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- FMA Hawaii: We Are Here For You - December 5, 2019
- Dear FMA Hawaii Family:We were shocked and heartbroken to learn about yesterday's senseless PHNS tragedy. We at the national office, and across all of Team FMA, are here for you. We send thoughts and prayers for peace and healing, and stand ready to help any way we can. Please reach out at (703) 683-8700 if we can be of assistance.Aloha mākou iā ʻoe.
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- A Billion Wasted Here, a Billion Wasted There - December 4, 2019
- Hear It from FMA, FedManager.comFormer Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen (R-IL) reportedly once said, “a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.” In recent years, untold billions have been squandered each year due to continuing resolutions (CRs).Most recently, on November 21, Congress finalized, and President Trump signed another continuing resolution (CR) into law. The second CR of Fiscal Year 2020, this one funds the federal government through December 20, 2019.
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- Sick Leave – The Gift That Keeps on Giving - November 21, 2019
- Working with Congress, the Federal Managers Association was the driving force behind the FERS Sick Leave Credit legislation that rewards feds for responsible use of leave.Reg Jones Expert's View, FEDweekSick leave is one of the government’s high-value benefits. Not only does it help when you are ill but it can also be used in other cases, such as childbirth, adoption, absence for funerals, and family care and bereavement.
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- CONTINUING RESOLUTION FUNDS GOVERNMENT THROUGH DECEMBER 20, 2019 - November 21, 2019
- Trump signs continuing resolution, keeping agencies open through Dec. 20On November 21, President Trump signed a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the federal government through December 20, 2019. Federal News Network reporter Nicole Ogrysko wrote a detailed article about the CR and the status of full-year appropriations. Ogrysko quoted FMA National President Renee Johnson, who expressed concern about the inefficenty and costs associated with CR's, in her article.
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- BIPARTISAN SUPPORT GROWS FOR MITIGATING WEP - November 5, 2019
- Hear It from FMA, FEDmanager.comThis month, FMA discusses the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act (H.R. 4540) and the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act (H.R. 3934), legislation that would mitigate the effect of the windfall elimination provision (WEP). While FMA continues to support a full repeal of both the WEP and the Government Pension Offset, we also support these efforts to provide relief in lieu of a full repeal.
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- 2019 Sammies Winners Reveal the Inspiration for Their Public Service - October 17, 2019
- Todd Wells and Greg Stanford Honored to Represent FMA at Celebration of Outstanding Federal EmployeesJessie Bur, Federal TimesSix federal employees were recognized Oct. 16 as outstanding examples of federal service and recipients of the Partnership for Public Service’s Samuel J. Heyman Service to American Medals.“Our nation’s health and safety depend in significant measure on the work of career civil servants, who are largely unknown to the American people,” said Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, in a news release. “We are working to change that with our Service to America Medals, which are designed to showcase the remarkable work taking place every day on behalf of all of us. When we have a great workforce, we get big problems fixed.”
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- FMA INTEGRAL IN RESEARCH ON INVESTMENT IN MIDDLE MANAGEMENT - October 9, 2019
- The Performance Management Alarms Keep Getting LouderBy Howard Risher, Workforce Management Consultant, Government ExecutiveOn October 9, Government Executive published a management matters article by Howard Risher, a respected workforce management consultant. Risher found,"government is clearly overlooking a straightforward and inexpensive way to tackle its talent management problems as well as improve agency performance—investing in its middle managers." FMA members assisted in his study, responding to a 10-question survey on investment in middle managers in the federal workforce.
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- Senate Sends Shutdown-averting CR To Trump’s Desk - September 27, 2019
- Nicole Ogrysko, Federal News NetworkThe Senate on Thursday afternoon sent a seven-week continuing resolution to the president’s desk, delaying the possibility of another government shutdown until Nov. 21.The measure passed the Senate with a 82-15 vote. The CR would fund agencies at 2019 levels through Nov. 21, buying lawmakers more time to negotiate over several full-year appropriations bills. The House overwhelmingly cleared the bill last week.FMA National President Johnson stated, “We credit Congress with averting a government shutdown and urge President Trump to sign this CR into law.”
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- Employee Groups Encouraged by End to Pay Freeze Threat - September 5, 2019
- By Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveOfficials with groups that represent federal employees applauded President Trump’s decision last week to end his quest to implement a pay freeze for civilian federal workers, but said his proposed 2020 raise is not enough.Last week, Trump surprised many by announcing an alternative pay plan that would provide federal civilian employees with a 2.6% across-the-board raise next year. The plan, which is issued each year to avoid much higher automatic pay increases under the Federal Employee Pay Comparability Act, marked a reversal from the White House's fiscal 2020 budget proposal, which advocated freezing federal employee pay at 2019 levels.
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- FMA Seeks to Restore Leadership and Resources At The Merit Systems Protection Board - August 7, 2019
- Hear It from FMA, FEDmanager.comThe Senate has a lot of business to tend to when it returns from its State Work Period on September 9. Most notably, it will have barely three weeks before the end of the current fiscal year to pass appropriations to fund the federal government for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) and prevent another government shutdown. Among the other important priorities on the Senate’s plate is finally confirming nominees for the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the primary appeals board for federal employees.
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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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