12/9/09: NTEU National President Colleen Kelley today welcomed a White House executive order setting the stage for the meaningful pre-decisional involvement of frontline federal employees in the operations of their agencies and...
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12/9/09: Chapter 293 is pleased to inform you that House and Senate conferees have produced a FY 2010 omnibus appropriations measure that provides for an SEC budget with an additional $85 million beyond the agency's original...
12/9/09: NTEU’s work with members of Congress successfully resulted in continuation of the long tradition of allocating a portion of the upcoming federal civilian pay raise to locality pay.
Under a planned fiscal 2010...
12/8/09: In the last few days proposals have surfaced in the Senate debate on health care reform that would make OPM the administrator of nonfederal enrollee health plans as part of a “public option.” While NTEU is in...
12/2/09: On November 30, President Obama exercised his right to submit an alternative plan to Congress on locality pay as presidents of both parties have done in recent years. As expected, he submitted his alternative plan for locality pay...
11/28/09: The federal government could save an estimated $50 million in recruitment and retention costs by putting in place a paid parental leave benefit, according to new research by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). The...
11/12/09: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has proposed to change its regulations in two different contexts to explicitly acknowledge the diverse nature of the federal workforce by, among other things, extending benefits to the same-...
11/12/09: Effective this week, NTEU members again have access to Consumers’ Checkbook’s online Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees and Annuitants. All NTEU members who are currently participating, or are planning to...
11/11/09: Over the weekend, in a vote of 220–215, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3962, the comprehensive health insurance reform bill. As NTEU had advocated, the legislation maintains...
11/4/09: A year ago, a federal arbitrator ruled in favor of the Union that all Securities Compliance Examiners in grades 11, 12 and 13 are eligible to receive higher pay rates for their overtime work. The SEC has now completed the process of...
A Chapter 293 meeting will be held on Thursday, December 3, 2009, from 1:00-2:00 EST at the Headquarters LL Auditorium. This meeting will be videoconferenced to the Regional Offices. If you work in a Regional Office, please contact your...
11/2/09: Last week, President Obama signed the Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 Bill (S.1390/H.R.2647) into law. This was the culmination of a longstanding effort by NTEU to bring...
H1N1 has become the first pandemic in over forty years, and it has many characteristics that make it unlike a typical seasonal flu. How severe it will be remains to be seen. With the flu season now upon us, it is a good time to review H1N1...
During NTEU's Biannual National Convention in San Francisco a few weeks ago, Chapter 293 President Greg Gilman accepted the First Place Award for Excellence in Chapter Communications. This award recognizes outstanding achievement in overall...
Participants in the new Upward Mobility Program will be chosen soon from the members of the support staff across the country who submitted applications. This program was negotiated by Chapter 293 in our most recent Collective Bargaining Agreement...
In September, Chapter 293 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the SEC creating a new Domestic Partners Benefits Program at the agency. Under this agreement, the SEC will provide certain benefits to an employee’s domestic partner and...
In early October, almost 100 employees in the Division of Corporation Finance received their career ladder promotions to Grade 14 as the result of an agreement between NTEU and senior management in the Division.
The resolution of this...
Chapter 293's Nomination and Election Committee is pleased to announce the 2009 election results for the 2009-2012 term.
First, we would like to thank members for voting, and for submitting nominations to the Committee. Next, we would like...
In September, NTEU Chapter 293 entered into an agreement with the SEC concerning compensation issues. Under the terms of this agreement:
• Commencing January 1, 2010, the Commission will lift the caps upon maximum salaries for SEC...
Earlier this year, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released the results of its 2008 Federal Human Capital Survey (FHCS). The FHCS results for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reflect an alarmingly high level of negative...
10/16/09: NTEU, working with Representatives Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA), received good news this week when the Speaker’s office announced that it will include language in the leadership’s compromise bill...
10/15/09: In testimony yesterday before two committees of the Senate, NTEU National President Colleen Kelley shared examples of...
10/15/09: Aside from their basic fairness and the importance of leading by example, the federal government needs to provide domestic partner benefits to remain competitive with the private sector in the face of its looming personnel crisis, the...
10/14/09: Many federal employees and retirees enrolled in the government’s long-term care insurance program were stunned to learn of substantial increases in premiums scheduled in January, NTEU National President Colleen Kelley...
10/8/09: The Defense Authorization conference report released yesterday retains several important NTEU-sought provisions that will benefit federal employees and retirees, including language allowing workers under the Federal Employees Retirement...
