NCPASStag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-5912892008-11-21T13:50:56-05:00Dedicated to information for the men and women of PASS in North Carolina and beyond.TypePadNcpasshttp://feedburner.google.comChapter Officer Electionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-588495842008-11-21T13:50:56-05:002008-11-21T13:50:56-05:00As per Article VIII, Section 1 of the NC3 By Laws. This is NC3's Election Nomination Notice and shall be posted on Union bulletin boards throughout the Chapter. Any member in good standing of the Chapter may submit his/her name...PASSFAA Air Traffic Procedures Transportation Department (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-578178432008-10-31T07:53:51-04:002008-10-31T07:53:51-04:00November 4 and 5, 2008 FAA Air Traffic Procedures Transportation Department (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (F.R. Page 51334) Meeting of the Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee to review present air traffic control procedures and practices for standardization, clarification, and...PASSSick Leave Slowdowntag:typepad.com,2003:post-578171112008-10-31T07:27:47-04:002008-10-31T07:27:47-04:00Legislation that would have allowed federal employees hired since 1984 to cash out their unused sick leave at retirement appears to have stalled this year in Congress. But those eligible for the benefit would be wise to hoard that sick...PASSHighlights of candidates' differences on federal employee issuestag:typepad.com,2003:post-550650642008-09-03T08:34:11-04:002008-09-03T08:34:11-04:00Sens. Barack Obama (info) and John McCain (info) may not be talking extensively about federal employee issues on the campaign trail, but two issues that affect government workers show the differences between the presidential candidates: Collective Bargaining Rights and Outsourcing...PASSSenators try a new tactic to reopen FAA's negotiations with controllerstag:typepad.com,2003:post-549183502008-08-30T14:16:36-04:002008-08-30T14:16:36-04:00Two senators have introduced a bill to address an issue that has stalled along with legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration: the collective bargaining rights of FAA employees. The Federal Aviation Administration Employee Retention Act (S. 3416), introduced last week...PASSGSA raises mileage reimbursement rate for federal employeestag:typepad.com,2003:post-538818562008-08-07T09:56:07-04:002008-08-07T09:56:07-04:00The General Services Administration on Monday followed a recent Internal Revenue Service announcement by raising the mileage reimbursement rate for government employees using their personal vehicles on the job to 58.5 cents per mile. Article HerePASSSenate appropriators pass 3.9 percent civilian pay hiketag:typepad.com,2003:post-525427362008-07-11T09:18:10-04:002008-07-11T09:18:10-04:00The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a spending bill that would boost civilian federal employees' pay by 3.9 percent in 2009. That adjustment would be 1 percentage point higher than the 2.9 percent raise proposed by President Bush in...PASSNorth Carolina House of Representativestag:typepad.com,2003:post-522532482008-07-04T10:23:38-04:002008-07-04T10:23:38-04:00Budget talks have gotten as hot as the temperature at high noon. House and Senate negotiators have been meeting this week and during weekends for several hours each day to work toward a compromise. While these talks continue, the House...PASSAir traffic controllers say FAA is undermining safety agreementtag:typepad.com,2003:post-515181642008-06-18T11:54:11-04:002008-06-18T11:54:11-04:00A subsequent memorandum FAA's Office of Human Resource Management issued on April 14 clarified the agency's approach. "FAA will not be able to take nondisciplinary removal actions for unacceptable performance," the memorandum read. "Instead, the current and successful long-standing practice...PASSUnion calls for midyear adjustment of mileage reimbursement ratetag:typepad.com,2003:post-515172402008-06-18T11:46:41-04:002008-06-18T11:46:41-04:00The National Treasury Employees Union has asked the Internal Revenue Service to make a midyear adjustment to the federal government's mileage reimbursement limit, already at a record high. The mileage reimbursement rate, currently at 50.5 cents per mile, is used...PASS