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February 28, 2007: Settlement of March 31, 2006 — Invocation of Arbitration Regarding the Implementation of Flexiplace Tracking via WebSETR |
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February 5, 2007: Statement of President Colleen M. Kelley On New York Times Article About Federal Contracting |
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February 5, 2007: Budget Proposal to Increase Health Premium Costs for Some Retirees Draws NTEU Criticism |
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February 5, 2007: NTEU Criticizes Administration's 2008 Federal Pay Proposal; Calls for A Minimum Increase of 3.5 Percent |
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January 30, 2007: Resources Must be Increased for IRS To Meet Tax Gap Benchmarks, NTEU Says |
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January 24, 2007: NTEU Suit Challenges Rules Allowing Agencies To Circumvent Merit Principles in Federal Hiring |
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January 23, 2007: Update on Settlement of Accounting Course Reimbursement Grievance for GS-526 Positions |
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January 22, 2007: Kelley Welcomes Bipartisan Pay Parity Letter; Stresses Need for Fair Raise for Federal Workers |
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January 18, 2007: Senators Dorgan and Murray Seek End To IRS Tax Debt Privatization Program
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January 18, 2007: FLRA Regional Director Dismisses Objections, Upholds NTEU Win in CBP Representation Election |
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January 9, 2007: Taxpayer Advocate Olson Calls for Repeal Of IRS Authority to Use Private Debt Collectors |
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January 4, 2007: NTEU President Kelley Calls for Additional IRS Staffing As Key to Cutting Multi-Billion-Dollar Tax Gap |
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December 11, 2006: 2.2 percent pay raise for 2007
and continuing resolution . . . |
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December 1, 2006: Statement of President Colleen M. Kelley On Administration's Alternative Pay Plan |
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November 29, 2006: NTEU's Kelley Slams Gingrich Remarks Disparaging Skills of Federal Employees |
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November 3, 2006: NTEU Dental and Vision Plan Cancellation and Change -- Due to the availability of the new federal government's dental and vision plan options, the NTEU-sponsored dental and vision plans have been terminated. |
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November 2, 2006: Address Change Notification -- It is important to note that NTEU is not informed by an agency when a member submits a change of address to that agency. Unless the member or the chapter contacts NTEU or uses the Member Profile/Contact Information area of www.NTEU.org, all mail from NTEU will continue to be addressed to the “old” address. |
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October 12, 2006: FEEA-NTEU Scholarship Fund |
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September 29, 2006: Pay raise update: 2.2%? |
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September 26, 2006: President Kelley Welcomes DHS Decision To Abandon Further Appeal on Personnel Rules |
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September 21, 2006: Kelley Welcomes Smaller FEHBP Increase, But Questions Impact of Using Cash Reserve
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September 18, 2006: Statement of NTEU President Colleen Kelley On SEA Survey Concerning Pay-for-Performance |
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September 14, 2006: TIGTA Report Highlights Importance Of Resources for IRS Customer Service |
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September 3, 2006: Meeting with Secretary Paulson |
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August 30, 2006: Senior House Appropriations Committee Member Says IRS Tax Privatization Plan Disregards Clear Will of House |
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August 25, 2006: IRS's Response to Rothman Letters on Private Tax Collection and E&G Reorganization -- The IRS recently responded to a request by Representative Steve Rothman (D-NJ) to immediately halt further implementation of its plans to privatize tax collection and downsize the Estate and Gift (E&G) tax program. |
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August 23, 2006: New Health Care Executive Order -- The President has issued an Executive Order that impacts three federal agencies and FEHBP. Its goal is to reduce health care costs and standardize health information computer systems. |
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August 22, 2006: Kelley: Mellon Bank Settlement Underscores Issues
Of Contractor Oversight and Accountability |
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August 21, 2006: LMSB Initial Permanent Rollout of the Compliance Assurance Process -- On August 11, 2006, the IRS briefed NTEU with respect to the permanent rollout of the Compliance Assurance Process (CAP) which was initiated as a pilot program in January 2005. |
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August 18, 2006: What is the Status of the IRS Contract? |
