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USDA relocation
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Though the agreement doesn't make any guarantees, the deal the Agriculture Department and the American Federation of Government Employees reached late last week gives employees impacted by the Kansas City relocation a path to request more time to make the move and other flexibilities.
August 12, 2019 -
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Also in today's Federal Newscast, USDA employees relocating to Kansas City will now get incentive payments to make up for their now lower salaries.
August 12, 2019 -
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In today's Federal Newscast, 123 C-130 planes are being temporarily removed from service after atypical cracks were discovered.
August 09, 2019 -
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The Agriculture Department on Wednesday told employees impacted by the upcoming relocation to Kansas City they shouldn't be concerned with violating the Antideficiency Act when submitting for relocation reimbursements.
August 09, 2019 -
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The legal opinion from the Agriculture Department's Office of General Counsel could serve as an example for other agencies looking to reorganize or relocate employees.
August 06, 2019 -
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Lawmakers have asked Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to allow employees impacted by the upcoming USDA relocation to use telework and other flexibilities to alleviate the burdens of the move to Kansas City. USDA and the American Federation of Government Employees are expected to continue bargaining negotiations over those flexibilities this week.
July 22, 2019 -
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Roughly 57% of employees given relocation notices at the Economic Research Service and 67% of such employees at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture have rejected USDA's reassignment to Kansas City.
July 17, 2019 -
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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 -
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A newly formed collective bargaining unit representing employees at the Agriculture Department's Economic Research Service has demanded USDA delay any relocations to the Kansas City region until it bargains over the move.
June 19, 2019 -
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The Agriculture Department said it chose the Kansas City region as the new site for the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture headquarters because it would save the agency real estate, staffing and other costs.
June 18, 2019 -
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In today's Federal Newscast, a provision in the annual Defense bill the Senate Armed Services Committee released this week would order a top-to-bottom review of the contractor, civilian and military IT positions in each military service and DoD agency.
June 14, 2019 -
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Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the USDA relocation will save government $300 million over 15 years. About 100 employees are expected to move out of the national capital region by Aug. 1.
June 13, 2019 -
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Employees at the Agriculture Department's National Institute of Food and Agriculture on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to unionize on the heels of USDA's proposed relocation.
June 11, 2019 -
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As employees at the Agriculture Department await word of a final site decision, more members of Congress are taking steps to try to block the proposed USDA relocation.
June 06, 2019
