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- FMA Washington Report: May 11, 2020
- This report communicates what FMA’s professional staff is doing on behalf of FMA members in Washington, D.C., and provides an update on issues affecting federal managers. Click here to view the May 11, 2020, edition of FMA's Washington Report. In this issue, we discuss the response to Covid-19, FMA's work on the roll-out of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service final report, Public Service Recognition Week 2020, and other issues impacting FMA members. As always, we encourage you to visit www.fedmanagers.org on a regular basis for information on these and other matters.
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- Federal Managers Answer the Call of Public Service in that Hour of Our Nation’s Need - May 5, 2020
- This article was published in the May 5, 2020, issue of FEDManager.comLast week, Government Executive reported more than 10,000 federal employees have contracted Covid-19. This news came as overall confirmed positive cases in the United States passed one million. FMA members are doing their part to help stop the spread, while finding and creating ways to accomplish their missions and provide the vital services upon which the American people rely. In the midst of the early stages of a raging pandemic, we wanted to share just some of their stories that have inspired us, and that represent the great work that resilient federal managers are doing in this time of uncertainty and crisis.
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- FMA AND COALITION PARTNERS SEND LETTER TO CONGRESS ON COVID-19 ISSUES - April 15, 2020
- On Tuesday, April 14, the Federal Managers Association (FMA) and 27 other organizations within the Federal-Postal Coalition sent a letter to all Members of Congress to highlight challenges facing the federal and postal community related to the COVID-19 pandemic and urge congressional support on those issues.
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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 pandemicBy 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.
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- 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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- EPA Official Named FMA Manager of Year - April 1, 2020
- FEDweekThe 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.
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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.
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- Federal Facilities Need to be Part of National Infrastructure Upgrade, Says FMA - February 8, 2020
- Federal Manager's Daily ReportThe 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.”
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- Infrastructure Investments and Modernization Needed at Federal Installations - February 5, 2020
- Hear It from FMA, FedManager.comOn 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.
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- Groups Hope for at Least Partial Relief from Offsets - January 10, 2020
- FEDweekSeveral 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.
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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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- OPM GUIDANCE ON ADDITIONAL PAID SICK LEAVE FOR FEDS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC APRIL 23, 2020
- OPM GUIDANCE: “SUMMARY OF STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE ACT (EPSLA) -- APPLICATION TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEES APRIL 22, 2020
- M-20-23: ALIGNING FEDERAL AGENCY OPERATIONS WITH THE NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR OPENING UP AMERICA AGAIN April 20, 2020
- FEEA PROVIDES CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES FOR FEDS
- The Pandemic Drove the Final Nail in the GS System - June 2, 2020
- The government is confronted with a different workforce management reality than at any time in the past.Howard Risher, Government Executivehe coronavirus pandemic has cast the government’s HR crisis into stark relief: both the public’s need for government services and the government’s future staffing needs for essential employees are uncertain. Responding to COVID-19 has also made individual expertise and credentials a front burner concern. In the new work environment individual initiative, agility and performance are highly valued. The pandemic also requires flexible and responsive staffing practices. Government is confronted with a different workforce management reality than at any time in the past.
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- OPM Clarifies Leave Policy, Pentagon Outlines Elective Surgery Plans, and More - May 28, 2020
- Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveThe Office of Personnel Management last week sought to clarify how agencies should treat a new form of paid leave enacted as part of the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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- Zero Retiree COLA Likely For 2021, Senior Group Predicts - May 26, 2020
- Scott Thompson, My Federal RetirementSocial Security benefits have lost 30 percent of buying power since 2000, according to the latest Social Security Loss of Buying Power study released this month by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). TSCL also estimates the 2021 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security benefits could be zero, based on consumer price index (CPI) data through April of this year.
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- Federal Advisory Group Finds Feds Are Paid 26.71% Less than Private Sector Counterparts - May 21, 2020
- In their annual report, members of the Federal Salary Council recommend updates to datasets used in determining a region’s eligibility to become a locality pay area.Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveAn advisory board tasked with examining pay disparities between the federal government and the private sector recently found that federal employees on average make 26.71% less than their private sector counterparts, although the group's methodology is hotly debated.
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- Agencies Inch Back toward Regular Operations and a New Normal - May 20, 2020
- FedweekAs federal agencies continue to inch toward a return to normal operations, consideration already is being given to a “new normal” for large numbers of employees if not for entire agencies.