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August 17, 2006: Response to Cato Institute-Sample Letters to the Editor -- The Cato Institute, a conservative DC-based organization, is advancing the position that federal workers are paid significantly more than private sector workers and have better benefits. The author of this flawed study is contending that federal benefits should be cut and employee pay frozen. NTEU is working to combat these outrageous statements through op-ed articles and letters to the editor. |
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August 4, 2006: 2007 Federal Pay Parity -- Congress left for its August recess with unfinished bills providing different pay raises for civil servants and military personnel. Both groups need a 2.7 percent increase. |
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July 27, 2006: NTEU Arbitration Win at ATF Casts Serious Doubts on Pay-for-Performance
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July 27, 2006: NTEU's Testimony on Closing the Tax Gap -- NTEU provided testimony to the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight calling for additional IRS workers - not private tax collectors - to close the $345 billion tax gap. |
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July 25, 2006: NTEU's Kelley Calls on House to Reject Bills to Establish ‘Sunset’ Commissions |
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July 25, 2006: Kelley Calls on OPM to Change Proposals In Order to Protect Employee Overtime Pay
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July 29, 2006: Fuel Compliance Officers A-76 Competition Update -- This is an update on the cancellation of the Fuel Compliance Officer A-76 Competition which was due to the inherently governmental nature of the work. |
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July 19, 2006: IRS Cancels Outsourcing Study; Federal Employees to Keep Fuel Compliance Jobs
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July 21, 2006: Pay and Contracting Out Action -- The Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday passed its version of H.R. 5576, the FY '07 Transportation, Treasury, HUD Appropriations bill. The bill includes a 2.7% raise and continues contracting out provisions won last year. |
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July 19, 2006: Simmons - Van Hollen Letter to IRS on Private Tax Collection -- Reps. Robert Simmons (R-CT) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) have sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Everson urging the agency to immediately halt implementation of the private tax collection initiative in light of recent action by the House prohibiting funding for the program. |
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July 13, 2006: IRS — Grievance on Behalf of Bilingual Employees -- NTEU has filed a national grievance alleging that the IRS is discriminating against bilingual employees by not compensating them for their foreign language skills. |
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July 11, 2006: Commission on Federal Appeals Processes Is No Substitute for Adequate Resources Kelley Says |
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July 5, 2006: Kelley Calls on IRS to Drop Privatization Plan; Major Collector Abuses Detailed In Media Report |
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June 29, 2006: Kelley: Senate Legislation Would Override Key Feature Of Law Intended to Make Agencies More Competitive |
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June 28, 2006: NTEU President Calls on DHS Secretary to Start “Fresh Dialogue” on Personnel Rules |
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June 28, 2006: NTEU Wins Historic Federal Representation Election, Putting More Than 20,000 CBP Employees Into A Single Bargaining Unit |
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June 27, 2006: AWSS/REFM Logistics Services -- NTEU has agreed to a “Preliminary” Memorandum of Understanding with AWSS/REFM related to the Logistics Services A-76 Competition results that will be announced in September 2006. |
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June 27, 2006: Appeals Court Broadens NTEU Victory in DHS Personnel Regulations Case -- NTEU obtained a landmark victory today when the court of appeals struck down the entire DHS labor relations scheme, preserving a critical voice for employees on important workplace issues. |
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June 24, 2006: Identity Theft -- With the recent stories over the last two weeks regarding the loss of personal data due to theft or loss of laptops, data disks, and similar media, NTEU is trying to move management to put a permanent program in place to help those whose personal information was stolen, and the IRS is in the process of contacting the employees and applicants whose data was lost to alert them to the problem and review options they have as individuals to protect themselves. |
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June 21, 2006: NTEU Confident That Second Look at Hatch Act Cases Will Vindicate Political Rights in Employee E-Mails |
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June 14, 2006: NTEU Leader Kelley Applauds House Move To Deliver Welcome Victory to U.S. Taxpayers
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June 14, 2006: Delays in 2006 Pay Raises for NTEU Members on Pay Retention -- I have written to OPM Director Springer on employees on Pay Retention and their 2006 Pay Raise. |
