Health reform tasks could overwhelm agen...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on July 29, 2010 | Comments Off
HHS, CMS and other departments must issue more than 40 health reform regulations, some of which will be complex and controversial. Source: Fedsmith.com Posted July 28, 2010. Washington – Federal employees responsible for drafting and enforcing health reform regulations have an enormous task ahead...
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Telework bill could be near tipping poin...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on July 26, 2010 | Comments Off
By Elizabeth Newell enewell@govexec.com July 23, 2010 GovExec.com   Now that legislation to expand telework in the federal government has passed both chambers of Congress, sponsors are working to reconcile the two bills and get a final product to President Obama’s desk. The Senate and House...
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Advisory board urges deep cuts in DoD...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on July 26, 2010 | Comments Off
By JOHN T. BENNETT | Last Updated: July 23, 2010 Source: Federaltimes.com   An influential Pentagon advisory board will recommend that Defense Department Secretary Robert Gates slash the civilian work force by more than 111,000 people and drastically pare the military’s combatant command structure...
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Union fights case of ‘Little Rock ...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on July 14, 2010 | Comments Off
The Washington Post By Federal DiaryWednesday, July 14, 2010 Once, there were four Social Security Administration employees in Little Rock. All were duped by another employee who embezzled more than $100,000 from the agency. Of the four, two are black, one is a Latina and the other is a white woman. Three...
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Full Collective Bargain Rights to Physic...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on July 14, 2010 | Comments Off
AFGE Action News July 13, 2010 The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and its National VA Council (NVAC) are working with the Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs to support legislation - S. 3486 and H.R. 5543 - which would provide full rights to collectively bargain...
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Judge: Same-sex spouses of legally wed f...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on July 12, 2010 | Comments Off
 By Elizabeth Newell July 9, 2010 Source: GovExec.com A federal judge ruled on Thursday that denying the same-sex spouses of legally married federal employees access to benefits such as health care is unconstitutional. Joseph L. Tauro, a U.S. District Court judge for the district of Massachusetts,...
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Lawmakers Defend Social Security’s...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on July 12, 2010 | Comments Off
Source: The New York Times Robert Pear July 10, 2010   WASHINGTON — A rift has developed between the Social Security commissioner and the agency’s chief actuary, causing members of Congress to worry about possible interference with the work of the actuary’s office just as lawmakers begin hearings...
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Major CMS Grievance Filed: FLSA...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on July 8, 2010 | Comments Off
To: All CMS Employees in the Bargaining Unit   From: Richard Klein, AFGE Local 1923 Associate General Counsel   A major grievance has been filed by AFGE Local 1923 on behalf of the entire CMS bargaining unit. This grievance is a class action grievance of the parties.  It alleges that CMS has violated...
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VA Announces Next Step Toward Paperless ...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on July 8, 2010 | Comments Off
Source: FederalDaily.com July 7, 2010 Veterans may soon see a paperless and streamlined disability claims process at the Department of Veteran Affairs. VA announced on July 2 it will implement by November a limited end-to-end online claims process that will give vets easier and faster access to the VA,...
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Stewards’ Seminar...

Posted by admin in Events on July 1, 2010 | Comments Off
July 27, 20109:00 amJuly 28, 20109:00 am6401 Operations Building Baltimore, MD 21235
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