“INSIDE GOVERNMENT” NOW AVAILABL...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on January 29, 2007 | Comments Off
WASHINGTON—“Inside Government”, the American Federation of Government Employees’ (AFGE) weekly radio program, is now available to more than 70 million iPod users through Apple’s iTunes music download software.  The program is available via podcast, located at the following link:  http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=212048686. ...
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Social Security nominee warns furloughs ...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on January 24, 2007 | Comments Off
By David Hess, Congress Daily Facing what he called “significant operational distress” at the Social Security Administration, commissioner-nominee Michael Astrue told the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday that rolling furloughs of Social Security employees are imminent unless Congress restores...
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AFGE LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL ACTION DE...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on January 24, 2007 | Comments Off
NATIONAL PRESS FOUNDATION PRESIDENT ALSO TO APPEAR  WASHINGTON—Beth Moten, Director of the American Federation of Government Employees’ (AFGE) Legislative and Political Action department, will be this  week’s guest on AFGE’s radio program “Inside Government”.  Moten will address a number...
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House Members Fight for Pay Parity...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on January 22, 2007 | Comments Off
By Stephen Barr The annual jousting over federal pay has begun. Nine Washington area House members, led by Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), plan to send a letter to President Bush today urging him to recommend equal pay raises for the civil service and the military in his fiscal 2008 budget. Hoyer...
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