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- FMA Supports the Bipartisan Amendment (#140) to H.R. 8070 Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement - June 6, 2024
FMA and the Federal-Postal Coalition, which is comprised of 31 national organizations that collectively represent more than five million federal and postal workers and retirees across the country, wrote Members of the House to support the bipartisan Connolly-Fitzpatrick Amendment (#140) to H.R. 8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.
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- FMA President Named Manager of the Year - April 18, 2024
FEDweek -
The Federal Managers Association has named as its manager of the year Craig Carter of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, who recently was re-elected as FMA’s national president, as well.
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- FMA Quoted in Government Executive as Employee Groups Laud Biden’s Anti-Schedule F Regulations - April 6, 2024
Erich Wagner, Government Executive -
FMA National President Craig Carter stated: "The federal government cannot function effectively without this nonpolitical civil service capable of preserving institutional memory and competence across administrations.”
Unions and other organizations that represent federal employees quickly threw their support behind the Biden administration’s plan to shield the federal workforce from the potential revival of plans to strip thousands of civil servants of their due process protections.
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- House Approves Bill to Prevent Parital Government Shutdown, Heads to Senate For Completion - March 22, 2024
On Friday, March 22, the House of Representatives passed the $1.2 trillion funding package for the Department of Defense, Treasury, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and other agencies for the balance of Fiscal Year 2024. The measure, supported by FMA, passed by a vote of 286-134. It now goes to the U.S. Senate for its consideration. If this measure is not adopted and signed into law, short-term funding for these agencies will lapse.
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- FMA's Carter Quoted in Response to Biden's FY2025 Budget Request
President Biden released his Fiscal Year 2025 budget request on Monday, March 11, calling for a 2 percent pay raise for the federal workforce. FMA National President Craig Carter issued a press release in response, urging the traditional pay parity with the uniformed military, supporting the President's Management Agenda, and more. Carter was cited in a Government Executive article by Managing Editor Carten Cordell.
To read the full article, click here.
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- House Approves Bill to Prevent Government Shutdown - February 29, 2024
On Thursday, February 29, the House of Representatives approved a short-term spending bill that would extend Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations deadlines and stave off a partial government shutdown. The vote was 320-99 in favor of the bill. Funding for certain agencies, currently scheduled to expire tomorrow, would be extended to next week. The measure would extend funding for other agencies through March 22. The Senate is expected to move quickly on the bill.
FMA joined other member organizations of the Federal-Postal Coalition on a letter to all Members of Congress this week, urging swift action to prevent a devastating government shutdown. We will continue to urge legislators to fully fund Fiscal Year 2024.
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- FMA Enthusiastically Endorses Connolly, Schatz Pay Raise Legislation - January 30, 2024
On January 30, 2024, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) reintroduced the FAIR Pay Act, legislation that would provide an average 7.4 percent pay raise for the federal workforce in 2025. Connolly and Schatz quoted FMA National President Craig Carter's support for the bill in their joint press release upon introduction. Additionally, Carter was quoted in Government Executive. FMA will advocate for this bill and push for the best possible boost to pay.
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- Update on Government Funding & Pay Raises - January 19, 2024
Yesterday, January 18, 2024, Congress approved another continuing resolution (CR) that averts a partial government shutdown and keeps federal agencies funded into March 2024. Funding for the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Energy, has been extended through March 1. Funding for all other agencies has been extended through March 8. The Senate approved the measure by a vote of 77-18 and the House followed with a vote of 314-108.
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- 5.2 Percent Federal Pay Raise for 2024! - December 22, 2023
On December 21, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay, which implements an average 5.2 percent pay raise for 2024. The raise is comprised of a 4.7 percent across-the-board boost to basic pay and an average 0.5 percent boost to locality pay.
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- House Vote Shows Some GOP Support for Blocking a New Schedule F - November 14, 2023
FMA staunchly opposes the return of Schedule F which would take away merit protections from tens of thousands of federal employees. We will continue to work with all members of congress to ensure these protections are not rescinded.
FEDweek -
A vote during House consideration of a general government spending bill revealed some opposition among members of the Republican majority there to a potential return during a future GOP administration of an excepted service Schedule F.
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- Recruiting starts for plan to shrink government, fire federal workers - August 30, 2023
FMA strongly opposes any efforts to decimate the federal workforce and will continue to push for legislation to disallow Schedule F, or any similar measure, that would recklessly fire or demote federal workers simply for doing their jobs and upholding their oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Lisa Mascaro, The Associated Press, Federal Times -
With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump, recruiting thousands of Americans to come to Washington on a mission to dismantle the federal government and replace it with a vision closer to his own.
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- Bill to alleviate federal pay compression introduced by House Dems - August 9, 2023
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The Pay Compression Relief Act would effectively allow General Schedule employees to receive annual increases to both basic and locality pay, even if they have already hit the federal pay cap.
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- FMA Supports OPM's Proposed "Rule of Many" for Recruitment and Selection - July 28, 2023
Recruitment and Selection Through Competitive Examination, and Employment in the Excepted Service (Rule of Many)
Last week the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposed a new rule on the federal register regarding hiring for federal agencies. All comments are due on or before September 19, 2023, and FMA plans to provide comments in support of the proposed rule. We welcome hearing from you about any concerns you may have. Additionally, you are invited to comment directly to OPM if you are inclined to do so.
