24 Quotes by Colleen Kelley

The governments continuing refusal to negotiate is proof that these illegal regulations were designed to eliminate collective bargaining.

We will be identifying projects, as we did at the IRS, where the presence of contractors is resulting in higher costs, poor quality service, or privacy concerns for taxpayers.

The private sector wants quality people, and it is willing to go after them. Competitive pay by federal agencies is an imperative.

These lower-premium plans can mask hidden costs for federal employees, ... The cheaper premium is usually coupled with higher deductibles, meaning federal workers will simply pay higher out-of-pocket costs or avoid visiting the doctor.

An increase of 8 cents a mile, while better than leaving the reimbursement rate untouched, falls far short of what needs to be done to help people who must travel to perform the duties of their jobs.

A larger increase for military families clearly is in order. So too, however, is a larger increase for the men and women of the government's civilian workforce.

American taxpayers can no longer have the confidence that federal tax collections are not based on personal gain. Americans believe certain governmental functions should not be farmed out to for-profit companies and this is clearly one.

I hope that the administration and DHS management take a good hard look at the results of today's ranking and make the connection that an engaged workforce is necessary to an effective department,

I'm pleased to see that DHS agrees that it is nowhere near ready to begin moving on this unwise proposal. As we said from the beginning, any personnel system, including a pay system, has to be fair, credible and transparent to have any chance to succeed. The system DHS is proposing is none of that.