10 More Weeks: Shutdown Clock Restarts as Congress Punts (AFGE - American...
(Source: AFGE - American Federation of Government Employees) Federal union leader demands full-year funding, end of sequestration WASHINGTON - Federal employees face 10 more weeks of needless worry and...
View Article10 More Weeks: Shutdown Clock Restarts as Congress Punts Federal union leader...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Federal employees face 10 more weeks of needless worry and uncertainty thanks to a vote by Congress to keep the government running only until Dec....
View ArticleLabor activists join Congressional leaders in rally to end sequestration...
(Source: AFGE - American Federation of Government Employees) WASHINGTON-Constant budget battles on Capitol Hill threaten the functioning of services Americans rely on each and every day. As additional...
View ArticleCongress Must Pay Its Bills, Honor Commitment to all Americans Two weeks from...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congress must honor its commitment to all Americans by raising the debt ceiling so government programs continue operating as scheduled, the head of...
View ArticleMiddle Class Economics Starts with Federal Workforce, Union Leader Says AFGE...
AFGE logo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today applauded...
View ArticleFederal Union Leader Says Senate Budget Plan Cuts Wages for Working People...
AFGE logo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo. WASHINGTON, March 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Federal employees would be on the hook for billions of dollars in cuts to their take-home pay...
View ArticleFederal Union Leader Applauds Obama's Push to Extend Paid Parental Leave to...
AFGE logo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today issued the...
View ArticleFederal Employees Able to Meet Tomorrow's Challenges, Union Leader Says AFGE...
AFGE logo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo. WASHINGTON, May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Federal employees are ready and able to meet the challenges of a 21st century government, so long...
View ArticleFederal Union Leader: House Budget Plan Retreads Failed Proposals of the Past...
AFGE logo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo. WASHINGTON, March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The fiscal 2016 House budget plan issued today by Rep. Tom Price attacks millions of...
View ArticleHomeland Security Union Leader Signals Support for Retroactive Pay Bill...
AFGE logo Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees strongly supports bipartisan House legislation...
View ArticleProposal to Overhaul Pentagon Workforce Is Retread of Failed Policies Largest...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Pentagon proposal to overhaul how civilian employees are hired, paid, promoted, and managed is a retread of failed policies from the Bush...
View ArticleBoehner's Departure Proves Divisive Congress Unable to Lead Congress needs to...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today issued the following statement in response to the...
View ArticleBudget austerity, not inflexibility, is what bedevils the federal pay system...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Federal agencies have more than enough flexibility within the current pay system to raise wages as needed to meet market demands, yet they continue...
View ArticleDHS Union Leader Praises Senate Introduction of Shutdown Pay Bill Companion...
AFGE logo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. applauds Sen. Ben...
View ArticleAFGE Union President Urges Full Year Funding for Homeland Security Stop-gap...
AFGE logo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today issued the...
View ArticlePresident of Largest Federal Employee Union Issues Statement on FY 2015...
AFGE logo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to House passage of the Fiscal Year 2015 omnibus appropriations measure, J. David...
View ArticleAFGE Applauds Obama Budget Plan to End Sequestration, Says Federal Worker...
AFGE logo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Obama's 2016 budget falls short of his State of the Union pledge to raise living...
View ArticlePrevention is Best Cure to Shutdown Disease, Labor Leader Tells Congress...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As a former registered nurse with the Department of Veterans Affairs, American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox...
View ArticleBudget Cuts Could Make Arizona Town a "Welfare City" [VIDEO] Sequestration...
FT. HUACHUCA, Ariz., Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The threat of sequestration and further federal budget cuts has employees at Fort Huachuca and Army bases across the country bracing for...
View ArticleAs Budget Battle Ends, Union Leader Says Congress Must Do Better by Working...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Congress finishes work on an omnibus spending bill to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, the head of the nation's largest...
View ArticleTwo-year Budget Deal Provides Reprieve from Damaging Budget Cuts Federal...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today issued the following statement: "The two-year budget deal...
View ArticleFederal Union Leader Denounces House Budget Vote, Urges Senate Rejection...
AFGE Logo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE Logo. WASHINGTON, March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today issued the...
View ArticleHead of Largest Federal Employee Union Calls for $15 an hour minimum wage...
Young worker leaders and activists from the American Federation of Government Employees and other labor organizations rallied for a $15 minimum wage outside McDonalds and other corporations while in...
View ArticleICYMI: BARBARA COMSTOCK SHOWS NO LEADERSHIP TO PROTECT FEDERAL WORKERS FROM...
(Source: DCCC - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) IN CASE YOU MISSED IT BARBARA COMSTOCK SHOWS NO LEADERSHIP TO PROTECT FEDERAL WORKERS FROM POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN Yesterday state...
View ArticleUnion Blasts DoD Action to Slash One-Fourth of Workforce Across-the-board...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents more than 250,000 civilian employees within the Department of Defense, is strongly...
View Article31st Annual EOUSA Director’s Awards Ceremony (US Department of Justice)
(Source: US Department of Justice) Toward Greater Justice for Our Nation's Elders By Stuart F. Delery, Acting Associate Attorney General Earlier this week President Obama issued a proclamation...
