IFPTE welcomed President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) on “Scaling and Expanding the Use of Registered Apprenticeships in Industries and the Federal Government and Promoting Labor-Management Forums.”
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IFPTE President Matt Biggs remarked, “Governor O’Malley’s swift confirmation and strong bipartisan support serve as a testament to his lifetime of service, putting outcomes and results over political considerations.”
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This week, IFPTE requested Members of the House of Representatives cosponsor the Pay Compression Relief Act, H.R. 5171, sponsored by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
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IFPTE responded to the comments of Florida Governor and Presidential candidate, Ron DeSantis, who said that on day one of his hypothetical stint as President he would "start slitting throats" of federal workers.
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Earlier this month, President Biden sent the nominations of Nancy Speight and Suzanne Summerlin for FLRA Member and FLRA General Counsel to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC). IFPTE sent a letter asking HSGAC Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member Rand Paul (R-KY), and Senators on the Committee to advance both nominees quickly.
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This week, the Senate received nominations for Nancy A. Speight to serve as a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). Ms. Speight currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy and IFPTE fully supports her nomination and swift Senate confirmation.
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IFPTE urged Members of the House to reject this misguided and confused Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act, legislation that would harm the federal government’s ability to protect Americans from fraud, misinformation, and disinformation while also unfairly threatening federal employees for doing their jobs.
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IFPTE applauded today’s release of the annual report of the President’s Pay Agent, which approves recommendations made by the Federal Salary Council that would add locality pay for over 33,000 federal employees in the General Schedule (GS) pay system.
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IFPTE continued to push Congress to pass legislation that protects "the federal civil service so that it cannot be undermined by a presidential administration that seeks to replace nonpartisan career federal employees... with political operatives who are hired and fired at the whim of the administration." This is urgent and high priority for IFPTE, for federal unions, and for organizations that support good governance, democracy and accountability, and quality public services.
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