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- Help FMA Make the Case for your Benefits - January 15, 2021
- Federal workers have few advocates on Capitol Hill, and Federal managers have even fewer. Read the following piece from Fedweek by Reg Jones on how you can advocate for the your own interests as a federal manager. Jones cites FMA as one of the main organizations representing your interest as a federal employee. Read more below!Plans were advanced in the past four years that would have adverse effects on the federal civil service – including in the form of paying more for reduced benefits. So in the clamor of voices trying to get the new administration’s attention, one has to be that of federal employees and retirees.
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- Be Fiscally Responsible – Pay Feds a Market Wage to End Expensive Turnover - January 6, 2020
- Once a month the Federal Managers Association writes a Hear It from FMA article for the FEDmanager.com newsletter. This article originally ran in the January 5, 2021 issue.The Federal Managers Association believes in good government and fiscal responsibility. Unfortunately, the way federal workers are currently paid is the opposite of fiscally responsible.
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- FMA Urges Congress to Avoid a Shutdown - December 11, 2020
- On December 11, the Senate agreed by unanimous voice vote to a one-week extension of the Continuing Resolution (CR) that has funded Fiscal Year 2021 since October 1. The House of Representatives passed the extension on December 9, which allows for more time for negotiations on longer-term appropriations and a stimulus package in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.FMA National President Craig Carter sent a letter to Congress urging passage of appropriations to fund the remainder of Fiscal Year 2021.
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- FMA and Colleagues Work to Block Schedule F - December 11, 2020
- On December 11, FMA joined nearly 80 other signatories on a letter urging congressional leadership to act swiftly to block the implementation of the Executive Order creating Schedule F (E.O. 13957). The EO makes it easier for and administration to remove civil servants and install political appointees in their place.
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- Politicizing the Civil Service is a Disturbingly Bad Idea: FMA Responds to Executive Order - November 3, 2020
Once a month the Federal Managers Association writes a Hear It from FMA article for the FEDmanager.com newsletter. This article originally ran in the November 3, 2020 issue.
As most feds are now aware, President Trump recently signed an executive order to create a Schedule F in the Excepted Service, a new class of career “confidential, policy-determining, or policy-advocating” positions. Concerning to FMA, this move strips civil service protections from a huge, as yet-untold number of federal workers.- Read More
- FMA SPEAKS OUT AGAINST PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER - OCTOBER 23, 2020
- What they’re saying about the new Schedule FNicole Ogrysko, Federal News NetworkThe October before an election is supposed to bring a few unexpected surprises, and federal employees got one of their own last week in the form of a new executive order.The order creates a brand new class of career “confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating” positions called Schedule F. Under this new schedule, agency heads will have the flexibility to hire and fire individuals to those positions at will — a condition most current political appointees operate under today.
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- FMA Backs Kilmer Bill to Protect Disabled Veteran Leave - October 8, 2020
- On October 8, Representative Derek Kilmer (D-WA) introduced the Federal Worker Leave Fairness Act, a bipartisan bill that would extend disabled veteran leave to 24 months for any veteran who entered the program between March 2019 and June of 2021. Additionally, the bill would restore leave that has already been lost to any disabled veteran who entered the program in March of 2019 or later.FMA National President Craig Carter swiftly endorsed the legislation in a statement:
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- FMA APPLAUDS HOUSE VOTE ON FY20 APPROPRIATIONS - December 18, 2019
- On Tuesday, December 17, 2019, the House of Representatives approved two spending packages that would fund the federal workforce for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2020. The funding package includes a 3.1 percent average for federal employees, comprised of a 2.6 percent across-the-board salary increase and a 0.5 percent average boost to locality pay. FMA is pleased with this development, which the association worked for throughout 2019.FMA supports both the pay raise and the spending deal. We urge the Senate to approve the measures, and President Trump to sign the bills into law, prior to the expiration of the current continuing resolution.
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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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