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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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- 2017 TSP MODERNIZATION ACT TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN SEPTEMBER - June 1, 2018
- Officials Outline Plans to Loosen TSP Withdrawal RulesErich Wagner, Government ExecutiveFMA has long had a seat on the Employee Thrift Advisory Council, which advises the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Board and has pushed for and endorsed this legislation for many years. We are very pleased our members will greatly benefit from this revision.
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- NEW EXECUTIVE ORDERS ATTACK FEDERAL EMPLOYEES - May 30, 2018
- Trump’s orders show unwavering attack on federal unions, employeesBy Joe Davidson, Washington PostBut the Federal Managers Association (FMA) is apprehensive, even as it supports civil service reform.“We are very concerned about a government by fiat, making broad, sweeping changes without hearings, legislative review, buy-in from stakeholders and the front-line managers charged with implementing these changes,” FMA President Renee Johnson said. “These executive orders seem to run roughshod over a responsible, deliberate review of the current system, with the possibility of causing real harm to America’s civil service, and therefore, to our country.”
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- BRENDAN CRAVALHO HONORED AS FMA MANAGER OF THE YEAR - May 3, 2018
- Brendan Cravalho honored for 50 years at Pearl Harbor shipyardBy Tom Temin, Federal News RadioWhile many federal employees find themselves moving from agency to agency or to the private sector, some find a niche in one place and stay there. One of them is the recipient of the Federal Managers Association’s Manager of the Year Award. Brendan Cravalho has worked at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for 50 years. He’s currently serving as Waterfront Logistics Manager. He tells Federal News Radio’s Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin how he got his start and why he thinks it’s important to support the community around the federal workplace as well.
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- CONGRESSMAN DEREK KILMER DISCUSSES FMA ISSUE BRIEF TO HELP FEDS RETIRE - April 30, 2018
- It’s Time to Fix an Unfair Federal Retirement RuleRep. Derek Kilmer, Government ExecutiveImagine you work your whole career with a colleague. You start the same day. You show up at the same time every day and do the exact same work, for the same number of years. You’re paid the same amount. But when you calculate the number of days you must work between now and retirement, the Office of Personnel Management tells your coworker she can retire, but you have to work five more years, thanks to a three-decade-old retirement rule change.
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- FMA ISSUE BRIEF HELPS TO BUYBACK CREDIBLE SERVICE TOWARDS RETIREMENT - April 26, 2018
- Bill Could Help Feds Buy Back Creditable ServiceFedWeekThe bill, HR-5389 would allow you to retroactively deposit the retirement deductions that would have been taken from your pay and get creditable service for that time. Not only would that boost your annuity when you retire but that increased service time would allow you to retire earlier. This bill has the support of employee centered organizations, such as the Federal Managers Association and the National Active and Retired federal Employees Association.
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- ALLOW FEDS TO BUY CREDIT TOWARD THEIR RETIREMENT - April 25, 2018
- 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 Federal Retirement Fairness Act, an FMA issue brief introduced as H.R. 5389 designed to allow FERS employees to buy back temporary time towards their retirement.
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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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