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New Employee Orientation

Posted by on 16 September, 2010
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Today at 3:30, we are giving a presentation to KC employees at the New Employee Orientation in G28D.  All union members are welcome to attend.  We will cover basic information about the contract, the role of the union, and view important websites.

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This year’s second edition of NFFE’s quarterly newsletter, the Federal Employee, is now available!

Posted by on 6 July, 2010
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NFFE Wins Election to Represent Forest Service Human Resource Management Employees

Posted by on 25 January, 2010
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Thursday, January 21, 2010 (National Federation of Federal Employees) Yesterday, employees in the U.S. Forest Service Human Resources Management (HRM) department in Albuquerque, NM voted in favor of representation by the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE). Nearly 65% of the bargaining unit turned out to vote yesterday, a very high turnout for a union [...]

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Prospects for higher federal raise remain murky

Posted by on 2 November, 2009
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October 26, 2009 By Alex M. Parker With work wrapped up on the 2010 Defense authorization bill, federal workforce representatives are focusing on what could be the next big fight on Capitol Hill — the civilian pay raise. The House passed an appropriations bill in July that would give civilian employees a raise of 2 [...]

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NSPS Officially Repealed as President Obama Signs Defense Bill

Posted by on 29 October, 2009
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Today, President Obama signed the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act. Included in the bill was a provision to repeal the controversial National Security Personnel System (NSPS). The bill also contained several small provisions impacting retirement benefits for the federal workforce. The NSPS provisions in the bill dictate a repeal of the [...]

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Senate passes bill to kill NSPS, cut sole-souree contracts

Posted by on 23 October, 2009
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Oct 23, 2009 The Senate has passed a bill that would end the National Security Personnel System.(NSPS) and make it more difficult to award sole-source contracts. The measure would authorize spending $550.2 billion on Defense Department programs in fiscal 2010. On Oct. 22, the Senate approved the fiscal 2010 National Defense Authorization Act’s conference report [...]

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House Approves Defense Authorization Bill Repealing NSPS; Senate Nearing a Vote

Posted by on 23 October, 2009
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Friday, October 9, 2009 Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the conference report on the FY 2010 Defense Authorization Act, which includes provisions to repeal the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) and convert the over 200,000 employees enrolled under the program back into existing pay systems. The legislation also contains provisions giving retiring employees enrolled [...]

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