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- IRS Provides Tax Relief for Individuals Enrolled in Flexible Spending Accounts, Including FSAFEDS - May 18, 2020
- Edward A. Zurndorfer, My Federal RetirementThe IRS announced on May 12 guidance to allow temporary changes to employer-sponsored “cafeteria plans” that are authorized under Internal Revenue Code Section 125.Among the most important changes are extending the claims period for health care flexible spending arrangements (HCFSAs) and dependent care flexible spending arrangement (DCFSAs) and allowing for HCFSA and DCFSA enrollees in 2020 to make mid-year 2020 changes.
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- TSP Delays Implementing I Fund Change - May 14, 2020
- By Ralph R. Smith, FedSmithIn a special meeting of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB), the Board members voted to delay implementing a new index for the I Fund, the Fund in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) that invests in foreign equities.
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- Trump administration directs TSP board to ‘immediately halt’ planned I fund changes - May 13, 2020
- By Nicole Ogrysko, Federal News NetworkThe Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board will meet Wednesday morning to discuss the path forward for the international fund, following new demands from the White House to immediately cease implementation of a new, China-inclusive benchmark.
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- HHS Has Yet to Use Four-Year-Old Authorities to Hire 2,000 Biomedical Researchers - May 12, 2020
- The researchers could have helped CDC, FDA and NIH in coronavirus fight, watchdog says.Eric Katz, Government ExecutiveThe Trump administration has not yet implemented a law passed in late 2016 to allow several agencies to hire biomedical researchers with special authority and boosted pay who could have assisted in the government’s response to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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- More Agencies Begin Delivering Masks, PPE to Employees - May 11, 2020
- Deliveries mark a shift at agencies that initially banned masks or told employees they were on their own for protective equipment.Eric Katz, Government ExecutiveSeveral agencies are ramping up their delivery of personal protective equipment to employees who are still reporting to their normal work stations during the novel coronavirus pandemic after months of leaving workers to fend for themselves to find masks and other materials.
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- House Legislation Would Protect Feds’ Unused Leave During Coronavirus Pandemic - May 8, 2020
- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., has introduced a bill that would ensure that federal workers who are unable to take a vacation due to the COVID-19 outbreak will not lose their paid leave.Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveA new bill in the House would ensure that federal workers who cannot take vacation this year due to the coronavirus pandemic and end up exceeding annual limits on how much time off can carry over from year to year. would not lose their paid leave.
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- Telework programs at DoD could stick around after coronavirus - May 7, 2020
- Andrew Eversden and Aaron Mehta, C4ISRNETThe coronavirus pandemic sent the Pentagon’s IT officials scrambling to prepare its workforce and network for telework. Now, as the Department of Defense begins to ponder what effective work looks like after successfully carrying out its mission during months of work from home, some changes may stick around.
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- What Feds Can Do if Called Back to an Unsafe Workplace - May 5, 2020
- As some in the Trump administration push toward “reopening the government,” a federal employment lawyer said worried workers might find solace in existing leave policies and the whistleblower protection statute.Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveAlthough it remains unclear when or if the United States will effectively “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus outbreak, federal agencies appear poised to begin calling at least some employees back to the office in the coming weeks.
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- Bipartisan Senate Group Urges Hazard Pay for Feds - May 5, 2020
- Nineteen senators encourage authorization of a 25% pay increase for frontline federal workers during the coronavirus pandemic, along with more guidance enhancing telework, leave and other protections for employees.Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveA bipartisan group of 19 senators on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to authorize hazard pay for federal employees working on the front lines during the coronavirus pandemic and encouraged it to act to enhance agencies’ use of workplace flexibilities to protect workers.
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- What Feds Teleworking During the Pandemic Need to Know About Complying With the Hatch Act - May 1, 2020
- Special counsel releases guidance on what counts as “on duty” while working from home, and what not to do during video conferences.Amelia Gruber, Government ExecutiveThe Hatch Act limiting partisan political activity in the federal workplace hasn’t gone away during the novel coronavirus pandemic, but with many federal employees now working from home, the lines between “on the job” and personal activities can be blurred. The Office of Special Counsel has released guidance for teleworkers clarifying when they are considered “on duty” and how the Hatch Act applies during video conferences and on social media.
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- White House Directs Agencies to Plan for Presidential Transition - April 30, 2020
- Under the law, agencies have until Friday to designate career officials to oversee planning.Courtney Buble, Government ExecutiveJust days ahead of a statutory deadline on Friday, the Trump administration on Monday released guidance for agencies to begin planning for a potential presidential transition next year.
