Tony Reardon
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A 3.1% federal pay raise is another step closer to reality, as the House passed the financial services and general appropriations bill with a 224-196 vote Wednesday afternoon. The bill would also throw up several roadblocks to the Trump administration's proposed merger of the Office of Personnel Management with the General Services Administration.
June 26, 2019 -
As agencies finish implementation of the 2019 retroactive federal pay raise, payroll providers say the past several months of complexity has shown their systems are ripe for modernization.
June 24, 2019 -
A 3.1% federal pay raise in 2020 is another step closer to reality, as appropriators on Tuesday advanced the proposal to the full House for a vote.
June 11, 2019 -
The House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on Monday easily cleared its 2020 funding bill, which includes a 3.1% federal pay raise for civilian employees.
June 03, 2019 -
At least one department is implementing a new limit on telework for some employees during the summer Metro closures. The Agriculture Department isn't lifting its limit on telework during the Metro construction but has encouraged employees to consider flexible and alternative work schedules.
May 29, 2019 -
Tony Reardon, the national president of the National Treasury Employees Union, says Public Service Recognition Week is a good reminder for federal employees to continue to tell their stories about the impact they have on the nation.
May 06, 2019 -
A decision from a federal impasses panel may set the stage for policy changes on telework and employee leave at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
April 08, 2019 -
Customs and Border Protection has ended a controversial contract with Accenture Federal Services, the contractor the agency brought on to help CBP recruit and hire hundreds of new Border Patrol agents and officers.
April 05, 2019 -
The Trump administration's 2020 budget proposal includes recommendations that would shorten the time federal employees have to appeal a disciplinary or performance-based firing, suspension or other punishment.
March 19, 2019 -
Despite persistent hiring challenges at Customs and Border Protection, Accenture Federal Services said the recruiting and customer service centers it built as part of its multi-million dollar contract with CBP will set the agency up for future success.
March 08, 2019 -
At least 10,000 federal employees from National Treasury Employees Union bargaining units have opted into one of the union's government shutdown lawsuits.
March 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the cybersecurity firm Anomali Labs says it's found a malicious server hosting two separate phishing campaigns targeting government contractors looking to do business with the Labor and Transportation departments.
February 28, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the National Treasury Employees Union asked the Office of Personnel Management when federal employees can expect to see the 1.9 percent pay raise recently signed into law.
February 26, 2019 -
President Donald Trump signed the 2019 spending bill into law, securing a 1.9 percent pay raise for federal employees that will be retroactive to Jan. 1.
February 14, 2019 -
The IRS is still reeling from the effects of the 35-day shutdown that ended last month, according to the agency’s taxpayer watchdog office.
February 13, 2019