the union that represents you endorses a political candidate does it make you proud or angry? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey thinks federal unions may be in a political rut.
David Girard is serving as lead counsel for the class-action lawsuit filed by AFGE, on behalf of millions of former and current federal employees impacted by the OPM data breach.
The National Treasury Employees Union joined the nation's largest federal workers union in endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.
In its 2015 annual report, the National Taxpayer Advocate warns that the Internal Revenue Service could jeopardize customer service and taxpayer compliance if it makes certain changes to how it handles communication, information and processing.
Marc Beskin, an NTEU chapter president, says things were often bad for feds in the good old days, but at least feds didn’t have to disguise where they worked.
The omnibus spending bill includes money for the FBI’s new headquarters, 10 years of credit monitoring services for OPM breach victims and much more for federal employees.
While a continuing resolution seems likely in the waning days of the short-term spending bill the government is currently operating under, federal employees once again have found themselves looking over their shoulders for any sign of a shutdown.
The increases go into effect January 2016. The executive order comes one month after the Federal Pay Agent finalized its recommendation that the President give about 102,000 federal employees locality pay raises.
Customs and Border Protection would be another loser in the legislation before the House. Customs user fees would go to unrelated transportation projects instead.