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- FMA REGION 4 DIRECTOR VINCE STAMPER SPEAKS WITH FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK - April 14, 2020
How one telework newcomer is managing his employees remotely during the pandemic
By Nicole Ogrysko, Federal News NetworkThe coronavirus pandemic has changed almost everything about the nature of work.It’s no different for Vince Stamper, who’s responsible for a team of eight people at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Before the pandemic, telework had been a relatively foreign concept.- Read More
- EPA Official Named FMA Manager of Year - April 1, 2020
FEDweek
The Federal Managers Association has named as its Manager of the Year Kenneth A. Westlake, deputy director of the tribal and multimedia programs office of the EPA’s Chicago regional office and president of the FMA chapter there.- Read More
- FMA CONGRATULATES ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS - April 1, 2020
The Federal Managers Association is proud to announce the winners of the Association's highest honors and awards. On March 30, we recognized Ken Westlake of FMA Chapter 375 (Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, Illinois) as FMA's 2019 Manager of the Year. Now, we present the winners of the Gil Guidry Award, the President's Award, the Odell Green Award, FMA's Super Recruiter, and the top regional recruiters of new members. We hope that shining a light on these deserving public servants and sharing a little bit of their stories will help boost everyone's morale in these trying times. FMA is certainly impressed with their accomplishments and thankful for your service to our country and the Association.
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- FMA SUPPORTS CRUZ WEP REFORM BILL INTRODUCED IN SENATE - March 17, 2020
- In early March 2020, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2020 (S. 3401), legislation that would replace the current formula for calculating the windfall elimination provision (WEP). The bill is companion legislation to H.R. 3934, introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX) in July 2019. FMA has endorsed both bills, which would create a new formula for WEP, calculating benefits by taking into account the actual wage and work history of public sector employees.
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- Federal Experts’ Tips for Effectively Managing Remote Teams - March 13, 2020
Whether permanent or as part of a contingency plan, teleworking requires a combination of culture changes and technology.
Aaron Boyd, NextgovThe spread of the coronavirus means federal employees might see at least some telework time over the coming weeks and months. For agencies where working remotely is not the norm, it can be difficult to quickly shift workloads from the office to employees’ homes.- Read More
- FMA AND THE POWER OF ADVOCACY - March 3, 2020
- Hear it from FMA, FEDManager.com
The Federal Managers Association (FMA) is hosting its annual national convention and management training seminar in Alexandria, Virginia, March 29 through April 1. The centerpiece of the event is the “Day on the Hill,” when FMA members will meet with members of Congress and their staffs to discuss issues important to their installation, their agency, and to FMA.
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- Federal Facilities Need to be Part of National Infrastructure Upgrade, Says FMA - February 8, 2020
Federal Manager's Daily Report
The Federal Managers Association is urging that federal agency facilities not be left out of any nationwide infrastructure improvement initiative, saying many federal installations have “critical needs.”- Read More
- Infrastructure Investments and Modernization Needed at Federal Installations - February 5, 2020
Hear It from FMA, FedManager.com
On Wednesday, January 29, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other top legislators in the House unveiled a $760 billion infrastructure package. They appealed to President Trump, who campaigned on a $1 trillion infrastructure plan, to join them in moving this funding forward. As recently as May 2019, the President was expected to propose a $2 trillion infrastructure package, but he urged Congress to first pass the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade deal. He signed that deal into place on January 29, the same day House Democrats offered their infrastructure proposal.- Read More
- Groups Hope for at Least Partial Relief from Offsets - January 10, 2020
FEDweek
Several federal employee organizations have said that an opportunity may be at hand to gain relief from two Social Security-related offsets affecting many federal retirees, although that relief may come as less than a full repeal.The two provisions are called the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision, both of which commonly affect those who are retired, or will retire, under the CSRS program which does not include Social Security. The former offset commonly reduces any personal Social Security benefit earned through other employment while the latter reduces and often eliminates a spousal or survivor Social Security benefit. While CSRS now makes up only about 5 percent of the active workforce, two-thirds of federal retirees went out under that system and about two-fifths of new retirees are under CSRS.- Read More
- FMA Celebrates FY20 Funding and NDAA in the New Year - January 8, 2020
- Hear It from FMA, FedManager.comA year ago, the federal government was mired in a partial government shutdown, uncertainty, and frustration. And just a month ago, in early December 2019, the Federal Managers Association (FMA) expressed significant concerns about the costs of continuing resolutions on the federal workforce and the impact on day-to-day operations for managers. But a lot can happen in a month, and FMA is both proud and optimistic as we begin a new year.
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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 PLEASED AND SATISFIED WITH FY2020 NDAA CONFERENCE REPORT - December 10, 2019
- This week lawmakers released the conference report for the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). FMA worked with legislators on many provisions, and we are pleased and satisfied with the final product.Specifically, the House bill would have modified the probationary period for Department of Defense (DOD) civilian employees from two years to one year. FMA appreciates that conferees instead maintained the current policy – which FMA supports – but require a report from the Secretary of Defense to formally analyze and assess how the policy is working. That is the reasonable and practical course of action.
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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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