View Article2015 Legislative Update: The Republicans Take Over Author: Andrew H....
BOSTON, Jan. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SUMMARY For the first time since just after the beginning of the Obama Administration, Congress convenes in 2015 with both houses held by the same party. As the...
View ArticleUnion: Federal Employees Should Remain Responsible for Grain Inspections...
AFGE logo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo. WASHINGTON, April 22, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Agriculture Department employees who inspect, weigh and grade nearly 90% of the grain shipped to...
View ArticleSummary and Assessment of Agency 2015 Chief FOIA Officer Reports Now...
(Source: US Department of Justice) Best Practices Workshop Series Continues This Summer As a part of the United States' commitment to further modernize FOIA, in 2014 OIP launched the Best Practices...
View ArticleCivil Rights Division Publishes New ADA Technical Assistance for State and...
(Source: US Department of Justice) OIP Releases New Guidance for Agency Still-Interested Letters and emphasized in their FOIA Memoranda the importance of agencies working with FOIA requesters "in a...
View ArticleToward Greater Justice for Our Nation’s Elders (US Department of Justice)
(Source: US Department of Justice) Ensuring Equal Educational Opportunities for English Learner Students Courtesy of Vanita Gupta, Head of the Civil Rights Division Forty-one years ago, the Supreme...
View ArticleGo to the press room... (Paralyzed Veterans of America National)
(Source: Paralyzed Veterans of America National) Injured Veterans, Caregivers Invited to March 29 Employment Conference in San Antonio Learn more about the Wounded Veteran and Caregiver Employment...
View ArticleCalling on Congress to Protect the First Right for First Americans (US...
(Source: US Department of Justice) The Importance of Preserving Critical Funding for Community Policing Courtesy of Stuart F. Delery, Acting Associate Attorney General The Department of Justice's...
View ArticleIt Is 3 Minutes To Midnight - Climate Change And Nuclear Tensions Push...
It Is 3 Minutes To Midnight - Climate Change And Nuclear Tensions Push Doomsday Clock Hands Forward Facebook Twitter Pinterest × It Is 3 Minutes To Midnight - Climate Change And Nuclear Tensions Push...
View ArticlePresident’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Recommendations: From Print...
(Source: US Department of Justice) Second Chances Vital to Criminal Justice Reform Justice Department Announces First-Ever Second Chance Fellow Courtesy of Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Just days...
View ArticleCuts to Federal Workforce Undermining Nation's Prosperity, Union President...
AFGE logo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today issued the...
View Article$4 Trillion and Counting: President Obama’s 2016 Budget Presents a Vision of...
(Source: The Heritage Foundation) On February 2, President Obama revealed his budget for fiscal year 2016-the first time the budget was released on time since 2010. His $4 trillion blueprint for the...
View ArticleSubmitted Statement -- House Armed Services Committee (FY 2017 Budget...
(Source: US Department of Defense) As Submitted by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Washington, D.C., March 22, 2016 I. PURPOSE OF THIS TESTIMONY Chairman Thornberry, Ranking Member Smith, Members of...
View ArticleSubmitted Statement -- Senate Armed Services Committee (FY 2017 Budget...
(Source: US Department of Defense) As Submitted by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Washington, D.C., March 17, 2016 I. PURPOSE OF THIS TESTIMONY Chairman McCain, Ranking Member Reed, Members of the...
View ArticleIndependent Review - Moncton Shooting - June 4, 2014 (Royal Canadian Mounted...
(Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Submitted by: Assistant Commissioner Alphonse MacNeil (ret'd) Note: Throughout the document ***** denotes where content was redacted as per the Access to...
View ArticleRead the Full Transcript of the Tenth Republican Debate in Texas
Five Republican presidential candidates faced off Thursday night in Houston for the tenth GOP debate. Real estate mogul Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Ohio Gov. John...
View ArticleBlueprint for Congressional Fiscal Action in the Remainder of 2015 (The...
(Source: The Heritage Foundation) The national debt is more than $18 trillion, and unless corrective action is taken, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the federal government will spend $7...
View ArticleLargest federal employee union denounces Indiana's freedom to discriminate...
AFGE logo Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo WASHINGTON, March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees, the nation's largest union representing federal...
View ArticleFull Transcript: Billionaire Investor Warren Buffett Speaks with CNBC’s Becky...
WHEN: Today, Monday, February 27th WHERE: CNBC's 'Squawk Box' Following is the full transcript of the unofficial transcript of a CNBC interview with Berkshire Hathaway Chairman & CEO Warren Buffett...
View ArticleDHS Union President Responds to Funding Agreement AFGE: Vital national...
AFGE logo Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo WASHINGTON, March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today issued the...
View ArticleFederal Protective Service Union Applauds Legislation Extending Law...
AFGE logo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × AFGE logo. WASHINGTON, April 20, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees today applauded legislation introduced by Rep....
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Global Overview Whether unprecedented or not, the challenges currently facing our global security are immense and cause for considerable alarm. It is difficult to think of a time in recent history when...
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