Early last month, hundreds of NTEU members from around the country, representing more than two dozen federal agencies, gathered for the Union’s 2010 Legislative Conference. Representing the SEC at this year’s conference were Chapter 293 President Greg Gilman, Chapter 293 Legislative Coordinators Dan Barry (BRO) and Bill Friar (Corp Fin), Chapter 293 Executive Board members Joel Crepea (NYRO), Jerry Kohn (CHRO) and Cate Whiting (SFRO), and Chapter 293 members Kate McHale and...
Legislative Issues
6/15/10: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on June 14, 2010, issued final regulations to modify definitions related to "family...
6/15/10: NTEU National President Colleen Kelley today took sharp issue with a proposed amendment to Senate tax legislation that would...
6/10/10: On June 9, Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) attempted to offer his bill (S. 3341) as an amendment to the Senate’s “tax extenders...
6/2/10: At the end of last week, the Senate defeated an amendment by Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and John McCain (R-AZ) to freeze...
5/12/10: NTEU said today it strongly supports a Senate bill, introduced by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), to provide the Office of Personnel...
5/12/10: In a bipartisan action, a key House committee today approved a resolution commending federal employees for their contributions to the...
5/12/10: Late last week, HR 1722, the Telework Improvements Act, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Representatives John Sarbanes (D-MD), Frank Wolf...
5/5/10: It is time for the federal government to make family leave a real benefit for federal employees, and not a mirage they cannot afford to...
5/5/10: Legislation introduced yesterday by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) providing the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) with authority to...
4/17/10: On April 15, in a joint press conference call with four former SEC Chairmen and Senator Chuck Schumer (D. NY), SEC Chairman...
4/16/10: NTEU has submitted comments to the Equal...
4/15/10: This week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved two bipartisan measures increasing telework...
4/2/10: NTEU applauded a victory for federal workers it has been pursuing for seven years—a return to the definition of ‘inherently...
3/30/10: If you left government service as a FERS participant and received a refund of your money, and are now back in government, a law passed...
3/3/10: A congressional resolution condemning the recent suicide attack on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees in Austin, Texas, and...
2/23/2010: In an interview with Fox News, Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass.) commented on the plane that was deliberately flown into IRS offices...
2/23/10: NTEU National President Colleen Kelley testified before a key House subcommittee today in favor of legislation that would take...
2/23/10: Yesterday, President Obama announced his health care reform proposals that include improvements over the Senate-passed excise tax...
2/23/10: NTEU applauds the proposal in the White House fiscal 2011 budget blueprint for a return to parity in pay raises for the...
2/23/10: Last week, NTEU submitted these comments in...
2/3/10: During an appearance on “This Week” on ABC, Senator-elect Scott Brown (R-MA...
2/1/10: In keeping his commitment to NTEU and congressional leaders, President Obama requested pay parity in his budget recommendation for 2011...
12/30/09: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued proposed regulations that would require agencies to conduct periodic...
12/17/09: The General Services Administration (GSA) has informed NTEU that they are proposing a decrease in the privately-owned vehicles...
12/17/09: On December 16, 2009, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs marked up S 1102, the Domestic Partner...
12/9/09: Last night, on December 8, the House Appropriations Committee announced agreement among conferees on the major spending package for...
12/9/09: NTEU National President Colleen Kelley today welcomed a White House executive order setting the stage for the meaningful...
12/9/09: Chapter 293 is pleased to inform you that House and Senate conferees have produced a FY 2010 omnibus appropriations measure...
12/9/09: NTEU’s work with members of Congress successfully resulted in continuation of the long tradition of allocating a portion of...
12/8/09: In the last few days proposals have surfaced in the Senate debate on health care reform that would make OPM the administrator of...
12/2/09: On November 30, President Obama exercised his right to submit an alternative plan to Congress on locality pay as presidents of both...
11/28/09: The federal government could save an estimated $50 million in recruitment and retention costs by putting in place a paid parental leave...
11/12/09: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has proposed to change its regulations in two different contexts to explicitly acknowledge...
11/11/09: Over the weekend, in a vote of 220–215, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3962, the comprehensive health insurance reform...
11/2/09: Last week, President Obama signed the Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 Bill (S....
10/16/09: NTEU, working with Representatives Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA), received good news this week when the...
10/15/09: In testimony yesterday before...
10/15/09: Aside from their basic fairness and the importance of leading by example, the federal government needs to provide domestic partner...
10/8/09: The Defense Authorization conference report released yesterday retains several important NTEU-sought provisions that will benefit federal...
10/6/09: In a report issued last week, the agency charged with guarding the federal workforce merit...
9/29/09: The nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today called for legislation that would permit the Federal...
9/29/09: The average 8.8 percent increase in 2010 health care premiums for federal employees and retirees covered under the Federal Employees...
9/15/09: NTEU supports congressional efforts to increase consumer protections and transparency for those who purchase long-term care...
9/1/09: President Obama yesterday sent another letter to Congress requesting a 2% pay raise for federal employees in January. In July,...
7/30/09: This week, NTEU National President Colleen Kelley sent letters to Chairmen Carl Levin (D-MI) and Ike Skelton (D-MO), of the Senate and...
7/30/09: Today, the House Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce marked up and sent to full committee HR 2517, the Domestic Partner Benefits and...
7/24/09: Yesterday, on July 23, 2009, the Senate passed its version of the Department of Defense Authorization Bill (S. 1390) for Fiscal Year 2010...
7/21/09: In response to President Obama’s March instructions to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct a government-wide...
7/9/09: The Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee approved yesterday a 2.9 percent pay raise for...
6/26/09: NTEU has expressed concern about the rising costs in FEHBP, especially the high costs of prescription drugs which could contribute to...
6/26/09: The new Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is underway at the Department of Education. As previously reported, NTEU backed this...
6/26/09: NTEU National President Colleen Kelley today welcomed the introduction of legislation that would increase the maximum age...
6/26/09: Two weeks ago NTEU reported on the disappointing developments in the Senate when it dropped the federal employees/retirees’...
2/20/09: Congressman Barney Frank appeared at the SEC at the invitation of NTEU Chapter 293 to speak to SEC employees on Thursday, February 19....