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- The IRS is calling ‘mission-critical’ employees back to the office - April 28, 2020
- Andrew Eversden, Federal TimesThe Internal Revenue Service is calling 10,000 “mission-critical” employees back to 10 campuses across the country, but it won’t immediately be providing personal protective equipment to protect them from the coronavirus.
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- USDA Resists Providing Extra Flexibilities During the Pandemic for Forest Service Employees with Children - April 27, 2020
- U.S. Forest Service workers said they are burning through personal leave juggling telework and child care, but that their agency has declined to provide additional time off as others have done.Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveU.S. Forest Service employees said Friday that the Agriculture Department has been effectively blocking the agency from providing paid administrative leave to teleworking employees who are juggling agency business and caring for a child, despite the fact that the practice has been authorized by the Trump administration.
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- OPM announces special Combined Federal Campaign giving period - April 24, 2020
- Andrew Eversden, Federal TimesThe Office of Personnel Management has reopened its annual federal giving program in response to the coronavirus pandemic.In an announcement dated April 22, acting OPM Director Michael Rigas said that web portal for donating via a special Combined Federal Campaign would be open until June 30, 2020, to allow federal employees to donate to nonprofits that might be struggling to maintain operations during the coronavirus pandemic.
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- Agencies Remind Employees to Remain Ethical During Pandemic - April 23, 2020
- Think twice before accepting a gift from a grateful citizen or using your work computer for personal activities, agencies say.Eric Katz, Government ExecutiveSome federal agencies are reminding employees that ethics requirements still apply during the novel coronavirus pandemic, including rules about moonlighting and accepting gifts from thankful citizens.
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- OPM Issues Guidance on Additional Paid Sick Leave for Feds During the Coronavirus Pandemic - April 23, 2020
- By Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveThe Office of Personnel Management on Wednesday issued guidance to agencies providing clarity on how they should implement a provision of the coronavirus relief bill signed last month that provides two weeks of paid sick leave in connection with COVID-19.
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- White House Instructs Agencies to Begin Process of Returning Some Employees to Their Offices - April 21, 2020
- Operations will remain abnormal for the coming months and will vary widely across the country.Eric Katz, Government ExecutiveFederal agencies should begin considering ways to bring employees back to their offices, according to new Trump administration guidance, though the White House left much of the decision making to individual leaders based on local conditions.
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- USDA Is Relocating Its Food Inspectors From One Hot Spot to the Next As More Employees Get Sick - April 20, 2020
- Now employees are required to continue working even after known coronavirus exposure as government seeks to avoid food supply disruptions.Eric Katz, Government ExecutiveAs more federal food inspectors go home sick, the Agriculture Department is scrambling to reassign employees from shuttered facilities to those with new outbreaks and is instructing those with known exposure to the novel coronavirus to continue reporting to work.
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- TSP Waives Notarization Requirement on Withdrawal Decisions - April 17, 2020
- FedweekThe TSP has temporarily waived a requirement that married account holders get notarized permission from their spouses before making most withdrawal decisions, citing stay at home orders and other restrictions making it difficult at present to get documents notarized.
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- How to Manage a Multi-Generational Federal Workforce - April 17, 2020
- Get ready for Generation Z—managing four generations in the same organization will be tricky.Bill Bennett, Government ExecutiveThis year, Generation Z will account for nearly a quarter of the global workforce and while a good portion are still in elementary school, at 61 million strong (1 million more than Millennials), organizations are preparing now for the impending impact. Between the focus on developing a “workforce of the future” in the president’s management agenda and the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey driving increased engagement, agencies are doing more to transition the workforce from what the administration calls the “relic of an earlier era” to one suited for the 21st century.
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- OVERSIGHT LEADERS' CORONAVIRUS WISHLIST FOR FEDS - April 14, 2020
- House Oversight Leaders Seek Childcare Payments and Other Help for Feds in Next COVID-19 Relief BillBy Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveLeaders of the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Monday proposed a laundry list of initiatives aimed at helping federal workers and contractors during the coronavirus outbreak, with the aim of including them in the next round of legislation responding to the crisis.
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- A New Era of Telework Should be the Beginning of a More Flexible Federal Workforce. - April 10, 2020
- In the federal government, fewer than half of employees are authorized to telework, despite a requirement for agencies to incorporate telework into their continuity of operations plans.Shawn Skelly, Government ExecutiveAmid the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers have had to revisit their teleworking policies. Americans today—especially younger workers—have become accustomed to flexible workplaces where remote work is viewed not as a low-priority perk, but as an imperative that improves productivity and supports a high-performing, resilient organization. They expect to work hard but also to have the option to vary their work schedules and locations to accommodate family and personal obligations. And they are used to having the necessary tools available to do their jobs from day one—not waiting weeks for a computer or to get needed software applications.
