OPM works with Congress to speed health ...
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By STEPHEN LOSEY | Last Updated: April 26, 2010
Source: Federaltimes.com
The Office of Personnel Management is working with Congress to implement the health reform law early by allowing health insurance coverage of employees’ adult dependent children up to age 26 before Jan. 1. If current laws...
Almost half of NSPS employees to be in n...
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April 23, 2010
Source: Fedtimes.com
by Stephen Losey
The Defense Department hopes to have nearly 47 percent of National Security Personnel System employees transitioned back to the General Schedule by the end of June.
The Pentagon had transferred 6,918 employees out of NSPS as of April 15, according...
AFGE Week in Review (April 20, 2010)...
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AFGE, DoD Discuss Transition of NSPS Employees, New Authorities: The American Federation of Government Employees along with eight smaller DoD unions met with NSPS Transition Officer John James March 31 to discuss the direction DoD is taking after the repeal of the National Security Personnel System...
At SSA, growing workloads are affecting ...
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By Federal Diary
Friday, April 16, 2010; B03
If you work in an agency where the number of employees has increased a little bit while the amount of work has jumped a lot, there are going to be some unhappy campers among the staff and the customers.
That’s the situation at the Social Security...
Raises sought for bilingual federal work...
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By Joe Davidson
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Source: Washingtonpost.com
Rep. Michael Honda (D-Calif.) introduced legislation that would give pay raises to federal workers who speak more than English for work. (Susan Walsh/associated Press)
If you’re a federal employee who is fluent in more...
What health reform means for you...
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By STEPHEN LOSEY
April 4, 2010
Source: FedTimes.com
The new health care law will mean more coverage for federal employees’ adult children, restrictions on flexible spending accounts, and a possible new excise tax for the most expensive plans.
Experts say, overall, federal employees should...
Membership Meeting...
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April 21, 20104:00 pm6401 Security Blvd.
1-G-15 Operations Building
Room 1720
Baltimore, MD 21235
Executive Board Meeting...
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April 21, 20102:00 pm6401 Security Blvd.
1-G-15 Operations Building
Room 1720
Baltimore, MD 21235
Grievance Committee Meeting...
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April 21, 201010:00 am6401 Security Blvd.
1-G-15 Operations Building
Room 1720
Baltimore, MD 21235
NASA Langely Lunch and Learn...
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Our President
Cynthia Ennis
Cynthia Ennis has served as Executive Vice President of Local 1923 for over 20 years and was elected as President in August, 2003. Cynthia is fervently committed and dedicated to the labor movement.
In her position, Cynthia will move full speed ahead and address some of the serious challenges currently facing the federal workforce. Issues such as personnel reform, contracting out, pay parity, the stripping away of bargaining rights, and continually rising health insurance premiums are just to name a few. Cynthia intends on tackling these and many other issues in order to provide federal employees the rights they so richly deserve.