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- FMA SUPPORTS LEGISLATION PROTECTING FEDS' HEALTH COVERAGE DURING SHUTDOWNS - April 10, 2019
- During the week of April 1, lawmakers in the House and the Senate introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would protect health care coverage for feds in the event of a future government shutdown. The bills are the Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Shutdowns Act (H.R. 2003 / S. 971) and the Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act (H.R. 2004 / S. 973). FMA endorsed all four bills.
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- FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK INTERVIEW WITH MANAGER OF THE YEAR DIANA STEWART - April 8, 2019
- DLA Troop Support director named Manager of the YearHer coworkers praise her dedication and the quality of her work on the job. They also admire her community contributions off the job. Now Diana Stewart has been named Manager of the Year by the Federal Managers Association. She’s acting director of the command support office at the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, and she spoke with Federal News Network’s Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
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- AFTER GAO REPORT, FMA URGES CONGRESS TO PROVIDE NECESSARY RESOURCES FOR IRS - April 3, 2019
- This article originally ran in the April 2 edition of FEDManager.com.As an organization that represents managers, supervisors, and executives in the federal government, including at the Internal Revenue Service, it was difficult, but necessary, to take a close look at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the IRS released last week. GAO was asked to “review IRS’s enterprise-wide strategic workforce planning efforts,” and its finding of serious risks to IRS’s mission should not come as a surprise.
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- FEDweek RECOGNIZES DLA'S DIANA STEWART AS MANAGER OF THE YEAR - April 2, 2019
- DLA Official Named FMA Manager of the YearBy FEDweekThe Federal Managers Association has named as its Manager of the Year Diana Stewart, acting director of command support office at the Defense Logistics Agency in Philadelphia and the vice president of the FMA chapter there.
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- AS 2020 BUDGET LOOKS TO CHANGE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, FMA CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR EXTENSION OF PROBATIONARY PERIOD - March 20, 2019
- 2020 budget takes aim at federal employee discipline, collective bargainingBy Nicole Ogrysko, Federal News RadioThe House in 2017 passed legislation that would have extended probationary periods for most federal employees and senior executives from one year to two, but the bill never got a vote in the Senate. Some federal employee organizations such as the Federal Managers Association and National Council of Social Security Management Associations have supported the proposal in the past, arguing that a longer probationary period would give employees with complex jobs more time to train.
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- FMA SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S PICK FOR OPM DIRECTOR - March 7, 2019
- DMV lawmakers ask about pay raise…againEric White, Federal News NetworkThe president’s new nominee to become permanent director of the Office of Personnel Management already has support from several federal employee organizations. The Senior Executives Association, Federal Managers Association and three other groups within the Government Managers Coalition wrote to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee leaders to express support for Dale Cabaniss.
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- THE POWER OF MEETING YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS - March 6, 2019
- This article originally ran in the March 5 edition of FEDManager.com.As the 116th Congress churns into full gear, it will be bombarded with hordes of people seeking to meet with members of Congress and their office staffs. Corporations, associations, and others have already been making visits for several weeks, introducing themselves to the freshman members of Congress or solidifying previous relationships with more experienced lawmakers.
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- FMA SUPPORTS FIRST RESPONDER FAIR RETIRE LEGISLATION - February 20, 2019
- On Thursday, February 14, members of Congress in both the Senate and the House introduced commonsense legislation to make sure the country’s first responders receive full retirement benefits if they are injured on the job. Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the First Responder Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned (RETIRE) Act (S. 531). Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, introduced the First Responder Fair RETIRE Act (H.R. 1256) in the House of Representatives. The Federal Managers Association endorsed the bills, which would help federal firefighters, law enforcement officers, Customs and Border Protection officials, and other federal employees with potentially dangerous jobs receive their full retirement benefits if they get hurt while on duty. Currently, federal public safety officers lose their early retirement benefits if they are injured on the job and return to federal service in another position.
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- FMA FIGHTS FOR MERIT SYSTEM PRINCIPLES AND PROMOTIONS AT USMS - February 12, 2019
- U.S. Marshals Complain That System Unfairly Denies Them a PromotionBy Charles S. Clark, Government ExecutiveFrustrated by years of seeking a promotion they feel is deserved, a group of 46 regional task force inspectors for the U.S. Marshals Service has filed a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel, Government Executive has learned.The GS-12s have unsuccessfully sought promotion to the GS-13 level.Their case spotlights long-standing tensions at the agency between the government’s system of merit promotions versus elevations achieved through accretion of duties. It shows the influence of a key managers organization on the agency’s handling of the question. And it brings out some ongoing conflicts between field offices and headquarters in a hierarchical law enforcement agency operating without permanent leadership.
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- FMA ENDORSES VAN HOLLEN LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE PAY RAISE IN 2019 - January 31, 2019
- On Tuesday, January 29, Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced legislation that would provide for a 2.6 percent pay raise for federal employees in calendar year 2019. FMA National President Renee Johnson endorsed the bill, which currently has eight cosponsors, in a letter to Senator Van Hollen on Thursday, January 31.
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- FMA ENDORSES AND URGES SUPPORT FOR CONNOLLY PAY RAISE LEGISLATION - January 29, 2019
- On Tuesday, January 29, Federal Managers Association National President Renee M. Johnson sent a letter to Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) endorsing the Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019 (H.R. 790). Rep. Connolly recently introduced this legislation, which would provide a 2.6 percent pay raise for federal employees in 2019. The legislation has twenty cosponsors and will be considered on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, January 30. FMA wrote every member of the House to respectfully ask them to support the bill. To view the letter, please click here.
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE REPORT ON U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE - JANUARY 3, 2018
- Outgoing Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) recently made public a 21 page memo, with 409 pages of supporting material, regarding a three-year investigation of wrongdoing within the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS). Federal Managers Association (FMA) Chapter 373 President Dave Barnes, Vice President for Law Enforcement Operations Jason Wojdylo, and FMA are cited throughout the memo and exhibits, available on the Senate Judiciary Committee website. We are grateful for Senator Grassley for his leadership on this and his exceptional staff for their great work.
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- FMA, OTHER MANAGER GROUPS SUPPORT PICK FOR OPM - May 26, 2017
Federal Managers Groups Largely Support Trump OPM Pick
By Erich Wagner, Government Executive
The Trump administration’s nomination of George Nesterczuk to serve as director of the Office of Personnel Management is already making waves among groups that represent federal workers.
While groups representing managers voiced varying levels of support for the announcement Wednesday, a union official was warier of the choice.
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