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June 14, 2006: Virtual Office Pilot Briefing - Service-wide -- NTEU was officially briefed on the Service's Virtual Office Pilot initiative, which is intended to help determine whether future utilization of this work design will meet the Service's needs. Ultimately, the IRS' hope is that it will assist in recruiting and retaining the best and brightest, reducing infrastructure and costs and better meet the needs of employees. Instead of employees going to the work, the work would go to the employee. Geographic location would ultimately be irrelevant to how the work is accomplished. |
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June 12, 2006: House Action on Private Tax Collection -- Action could come on private tax collection amendment as early as tomorrow. |
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June 12, 2006: MITS Reorganization and Seat Management A-76 -- The agency briefed NTEU on the reorganizations and competition moving forward within MITS. |
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June 9, 2006: Statement of NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley on Calls to Restrict Telework in Federal Agencies |
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June 9, 2006: (Office of Chief Counsel) Integration of CareerConnector and USAJOBS -- The Department of the Treasury will be integrating CareerConnector, the job application program in use at the Office of Chief Counsel, with OPM's USAJOBS web site. |
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June 8, 2006: Senate Rejects Effort to Abolish Federal Estate Tax -- Today the U. S. Senate rejected an effort to abolish the federal estate tax, but Republican leaders vow to raise the issue again this year. |
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June 7, 2006: Private Tax Collection -- We expect efforts to strip the Treasury, Transportation bill of the Rothman Amendment, which prevents the IRS from moving forward with private tax collection. |
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June 6, 2006: 2.7 Percent Pay Raise Moves Forward; Tax Debt Privatization Moves Backward |
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June 5, 2006: L&E RIF Notice -- NTEU has received formal, official notice of a RIF for all Learning and Education (L&E) functions throughout the Internal Revenue Service. |
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June 5, 2006: Amendment to be offered to Prevent Private Tax Collection -- Tomorrow, Congressman Steven Rothman (D-NJ) will offer an amendment that will prohibit the use of funds to contract out IRS tax collection. |
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May 31, 2006: IRS Budget Cuts Are Short-Sighted And Counter-Productive, Kelley Says
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May 30, 2006: Adverse First Amendment Decision -- The Supreme Court today issued a 5-4 decision narrowing the First Amendment rights of public employees. It held that speech made "pursuant to" an employee's duties is not entitled to First Amendment protection. Employees do have other statutory and contractual protections, however. |
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May 26, 2006: Compliance Assurance Process Survey -- The IRS will administer a voluntary survey for employees who worked on a Compliance Assurance Process (CAP) case. |
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May 26, 2006: NTEU Welcomes Cuts to MaxHR Funding, Urges Additional CBP Staffing in DHS Bill |
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May 26, 2006: Action on 2007 Pay Raise -- House Treasury, Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee approves 2.7% pay raise for federal civilian employees. |
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May 22, 2006: GAO Report Highlights Unacceptable Risks To Employees' Physical Safety, Kelley Says
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May 10, 2006: Kelley Calls on Homeland Security Subcommittee to Pull Funding for MaxHR
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May 10, 2006: HUD Secretary's Remarks Seriously Undercut Administration Claim of Contracting Out Focus |
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May 10, 2006: Study of Telework Savings Underscores Need For Federal Agencies to Boost Use of Such Programs |
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May 9, 2006: Taxpayer Advocate, TIGTA Concerns Spotlight Key Flaws in IRS Privatization Plan, Kelley Says |
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May 8, 2006: Dental and Vision Care -- OPM has made new progress towards a dental/vision care option. |
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May 4, 2006: USA Today Article on Tax Debt Privatization -- In its May 4 edition, USA Today published a lengthy article, which includes NTEU's views about problems with the Internal Revenue Service's plan to privatize tax debt collection. The article is enclosed for your information. |
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April 26, 2006: Statement of NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley On the Need for Military-Civilian Pay Parity in 2007 |
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April 24, 2006: The Engagement Continues To Be Off! |
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April 19, 2006: Debt Collection Industry Again Tops FTC Complaint List; NTEU's Kelley Warns of Turning Taxpayer Data Over to It |
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April 18, 2006: NTEU President Kelley Calls on Congress To Support Pay for a Portion of Parental Leave |
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March 23, 2006: Flexiplace Reporting Through SETR --
This is background information on the WebSETR flexiplace issue and what NTEU is doing. |
