Unions Do Not Stand in the Way of Cybersecurity
March 07, 2016
There is truly no limit to the depth that anti-union lawmakers will stoop in their ongoing crusade to suppress the workers’ voice at the job site.
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22 Million were Hurt by the OPM Data Breach
February 05, 2016
AFGE attorney was recently named the lead counsel to represent the 22 million people affected by last year’s OPM data breach.
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Obama Enlists Pentagon to Overhaul Security Clearance System, Data Protection
January 29, 2016
After security leaks and personnel data breaches, the Obama Administration is overhauling how we keep our information secure.
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AFGE Applauds Beth Cobert’s Nomination as OPM Director
November 13, 2015
AFGE congratulates Beth Cobert for being nominated by President Obama to serve as permanent director of the Office of Personnel Management.
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Sights and Sounds from AFGE Local 32’s Annual Fall Festival
October 30, 2015
On a beautiful day in downtown Washington, employees at OPM and surrounding agencies spent their lunch hour visiting exhibit tables from area organizations.
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Do You Get Equal Pay for Equal Work?
October 22, 2015
If you and your co-workers work in the same building or on the same military base, your pay should be based on the same locality rate, right? Turns out, that’s not always the case for many hourly workers at several locations.
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As Chinese President Pays Visit to U.S., OPM Reveals New Number of Fingerprints Stolen
September 25, 2015
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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Data Breach Victims to Receive 3 Years Coverage
September 04, 2015
All 21.5 million federal employees and family members whose personal data was stolen during the data breach involving OPM’s background investigation records will be eligible to receive three years of identity theft and identity restoration services under a contract with Identity Theft Guard Solutions.
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DoD Allocates $132 Million to Fund Data Breach Credit Monitoring
August 28, 2015
How to Help Those Affected by Data Breaches
July 10, 2015
Long-term threats to employees’ personal finances, credit, physical safety cannot be underestimated, AFGE says
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Pennsylvania Lawmaker Presses OPM to End Pay Disparity
January 23, 2015
At Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania, white-collar employees are in the high-paying New York GS locality pay zone, but their blue-collar counterparts’ pay rates are based on wages in the Scranton area.
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Sequestration ‘Domino Effect’ Delivers 356 Pinks S
January 24, 2014
Hundreds of OPM employees will lose their jobs in March due to the ongoing budget constraints around sequestration and the slowdown in federal hiring.
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