Tony Reardon
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President Donald Trump disbanded the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations, eliminating a formal advisory panel designed to create better relationships between agency management and labor.
October 02, 2017 -
A judge said the difference between "disclosure" and "theft," and inability to predict future harm were two reasons she dismissed the OPM data breach lawsuits.
September 21, 2017 -
Communication and transparency during the government reorganization process is going well for some, and not for others.
September 13, 2017 -
NTEU is launching a multi-media campaign to change the way the average American voter thinks about the federal workforce.
September 07, 2017 -
Without action from the president, the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations will expire at the end of the month.
September 01, 2017 -
President Donald Trump authorized a pay raise for civilian and military employees beginning Jan. 1, 2018.
August 31, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks, could politicians out to gut the federal retirement program be damaging their hopes of higher office?
August 01, 2017 -
Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) introduced the Federal Employee Pension Act of 2017 to reduce the mandatory 4.4 percent pension contributions by new federal employees.
July 18, 2017 -
A 2018 budget proposal from the House Budget Committee asks federal employees to contribute more toward their retirement as a way to find $203 billion in mandatory spending cuts next year.
July 18, 2017 -
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is preparing reductions in force (RIFs) to employees at three offices at the agency. An NRC spokesman said the agency is looking at alternatives to RIFs, but it sent an initial 120-day notice to the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents many NRC employees.
July 13, 2017 -
Some Republicans are joining about 100 House Democrats in voicing their opposition to the president's proposed changes to federal retirement.
June 27, 2017 -
Democrats and Republicans voiced their concern that EPA's 31 percent cut in funding for fiscal 2018 could do more harm than good, and leave states "holding the bag" for the federal agency.
June 15, 2017 -
John O’Grady, president of AFGE Council 238, which specifically represents EPA employees, says cutting the agency's budget by one-third will impact federal, state, and local levels of public health, not to mention hurt employee morale.
May 29, 2017 -
Among the major items in the President's 2018 budget request are a few other provisions that have the potential to impact federal employees and their agencies.
May 26, 2017 -
The President's full 2018 budget proposal offers a 1.9 percent pay raise for civilian employees and a 2.1 percent raise to members of the military. But federal employee unions and organizations say the raise does little to undo the damage the President's proposed cuts to federal retirement benefits will have on current employees and retirees and future government workers. The budget also details workforce reductions at some agencies.
May 23, 2017