Congress this week passed a short-term funding bill, known as a continuing resolution, to fund the government at 2015 levels until Dec. 11. The funding fight will resume right before Christmas again just like the past few years.
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President Barack Obama expresses his appreciation for federal nurses as the country is recognizing their skills, dedication, and professionalism during the Federal Nurses Week Sept. 22-28.
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Hispanic Americans have made tremendous contributions to American politics. From authoring and voting for important pieces of legislation, to ensuring that Hispanics and other people of color were not left out of the democratic process, our country would not be where it is today if not for their insight and hard work on Capitol Hill and state houses across the country.
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Authority to create the National Security Personnel System was slipped into legislation soon after 9/11 in an atmosphere where giving vast discretion to the Secretary of Defense was politically popular. The NSPS explained:
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Two elected officials from Virginia are sending a dear colleague letter to their coworkers asking them to co-sponsor a bill that would make sure federal employees get paid immediately after the government re-opens in the event of a shutdown.
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AFGE is committed to standing up for the correctional workers in the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), working hard to get them a good paycheck, fair retirement benefits and safer working conditions.
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has updated the number of federal employees and individuals whose fingerprints had been stolen by hackers last year: 5.6 million. U.S. intelligence officials said hackers working for the Chinese government did it.
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Anyone who has been in a hospital knows that nursing professionals are often the first people you see when you enter and the last you speak to before you leave. What many do not know is that there are approximately 100,000 nurses across several federal government agencies serving countless patients each and every day.
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Thanks to the CDC about 90% of these lethal chemical agents – mainly mustard and nerve agents – have been safely destroyed without harming workers in the plants and the communities outside the facilities. But when Congress shut down the government in October 2013, questions were raised regarding safety and security of everyone involved. Marilyn Radke, a CDC medical officer and an AFGE member, was one of the scientists and researchers who were told to leave the fatal stockpiles behind for the duration of the shutdown that lasted 16 days.
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It’s absurd, we know. The last shutdown wreaked havoc on many fronts, but many elected officials, driven by their ideological agenda – this time over funding for Planned Parenthood, are shooting for a sequel. As a federal employee, you are directly affected by the shutdown. Here are the answers to some of the important questions you may have regarding the shutdown:
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Anyone who has been in a hospital knows that nursing professionals are often the first people you see when you enter and the last you speak to before you leave. What many do not know is that there are approximately 100,000 nurses across several federal government agencies serving countless patients each and every day.
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Congratulations to workers in the State of Missouri! An attempt to eliminate Missourians’ right to union representation has failed.
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Everybody should have the right to vote. But 50 years after the Voting Rights Act became law giving African-Americans equal rights at the polls, systematic voter suppression in the form of new voting laws has resulted in millions not being able to cast their ballots.
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The Pentagon’s ‘Force for the Future’ proposal is nothing more than a repackaged National Security Personnel System (NSPS) aimed at stripping employees of their workplace rights and protections.
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