10/7/09: The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) announced this week that it has launched a new and improved web site at www.flra.gov to provide greater access to an array of agency...
10/6/09: In a report issued last week, the agency charged with guarding the federal workforce merit principles found that federal agencies have all the tools necessary to deal with performance issues in...
10/6/09: Four members of the House of Representatives are seeking the support of their colleagues to advance an issue that continues to be an important goal of NTEU—extending the age for health care coverage for dependent children under the...
9/29/09: The nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today called for legislation that would permit the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) to lower significantly the cost of prescriptions drugs for...
9/29/09: The average 8.8 percent increase in 2010 health care premiums for federal employees and retirees covered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) indicates the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) can do a better...
9/22/09: NTEU Chapter 293 and the SEC today jointly announced that scores of Corp Fin employees will receive their career ladder promotions to Grade 14 next month.
The resolution of this issue began a few weeks back, when...
9/22/09: The Nomination and Election Committee is pleased to announce the 2009 election results for Chapter 293's 2009-2012 term.
Firstly, we would like to thank members for voting, and for submitting nominations to the Committee. Next, we...
9/18/09: On September 15, 2009, NTEU participated in a conference with OPM Director John Berry, the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Labor, and various White House officials. The conference highlighted some of the developing...
9/15/09: Yesterday, Chapter 293 signed a new Domestic Partner Program Memorandum of Understanding with the SEC.
Under this new agreement, the SEC will provide certain benefits to an employee's domestic partner and the domestic...
9/15/09: NTEU supports congressional efforts to increase consumer protections and transparency for those who purchase long-term care insurance policies, its leader said today.
NTEU national President Colleen Kelley expressed that...
9/9/09: Director of Enforcement Rob Khuzami last week released details on the Division’s much anticipated, and badly needed, organizational reform. The reforms as currently outlined constitute a major step towards a more rational and...
9/4/09: On August 31, 2009, NTEU participated in a conference call with OPM director John Berry, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Center for Disease Control. HHS detailed the causes of the H1N1 virus and described the ability...
The deadline for submission of applications for the Upward Mobility Program has been extended to September 18, 2009.
The Upward Mobility Program at the SEC, negotiated by NTEU Chapter 293, offers training, experience, and improved job...
9/1/09: President Obama yesterday sent another letter to Congress requesting a 2% pay raise for federal employees in January. In July, the House approved a 2% raise, but the Senate has been pushing for a 2.9% raise that would provide...
9/1/09: NTEU Chapter 293 entered into an agreement with the SEC late yesterday concerning compensation issues. Under this agreement:
-- Commencing January 1, 2010, the Commission will lift the caps upon maximum salaries for SEC grades to...
8/26/09: With the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), federal employees lost not only a stalwart champion of their rights, but a man whose vision of public service inspired so many to make their own commitment to serve our country, ...
8/20/09: Last week, during NTEU's National Convention in San Francisco, Chapter 293 President Greg Gilman accepted the First Place Award for Excellence in Chapter Communications.
This award recognizes outstanding achievement in overall...
7/30/09: This week, NTEU National President Colleen Kelley sent letters to Chairmen Carl Levin (D-MI) and Ike Skelton (D-MO), of the Senate and House Armed Services Committee who will be the lead negotiators on the Conference Committee to...
7/30/09: Today, the House Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce marked up and sent to full committee HR 2517, the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act. This legislation, introduced by Representative Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and cosponsored...
7/28/09: The SEC informed NTEU today that it intends to utilize highly subjective and unscientific opinion surveys as the chief metric for assessing the success of the Expanded Telework Program. These surveys were created "in...
7/24/09: Yesterday, on July 23, 2009, the Senate passed its version of the Department of Defense Authorization Bill (S. 1390) for Fiscal Year 2010 in a vote of 87-7. The measure did not include the Akaka amendment that would have added most of...
7/21/09: In response to President Obama’s March instructions to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct a government-wide review of the federal contracting process, OMB solicited input from interested parties on various...
President's Perspective, Summer 2009: In June, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of NTEU on the SEC’s last appeal in the 2002 within grade increase case. While this...
In early July, Chapter 293 President Greg Gilman met with Ron Crawford, the SEC’s Chief Counsel for Diversity and Policy initiatives. This new position, which is within the Office of Human Resources, was created by the agency to improve...
Last month, President Obama announced the administration’s sweeping plan for financial regulatory restructuring. This broad and ambitious plan is a reaction to what the President called a “culture of irresponsibility” that...