The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is pleased to announce that it captured the top ranking of the 2010 Most Improved Small Agencies today in a ceremony recognizing the 2010 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government. The rankings were announced by the Partnership for Public Service and the American University Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation, which produce the Best Places to Work rankings. The rankings provide the most comprehensive and authoritative ratings and analysis of employe

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) announced today in a press release the first of its comprehensive 2-day arbitration training programs. The training programs follow recent publication of the FLRA’s final revisions to its regulations concerning the review of arbitration awards, and are another step in the FLRA’s efforts to make arbitration case processing more effective and efficient. The training addresses procedural and substantive matters involving the processing of arbitration aw

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) announced in a press release today final revisions to its regulations concerning the review of arbitration awards.  See 75 Fed. Reg.

The Office of General Counsel (OGC) of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) announced today the FLRA's appointment of Barbara Kraft as Regional Director of its Washington Region.  “The Washington Regional Office is a keystone component of the OGC’s rebuilding effort as we strive to improve our capacity to fulfill our statutory duty to assist the Federal workforce to deliver quality services by improving their labor-management relations,” stated General Counsel Julia Akins Clark

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) announced today that it is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to its regulations concerning the review of arbitration awards. See 75 Fed. Reg.

The Federal Labor Relations Authority, Office of General Counsel and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service are pleased to announce a joint training on implementing Executive Order 13522, Creating Labor-Management Forums to Improve Delivery of Government Services.  FMCS Director George Cohen and FLRA General Counsel Julia Akins Clark stated that they are committed to providing this outreach opportunity to parties to enhance effective and cooperative labor-management relations in the federal sector.  Detailed information about the

The General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), Julia Akins Clark, announced today in a press release a Federal Register notice of final rulemaking ((75 Fed. Reg.

The FLRA announced today that when General Counsel Julia Akins Clark took office in August 2009 there was a backlog of over 340 unfair labor practice cases where issuance of a complaint had been deferred because of the absence of a General Counsel for over 17 months.

The FLRA announced today that it will be conducting focus groups in its Chicago, Illinois and San Francisco, California Regions to seek the input of Federal agency and union practitioners outside of Washington, D.C.

The FLRA has successfully conducted an election in California in which voters cast their ballots using the internet or telephone, announced Julia Akins Clark, General Counsel of the FLRA.  This is the first time that the FLRA has used internet and telephone voting in a representation election.  More information regarding the election can be found in the FLRA's announcement.