Tag: FMCS

"One portrait of a former director included his dog. In my 20 plus years of federal service, I've never seen anything like it before." (iStock)

Records expose feds spending ‘like they were reigning kings or something’

Luke Rosiak · January 30, 2015 12:32 pm

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FMCS pays $300k in salaries for barely-used press office

Luke Rosiak · January 3, 2015 10:00 am

Legal paperwork shows that in a 2012 Equal Employment Opportunity complaint brought by an employee, in which then-director George Cohen was the named defendant, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service was represented by the law firm of Bredhoff & Kaiser. (iStock Photo)

Despite ethics pledge, FMCS hired director’s old boss to do legal work

Luke Rosiak · December 18, 2014 9:26 pm

Obama announced his intention to nominate Beck for the permanent position in September. (Getty images/Kristoffer Tripplaar)

WH won’t say if Obama still has confidence in FMCS chief nominee

Luke Rosiak · October 29, 2014 9:00 am

Scot Beckenbaugh, FMCS's deputy director, had his duty station listed as Iowa for five years while he lived in D.C., with FMCS paying his apartment rent. He still files taxes in Iowa. (AP/Jack Dempsey)

FMCS OKs higher locality pay for employees working in distant low-tax states

Luke Rosiak · October 20, 2014 9:00 am

Scot Beckenbaugh speaks at a press conference after NBA labor negotiations on October 19, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty images)

FMCS paid senior official’s rent, meals, other living expenses for six years

Luke Rosiak · October 16, 2014 9:00 am

FILE - In this March 11, 2011 file photo, Scot Beckenbaugh, deputy director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service listens during a news conference in Washington.Â Beckenbaugh draws a $174,000 salary for his job on K Street in Washington, yet he insists he is an Iowa resident for state tax purposes.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FMCS honcho lives in D.C. but claims Iowa tax residency

Luke Rosiak · October 15, 2014 9:00 am

If you have never heard of FMCS, that is because it does very little with its $50 million annual budget. Its ostensible purpose is to provide voluntary arbitration services in labor disputes, but clearly it doesn't even do much of that. (iStock)

An outrageous agency that Congress should abolish now

Washington Examiner · October 13, 2014 9:00 am

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Federal agency honchos killed independent probe when IG turned sights on them

Luke Rosiak · October 9, 2014 9:00 am

EXography: Federal agency FMCS gave grants to promote union membership

EXography: Federal agency FMCS gave grants to promote union membership

Luke Rosiak · April 22, 2014 4:00 am

EXography: Globe-trotting honchos spend big on FMCS’ dime

EXography: Globe-trotting honchos spend big on FMCS’ dime

Luke Rosiak · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

Tanya Pelcher-Herring told oversight bodies that the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service was breaking federal contracting rules and wasting tax dollars. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Obama invites whistleblower-squashing appointee under investigation to White House

Luke Rosiak · December 4, 2013 5:00 am