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- OPM Waives Recruitment and Retention Incentive Rules for Coronavirus Outbreak, and More - April 9, 2020
- Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveThe Office of Personnel Management this week announced that it would increase the limit on recruitment, relocation and retention incentives to help federal agencies respond to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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- SENATE, ADMINISTRATION REACH STIMULUS DEAL - March 25, 2020
- Stimulus Deal Gives Agencies $340B, Helping to Boost Telework, Office Cleaning and HiringBy Eric Katz, Government ExecutiveFederal agencies will see a $340 billion boost for operations and response efforts in the face of the novel coronavirus under a more than $2 trillion stimulus package Congress is expected to pass this week, which the Senate passed late Wednesday after painstaking bipartisan negotiations with the White House.
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- Rigas Will Also Serve as Acting Deputy Director for Management at OMB - March 25, 2020
- OPM’s Rigas to take on second position as OMB acting deputyBy Nicole Ogrysko, Federal News NetworkThe White House has tapped Michael Rigas, the newly-appointed acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, to serve concurrently as the acting deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget.
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- OPM DIRECTOR RESIGNS - March 17, 2020
- Cabaniss resigns as OPM directorBy Nicole Ogrysko, Federal News NetworkThe director of the Office of Personnel Management, Dale Cabaniss, has resigned, Federal News Network has learned.She resigned late Tuesday afternoon, as the federal government continues to juggle a growing coronavirus pandemic and provide highly-sought guidance to its workforce.
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- Federal Retirement Applications, Processing Both Down in October - November 12, 2019
- By Erich Wagner, Government Executive,The Office of Personnel Management announced last week that the backlog of pending federal retirement claims nearly reached 18,000 last month. Although the number of requests has decreased in recent months, so too has the pace by which the federal government’s HR agency has processed them.According to agency statistics, only 7,044 federal employees filed for retirement in October. That represents about 400 fewer claims than OPM received in September, and a decrease of nearly 2,000 requests compared with the 9,012 that were filed in October 2018.
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- BOTH STAFF CUTS AND BUDGET INCREASES FOR FY 2019 - July 13, 2017
Staff Cuts and Budget Increases Are Both on Tap for 2019
By Eric Katz, Government Executive
The Trump administration has provided federal agencies with the latitude to request up to a 5 percent funding boost in fiscal 2019, saying the White House may accommodate a “limited number” of programmatic increases in its final blueprint.
Generally, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said in a memorandum to department and agency heads, agencies should keep their 2019 spending requests in line with what the White House spelled out in the fiscal 2018 budget submission. They should also, however, “identify additional investments in effective programs that further support their mission and fill a clear federal role.”
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- Agencies Could Rehire, Promote Former Employees With New OPM Regulatory Fix - December 24, 2019
- By Nicole Ogrysko, Federal News NetworkThe Office of Personnel Management wants to help agencies rehire former employees who have left government — and offer a non-competitive promotion to a higher grade level to sweeten the deal.In a proposed rule, which is scheduled for publication later this week, OPM will recommend new regulations that will allow agencies to non-competitively reappoint former employees to other positions at a higher grade level than when they left government.
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- How The Government Wants Agencies To Regulate AI - January 14, 2020
- By Andrew Eversden, Federal TimesThe Office of Management and Budget released a draft memorandum Jan. 13 providing guidance to agencies on how they should approach regulation of industry’s artificial intelligence applications.The guidance emphasizes that agencies should consider how any regulatory action would potentially hinder expansion of AI use. The draft memo “calls on agencies, when considering regulations or policies related to AI applications, to promote advancements in technology and innovation."
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- Federal Managers Answer the Call of Public Service in that Hour of Our Nation’s Need - May 5, 2020
- This article was published in the May 5, 2020, issue of FEDManager.comLast week, Government Executive reported more than 10,000 federal employees have contracted Covid-19. This news came as overall confirmed positive cases in the United States passed one million. FMA members are doing their part to help stop the spread, while finding and creating ways to accomplish their missions and provide the vital services upon which the American people rely. In the midst of the early stages of a raging pandemic, we wanted to share just some of their stories that have inspired us, and that represent the great work that resilient federal managers are doing in this time of uncertainty and crisis.
