For the career civil service, there are still many unknowns in the days following President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 election win. But many longtime federal workforce experts are at the very least anticipating a revival of Schedule F...
President-elect Trump’s forthcoming government efficiency commission is hoping to institute large-scale layoffs of federal employees and force civil servants to work in their offices five days per week, according to one of the business executives Trump has tapped to lead it...
In a report whose message could apply as well at other agencies, the inspector general of the SEC has cautioned that progress the agency has made in recruiting and retaining staff could be put at risk by continuing budgetary “austerity measures” such as cutbacks in incentive payments...
Union Members Will Have Access to Consumers’ Checkbook’s Online Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees and Annuitants
Union members will again have access to Consumers’ Checkbook’s online Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees and Annuitants. All NTEU members who currently are, or are planning to participate in Federal Employees Health Benefit (FEHB) plans or the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) will find this online tool useful when making decisions regarding their health and dental insurance plans.
In the immediate wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 election, many federal groups and unions are deliberating their next steps amid what they anticipate will be a significantly shifted… read more
On Monday, November 11, our nation will observe Veterans Day and pay tribute to those who have served. The union honors our veterans.
The continued higher rates of offsite working following the spike during the pandemic “could help older people with disabilities, who might otherwise find it hard to get or keep jobs,” says a report from the Center for Retirement Research...
Here’s why the embattled SEC chair is a hot-button presidential issue...The man in question is Gary Gensler, an economist who formerly worked at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As SEC chair, he… read more
Several former United States regulators and securities lawyers reportedly said Robinhood chief legal officer Dan Gallagher could be a contender for Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (… read more
Commercially available location data has outed Planned Parenthood visitors and gay priests — and a newly published research paper shows that federal investigations are at risk of being tracked without their knowledge as well. Researchers have now… read more
The federal government has canceled the lease for a new Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters, throwing plans for the new office into disarray...
Recently, FTC employees overwhelmingly voted for NTEU as their exclusive representative. The election is the culmination of the work of a committed group of employees who want to have a meaningful voice in their working conditions. The FTC employee-… read more
OPM Announces 2025 Premium Rates for Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Program and FEDVIP (Dental and Vision) Insurance
Yesterday, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced rate information for FEHB/FEDVIP insurance plans for 2025. According to OPM, federal employees' contribution to their health plans is expected to increase by 13.5% next year. This would… read more
Enrollees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program are about to see the largest annual increase in their health insurance costs in at least a decade...