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- FMA HELPS DEFENSE BILL TO PRESIDENT'S DESK WHICH RESTORES DOD LONG-TERM PER DIEM RATES - August 3, 2018
- Defense Bill Headed to Trump's Desk Restores Defense Long-Term Per Diem RatesBy Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveThe language to restore full per diems was included as part of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which passed on an 87-10 vote. The bill now heads to Trump’s desk.In a statement, Federal Managers Association National President Renee Johnson applauded the repeal’s inclusion in the authorization act.“As I said last week when the House approved it, we are pleased the conference agreement prohibits the Department of Defense from implementing its policy of cutting long-term TDY per diems based on the duration of the assignment,” Johnson said. “This is a change that will immediately help thousands of feds.”
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- GOVERNMENT MANAGERS COALITION OFFERS IDEAS TO CONGRESS FOR CIVIL SERVICE REFORM - August 2, 2018
- Congress should resist ‘piecemeal’ civil service changes, federal managers sayBy Nicole Ogrysko, Federal News RadioThe Government Managers Coalition, which represents about 225,000 federal managers, supervisors and executives, has told Congress it’s ready to “roll up [its] sleeves” and help drive the conversation on the ambiguous and complex topic of “civil service modernization.”
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- FMA CELEBRATES MAJOR WIN FOR DOD CIVILIAN AND UNIFORMED TRAVELERS - August 1, 2018
- Hear It From FMABy the Federal Managers Association, FedManager.comThe Federal Managers Association (FMA) is featured in the latest edition of FedManager.com. Hear it from FMA is a regularly scheduled article that runs once a month in the publication. In this article, we write about the Department of Defense reversing course and restoring more funding for TDY per diems.
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- FMA PRAISES NDAA FOR OVERTURNING DOD PER DIEM REDUCTIONS - July 31, 2018
- DoD Bill Overturns Per Diem ReductionFEDweekThe policy was based on the notion that employees on such assignments should stay in lower-cost extended-stay type lodgings. However, critics say it has shifted more costs onto employees and has made them less willing to volunteer for long-term projects such as ship overhauls and certain depot work. “This is a change that will immediately help thousands of feds,” the Federal Managers Association said.
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- HOUSE/SENATE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUPPORTS FMA PRIORITY ON TDY PER DIEMS - July 25, 2018
- Congress will prohibit the Department of Defense (DOD) from implementing its policy of cutting long-term TDY per diems based on the duration of the assignment, thanks to a provision in the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report. FMA applauded the conference committee for this action, a legislative priority of FMA’s since the cuts were enacted in November 2014.
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- FMA’s Take On The Agency Reorganization Proposals - July 3, 2018
- The Federal Managers Association, FEDmanager.comIt has been two weeks (as of writing) since the administration formally unveiled its long-awaited agency reorganization plan, called “Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century.” We at FMA have heard from many of our members and continue to analyze the merits for reform.
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- FMA PLEASED BY SENATE EFFORTS TO AWARD PAY RAISES IN 2019 - June 20, 2018
- Senate Appropriators Ignore Trump's Proposed Pay Freeze, Back 1.9% Raise for FedsErich Wagner, Government ExecutiveA Senate panel on Tuesday advanced spending legislation that would provide federal civilian employees with an across-the-board 1.9 percent pay increase in 2019, contrary to the White House’s request for a pay freeze.
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- FMA ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENT ON DOD PER DIEM CUTS - June 6, 2018
- FMA is pleased to report significant advancements in our ongoing effort to repeal the long-term TDY per diem cuts instituted by the Department of Defense in November 2014.In late 2014, DOD instituted severe cuts to per diem rates for both civilian and uniformed employees on long term travel. These cuts are 25 percent when employees travel for more than 30 days and 45% when traveling more than 180 days. The House of Representatives has voted four times for repeal in its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), however, due to opposition in the Senate the cuts remained.
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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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