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- RECOGNIZING KEN WESTLAKE, FMA's MANAGER OF THE YEAR - April 7, 2020
- This article ran as the Hear it from FMA column in the April 7, 2020, edition of FEDManager.comOn Monday, March 30, the Federal Managers Association (FMA) formally announced Mr. Kenneth A. Westlake as the winner of FMA’s Manager of the Year award. This award is presented annually to an outstanding manager or supervisor in the federal government who is a member of FMA. Nominees are scored based on workplace accomplishments and contributions, local community accomplishments, and FMA involvement at the chapter, regional, or national level.
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- Infrastructure Investments and Modernization Needed at Federal Installations - February 5, 2020
- Hear It from FMA, FedManager.comOn 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.
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- Viewpoint: Let’s Keep a Level Playing Field for TSP Investors - November 25, 2019
- Participants in the federal employee retirement savings program deserve the same investment options as other Americans.The Federal Managers Association sits on the Employee Thrift Advisory Council (ETAC) which advises the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB). Clifford Dailing is Chair of ETAC, and Michael Kennedy is Chair of FRTIB.By Michael Kennedy and Clifford Dailing, Government ExecutiveWhen President Ronald Reagan signed the Federal Employees’ Retirement System Act in 1986 flanked by a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers, the intent was clear: to provide federal employees a defined contribution retirement plan like private employers’ 401(k) plans. The Thrift Savings Plan has grown to hold the retirement savings of more than 5.5 million participants from federal and military service, with total assets of $600 billion.
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- FMA Seeks to Restore Leadership and Resources At The Merit Systems Protection Board - August 7, 2019
- Hear It from FMA, FEDmanager.comThe Senate has a lot of business to tend to when it returns from its State Work Period on September 9. Most notably, it will have barely three weeks before the end of the current fiscal year to pass appropriations to fund the federal government for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) and prevent another government shutdown. Among the other important priorities on the Senate’s plate is finally confirming nominees for the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the primary appeals board for federal employees.
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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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- THE IMPORTANT BUT LESS SEXY SIDE OF INVESTING IN OUR MILITARY - December 19, 2017
The Federal Managers Association, FedManager.com
The 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 investing in modernizing infrastructure and facilities across the government. It is sexy and splashy when headlines announce next generation of sophisticated aircraft and advanced ships, but we need to make the necessary investments to keep them viable.
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- Good Intentions Start a Slippery Slide to the Bottom - June 14, 2017
Todd Wells, Executive Director
Federal Managers AssociationThe members of the Federal Managers Association (FMA) remain steadfast in their desire to work with Congress and the President to identify more effective and cost-efficient ways to ensure our veterans receive the treatment they deserve. However, we are extremely concerned by the erosion of due process for federal employees included in the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act.
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- FEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY - April 7, 2020
- Alexandria, VA - The Federal Managers Association (FMA) is pleased to announce its newest elected officers. FMA National Vice President and Chapter 3 President Craig Carter was elected as the Association's National President and FMA Region 3 Director Pauline Coleman-Sutton was elected National Secretary.
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- KEN WESTLAKE NAMED 2019 FMA MANAGER OF THE YEAR - March 30, 2020
- Alexandria, VA - The Federal Managers Association (FMA) is proud to announce Mr. Kenneth A. Westlake as the winner of FMA's Manager of the Year award. He is president of FMA Chapter 375, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Chicago, Illinois.
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- FMA DISCOURAGED BY OPM DIRECTOR’S RESIGNATION - March 18, 2020
- Alexandria, VA – On Tuesday, March 17, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Dale Cabaniss submitted her resignation. She was confirmed to the post on September 11, 2019. Federal Managers Association (FMA) National President Renee Johnson made the following comments.“I am discouraged to learn of Director Cabaniss’ resignation as OPM Director. FMA enjoyed a positive working relationship with her and her team and saw eye to eye on many, if not most, issues."
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- FMA DISAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT'S FY21 BUDGET REQUEST - February 10, 2020
- Alexandria, VA – On Monday, February 10, President Donald Trump formally released the administration's fiscal year 2021 (FY21) budget request. As in recent years, it proposes enormous cuts to federal employee retirement benefits by raising employee contributions one percent a year for six years. It also eliminates cost of living adjustments (COLAs) for all FERS employees, cuts CSRS COLAs, eliminates the FERS annuity supplement, and proposes to base annuity calculations on employees’ “High-5” salary years, instead of the High-3. Additionally, it seeks to modify the Thrift Savings Plan G-Fund. Federal Managers Association (FMA) National President Renee Johnson made the following comments on the administration’s budget plans.
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