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House rejects agency budget cuts in Sandy relief bill
The House soundly rejected an amendment to the Superstorm Sandy aid bill that would have required an across-the-board 1.63 percent cut to agency spending to offset the emergency funding. Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) introduced the amendment last week along with a separate proposal to revoke a mass-transit subsidy for federal workers.
Tags: Congress , House , Mick Mulvaney , NTEU , budget , Superstorm Sandy , Jack Moore
Sandy relief proposals 'unfairly target' feds, union says
A series of cost-savings amendments to the Superstorm Sandy aid bill the House will consider this week has drawn the ire of a federal-employee union who say the proposals "unfairly target" government workers. Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) has proposed defraying some of the costs of the $50 billion recovery package by rescinding a mass-transit tax benefit for federal employees and by ordering more across-the-board agency budget cuts.
Tags: pay and benefits , mass-transit subsidy , NTEU , Mick Mulvaney , budget , Jack Moore
'Fiscal cliff' deal restores mass-transit subsidy
The bill to avert the "fiscal cliff" reinstates parity between the parking and mass-transit subsidies. The mass-transit subsidy was reduced in 2011 to $125 even as a similar subsidy for parking benefits was increased to $240 a month.
Tags: mass-transit subsidy , pay and benefits , NTEU , Congress , House , Senate
Federal Drive interviews - December 28
On the Federal Drive show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
Tags: Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Emily Kopp , Jerry Ellig , David Burnham , Ed Zurndorfer , Charley Francis ,
Supreme Court ruling allows feds to appeal some discrimination cases in district court
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal employees can appeal decisions of the Merit Systems Protection Board stemming from discrimination-related complaints in federal district court. The ruling follows earlier lower court decisions that required employee appeals to go solely through the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The justices' decision applies to federal employees filing "mixed cases" — complaints involving both allegations of wrongful termination and job discrimination — under the Civil Service Reform Act.
Tags: workforce , MSPB , Supreme Court , Civil Service Reform Act , NTEU , job discrimination
Feds with families hardest hit by proposed changes to workers' comp
Disabled federal workers with dependents would be among the hardest hit by proposed changes to federal workers' compensation benefits, according to an analysis by the Government Accountability Office. The Labor Department has proposed setting a uniform level of compensation — 70 percent of the pre-injury salary — regardless of dependents and further reducing benefits to 50 percent when employees reach retirement age. But in its report which simulated those proposed changes, GAO raised concerns about the effects on beneficiaries.
Tags: pay and benefits , GAO , benefits , FECA , NTEU , Labor Department , Jack Moore
Unions relish Obama victory but temper expectations for second term
Federal-employee unions have hailed the re-election of President Barack Obama over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. But despite the excitement, union leaders are tempering their expectations for a second term. National Treasury Employees Union President Colleen Kelley and J. David Cox, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, told Federal News Radio their groups are ready to play an expanded role to deal with the budget deficit and alternatives to the sequestration cuts coming in January.
Tags: Election 2012 , federal unions , In Depth , Federal Drive , NTEU , J. David Cox , AFGE , Jack Moore
Election 2012: In Depth interviews
On this special Election 2012 edition of the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show and links to additional resources.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Dan Blair , Gordon Lubold , Trey Hodgkins , Election 2012
President signs continuing resolution, extends pay freeze
President Barack Obama signed a continuing resolution Friday to fund government operations through March 27, 2013. The legislation represents a 0.6 percent across-the-board increase above fiscal 2012 levels. It also extends the federal pay freeze.
Tags: budget , continuing resolution , pay freeze , Federal Drive , Hal Rogers , House Appropriations Committee , Barack Obama , Congress
In Depth interviews - September 21
On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
Tags: Bill Dougan , Tim Keanini , Thomas McLemore , Jeremy Grant , In Depth , Francis Rose
