WASHINGTON REPORT
FMA ADVOCATES FOR PAY PARITY, HOUSE FOLLOWS SUIT
In a letter to House Appropriators, the Federal Mangers Association (FMA) urged support for parity in the average annual pay increases between federal civilian employees and members of the uniformed services for fiscal year 2009. In a mark up last week, the House Appropriations Financial Services Subcommittee passed a 3.9 percent pay raise for federal employees, equal to that approved for the military. READ MORE __________________________________________________________________

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Advisory: FMA PRESIDENT ON FEDERAL NEWS RADIO - June 27, 2008
FMA National President Darryl Perkinson appeared on the FedTalk radio show. < READ MORE >

Press Release: FEDS IN HAWAII AND ALASKA DESERVE THE SAME BENEFITS AS THEIR COUNTERPARTS ON THE MAINLAND - June 26, 2008
Now is the time to transition federal employees in non-foreign areas from COLA to locality pay < READ MORE >

Testimony: FMA SUBMITS TESTIMONY ON THE INEQUITY OF PAY SYSTEMS IN HAWAII AND ALASKA - June 26, 2008
Testimony for the Record < READ MORE >

Advisory: FMA QUOTED IN FEDERAL TIMES ON PROPOSED 2009 PAY RAISE - June 22, 2008
What Congress has in store -- bigger pay raise, outsourcing ban, parental leave, more < READ MORE >

Press Release: ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION A MIXED BLESSING - June 19, 2008
Meager increase over the President’s request does little to address the growing backlog of hearing disability cases at the Social Security Administration < READ MORE >