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March 22, 2006: Kelley Calls IRS Proposal to Permit Sale of Tax Data To Marketers An Outrageous Assault on Taxpayer Privacy
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March 21, 2006: NTEU's Kelley Calls for Full Review Of IRS Tax Debt Privatization Awards |
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March 21, 2006: NTEU Leader Kelley Sharply Critical of CBP Suggestion to Hire Contractors to Validate Cargo Shippers' Security Plans
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March 20, 2006: Formal Meetings -- Exercise NTEU's rights during formal meetings. |
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March 20, 2006: National Finance Center Payroll Errors -- The IRS has informed NTEU that the National Finance Center is reporting high numbers of payroll errors that will result in corrected W-2s (W-2C) being required for certain employees. |
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March 14, 2006: NTEU President Kelley Faults IRS for Failure to Tell Public About Risks To Their Personal Tax Information
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March 13, 2006: Letter to the Editor Published in The Wall Street Journal -- The Wall Street Journal published a letter I sent regarding an editorial page commentary column about cargo inspection at our nation's ports. Their commentary column and the response I sent, and they published, are attached. (Colleen Kelly, National President, NTEU) |
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March 10, 2006: Tips on Obtaining Free E-mail Services -- Given the many benefits of having a free e-mail service, either as a primary or supplementary e-mail address, here are a few tips on obtaining and using these services. |
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February 23, 2006: NTEU Wins Court Ruling Overturning Illegal IRS Act In Giving Its Mailroom Function to Private Contractor |
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February 15, 2006: NTEU Urges New Methods to Increase IRS Enforcement, Service Budgets |
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February 14, 2006: The Key to Closing the Tax Gap Is Investing In the IRS Workforce, NTEU's Kelley Says |
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February 9, 2006: IRS 2007 Budget Follows Agency Pattern of Selective Use of Data, Kelley Tells Oversight Board |
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February 7, 2006: IRS Named One of the Country's Most Efficient Collection Systems, So Why Outsource? |
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February 6, 2006: GAO Report Mirrors Concerns NTEU Raised About Negative Impact of Health Savings Plans |
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February 3, 2006: “A Great Date to Retire” -- “Retirement Planning” by Tammy Flanagan, Govexec.com |
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January 25, 2006: Statement of NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley On Shooting Incident Involving CBP Officers |
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January 24, 2006: NTEU Leader Calls on IRS Commissioner to Use New Authority to Bring Work Back to Agency Employees |
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January 23, 2006: NTEU Urges Federal Appeals Court to Uphold Essential Principles of Collective Bargaining |
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January 18, 2006: Deputy Commissioners Dalrymple and Matthews: Defining Employee Engagement |
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January 17, 2006: NTEU's Kelley Strongly Endorses Bipartisan House Letter on Civilian-Military Pay Parity |
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January 13, 2006: NTEU Reiterates Support For Added Whistleblower Protections, Kelley Says |
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January 11, 2006: Taxpayer Service Cuts Opposed by NTEU Tops List of Concerns Identified By Taxpayer Advocate |
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January 10, 2006: Kelley Calls On IRS to Prevent Its Contractors From Using Taxpayer Political Information |
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December 16, 2005: 2006 Pay Raise Fliers -- Attached are two fliers showing how NTEU's hard work over the years has increased the pay of federal employees. These fliers include the NTEU-supported average 3.1 percent raise recently signed into law for 2006. |
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December 14, 2005: Arbitration Decision - Internal Revenue Service and NTEU Chapter 24 - Section 1203(b)(4) of the Revenue Restructuring Act -- An Arbitrator reversed the discharge of a Revenue Agent and awarded full back pay and benefits in a matter involving Section 1203(b)(4) of the “Ten Deadly Sins.” |
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December 6, 2005: Compensatory Time Off for Travel Agreement |
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December 2, 2005: President Signed FY '06 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations Bill -- Yesterday, the President signed H.R. 3058, the FY '06 Transportation, Treasury, and HUD Appropriations bill with NTEU-supported provisions included in the bill. |
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November 18, 2005: FY ’06 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations Bill Member Message -- Today, NTEU is sending an all-member message via e-mail regarding our accomplishments on behalf of federal employees in the FY ’06 Transportation, Treasury, HUD Appropriations bill. |
