Government Employees Group

• Government agencies and employees: Interagency Group on Insular Areas; establishment (EO 13537)

• FR, April 19, 2010
• Executive orders
• Presidential Documents

• National Federation of Federal Employees v. Donald J. Devine, Director, Office of Personnel Management, Et Al., Appellants, Group Health Association of America, Intervenor. American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio v. Donald J. Devine, Director, Office of Personnel Management, Appellant, Group Health Association of America, Intervenor., 679 F.2d 907 (D.C. Cir. 1981)

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (D.C. Civil Action Nos. 81-2580 and 21-2617). Eloise E. Davies, Washington...

• Federal Circuits

• Government agencies and employees: Interagency Group on Insular Areas; establishment (EO 13299),

• FR, May 12, 2003
• Presidential Documents

• President Commends Chrysler's Toledo Workforce

TOLEDO, Ohio, June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A little more than a week after Chrysler Group LLC announced that it had paid off its government loans in full more than six years early, 350 UAW- represented employees at Chrysler Group LLC's Toledo Assembly Complex (TAC), Company executives and elected officials welcomed President Obama to the home of the iconic Jeep(R) Wrangler. The President visited the Chrysler Group plant today, which builds the 2011 Jeep Wrangler in an innovative manufacturing project with two supplier partners, to thank Chrysler employees for the role they played in the revitalization of the automotive industry and the resurgence of the Company.

• U.S. Newswire
• June 03, 2011

• State Ot Still Pays Off ; Despite Overall Cutback, Some Earn Big Checks

A core group of 34 government employees continued to earn massive overtime payments -- all seeing their income boosted by at least $160,000 over three years -- even as the state scaled back such expenses, records show. Overall, OT payments to state employees declined last year to $242 million -- proof, budget officials say, that Governor Corzine is cutting costs. The payments were 3.5 percent less than in 2007.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• November 26, 2009

• Unions File Suit Over Arizona Retirement Contributions

A group of unions representing teachers and other government employees is suing the state over increased employee contributions to the Arizona State Retirement System. The Arizona Education Association; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; and American Federation of Teachers filed suit today over a provision in the fiscal 2012 budget that raised state employees' share of their retirement contributions from 50- to 53 percent. The unions argued it is unconstitutional to apply the new formula to current employees because it violates two provisions of the Arizona Constitution dealing with contracts and the state retirement system

• Arizona Capitol Times
• July 21, 2011

• High Court Upholds Background Checks ; Rules Against Contracted Employees at Nasa

The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld the federal government's ability to conduct background security checks of contracted employees, ruling against a group of NASA-contracted scientists and engineers who had challenged the agency's drug- screening process on privacy grounds. Two justices went so far as to say that such a privacy right does not exist.

• The Washington Times
• January 20, 2011

• Firefighters Get the Need to Cut Benefits to Save Jobs

This editorial appears in the Jan. 5, 2011, Yakima Herald- Republic. It's a good deed that has been lost in a semantical debate, but it was encouraging to see that a group of government employees understands the need to share the pain with taxpayers who have grappled with recent economic struggles.

• Yakima Herald-Republic
• January 11, 2011

• Obama Top Military Adviser to Discuss Afghanistan War, 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' and Defense Budget Cuts at Government Executive Briefing ; Admiral Mike Mullen Will Address Federal Employees December 8 in Washington, Dc

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Top Obama Administration military adviser Admiral Mike Mullen will address federal managers next month in Washington, D.C., discussing the Iraq and Afghanistan wars; developments in China, Pakistan and Iran; news on the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy; and the plan to streamline defense budgets. The December 8 event, announced today by Government Executive Media Group, is free and currently open to government employees for online registration. Mullen, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, is responsible for ensuring that U.S. armed forces are fighting wars as effectively as possible, and for safeguarding the long-term health of the U.S. military.

• U.S. Newswire
• November 16, 2010

• Group Reports More Attacks On Rangers

LARAMIE, Wyo. - An environmental group that advocates on behalf of government employees worries anti-government rhetoric fueled a surge in attacks and threats last year against law enforcement rangers in national parks. The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said it used the Freedom of Information Act to compile a list of 158 threats and attacks against law enforcement rangers in national parks in 2009. That's up from 36 tallied in 2008 and the previous high of 111 in 2004.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• June 01, 2010