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- FMA APPLAUDS CONGRESSIONAL STRIDES TOWARD 1.9 PERCENT FEDERAL PAY RAISE IN 2019 - October 4, 2018
- Alexandria, VA – A report in The Washington Post announced congressional Republicans have reached a tentative deal to provide for a 1.9 percent across-the-board pay raise to federal employees in 2019. Additional reporting noted Democrats have concerns with “partisan riders” unrelated to the pay raise, and have not accepted the deal. Federal Managers Association (FMA) National President Renee Johnson made the following comments on the latest developments:
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- FMA HEARTENED BY AVERSION OF PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN - September 28, 2018
- Optimistic for federal employee pay raise in 2019Alexandria, VA – President Donald Trump signed a spending bill into law on Friday, September 28, 2018, that averts a partial government shutdown. This follows the recent congressional action passing the “minibus” – plus a continuing resolution bill (H.R. 6157), by a vote of 93-7 in the U.S. Senate and 361-61 in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill includes full funding for the Departments of Defense, Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services for Fiscal Year 2019, and provides temporary funding through December 7, 2018, via a continuing resolution, for agencies that do not yet have appropriations for FY 2019. Federal Managers Association (FMA) National President Renee Johnson made the following comments on the passage of the legislation:
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- FMA AT ODDS WITH ADMINISTRATION OVER CIVILAN PAY FREEZE - August 30, 2018
- Alexandria, VA - Today, President Donald Trump formalized an alternative compensation plan calling for a pay freeze for all civilian federal employees for 2019. The alternative compensation plan also eliminates locality pay increases for feds in the upcoming year. Federal Managers Association (FMA) National President Renee Johnson made the following comments on the Trump administration's decision."We are very disappointed, but not surprised, by the administration’s decision to formally call for a pay freeze for all feds for 2019. This administration has sent several clear messages of antagonism towards federal employees with its Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal, the Office of Personnel Management’s legislative proposals, and its repeated threat of a government shutdown."
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- FMA APPLAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF FY 2019 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT - July 26, 2018
- Alexandria, VA – The House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act conference report (H. Rept. 115-874) today by a vote of 359-54. The conference report provides a base budget of $639.1 billion and includes many provisions of importance to the Federal Managers Association (FMA). Chief among those is repeal of the long-term TDY per diem cuts instituted by the Department of Defense in November 2014. FMA National President Renee Johnson made the following comments on House passage of the conference report.
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- BRENDAN CRAVALHO NAMED FMA MANAGER OF THE YEAR! - April 5, 2018
- Recognized by his peers, Mr. Cravalho, the Waterfront Logistics Manager at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, provides exceptional leadership.The Federal Managers Association (FMA) is proud to announce Mr. Brendan Cravalho as the winner of FMA's Manager of the Year award. He is the treasurer and former president of FMA Chapter 19, Pearl Harbor Area, Honolulu, Hawaii. He has provided outstanding leadership in a variety of positions since starting his shipyard career in 1970.
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