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November 16, 2005: Opt-out List for NTEU-Sponsored Vendor Mailings -- NTEU maintains a list of those members who would prefer not to receive mailings directly from benefit providers with whom NTEU does business. |
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November 16, 2005: Online Guide to Federal Employees Health Benefit Plans for NTEU Members -- NTEU members have online access to Consumer Checkbook’s Online Guide to Health Insurance Plans for Federal Employees beginning November 14, 2005. |
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November 15, 2005: Impact of IRS Customer Service Cuts on Taxpayers Evident in GAO Report on 2005 Filing Season |
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November 14, 2005: Cellular Service Discounts for Federal Employees -- NTEU is providing information on how federal employees can receive discounts with top cellular service providers. |
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November 14, 2005: NTEU's Campaign on DHS Issues, Including LEO Status, To Include Newspaper Ads, Capitol Hill Visits by Frontline Employees |
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November 9, 2005: NTEU's Kelley Slams SEA Proposal for One-Stop Court That Would Curtail Federal Worker Rights |
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November 7, 2005: Federal workers are at a critical juncture in the fight to win a 3.1% pay raise for 2006. |
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November 4, 2005: A Special Message for Treasury Employees |
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November 2, 2005: Kelley Tackles Pay, Performance and Change At Washington Forum on Public Service |
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October 27, 2005: Statement of NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley On Proposal to Freeze Pay of Federal Employees. |
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October 25, 2005: NTEU Wins Arbitration On Grooming Standards |
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October 19, 2005: Independent Analysis of OPM Workplace Data Concludes That DHS Operating With Demoralized Workforce |
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October 13, 2005: Kelley Calls On Congress To Enact Provisions Designed To Rein In Runaway Federal Contracting |
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October 7, 2005: Federal Court Rejects DHS Motion In Second NTEU Legal Win |
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October 5, 2005: Kelley Describes Proposed Working for America Act As A Very Serious Threat to Effective Government |
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October 4, 2005: ...national grievance filed yesterday regarding the National Performance Awards Distribution for fiscal year 2005. |
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October 3, 2005: $23 Million Cut In DHS MaxHR Funds, Contract Scrutiny Provision Will Increase Accountability In DHS, NTEU Leader Kelley Says |
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August 31, 2005: NTEU Leader Criticizes IRS Decision To Contract Out Facilities Jobs Based On 'Best Value' Competition |
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August 26, 2005: Statement of NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley On Action of DHS Concerning Court Decision |
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August 18, 2005: New Dental Plans for NTEU Members - UPDATE -- On August 15, NTEU announced two new dental plans through MetLife® available to NTEU members only. Premiums for the plans are now available on the NTEU website, and the Enrollment Center is taking calls. |
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August 17, 2005: NTEU's Push For Renewed Dialogue With DHS Getting Positive Response From Capitol Hill |
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August 15, 2005: New Dental Plans for NTEU Members -- Effective August 15, 2005!
-- NTEU announces two new dental plans through MetLife® available to NTEU members only. |
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August 15, 2005: NTEU Scores Major Legal Victory Striking Down As Illegal Key New DHS Personnel Rules |
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July 29, 2005: NTEU President Kelley Calls IRS Decision To Suspend TAC-Closing Plan A Huge Victory for Taxpayers |
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July 27, 2005: Treasury Inspector General Audit Reinforces Value of IRS TACs;
Questions Validity of Data Used In Plan to Close Assistance Centers |
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July 21, 2005: NTEU Leader Applauds Senate Subcommittee Action To Prevent IRS Customer Service Cutbacks; Cites Bipartisan Opposition to Plan |
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July 18, 2005: Large Group of House Members Tell IRS Head They “Expect” Halt to TAC Closing Plan |
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June 30, 2005: Kelley: House Approval of 2006 Treasury Funding Bill Boosts Prospects
For Fair Competition for Federal Jobs, Better Use of Taxpayer Money |
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June 28, 2005: In Light of its Own Security Weaknesses, Kelley Calls On IRS To Halt Plan to Privatize Tax Debt Collection |
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June 23, 2005: Government Responds to NTEU Letter on FSAs With Extension of Use-or-Lose Deadline, Other Improvements
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