AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO for AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO

Housing HOU

HR 3074/S 1789, FY 2008 Financial Services Appropriations, with regard to contracting out; pay; benefits, staffing levels; and job security of HUD employees.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Air Force, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Navy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Social Security Administration (SSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); UNDETERMINED; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense Commissary Agency; Army, Dept of (Other); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Marines; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 3074 (110th)

District of Columbia DOC

HR 2829, FY 2008 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - Contracting Out A-76, and Budget Reconciliation, with particular attention to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of DC Government employees.

Contacted: Air Force, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); UNDETERMINED; U.S. Marines; Defense Commissary Agency; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Social Security Administration (SSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Army, Dept of (Other); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Navy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2829 (110th)

Homeland Security HOM

HR 2638 and 1684/S 1644, FY 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations, with particular attention to the pay, benefits, contracting out and staffing levels, funding, and job security (DHS Civil Service Plan, renamed the Human Capital Operational Plan) of DHS employees in Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. HR 1/S 4, to provide for implementation of the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States and to make the United States more secure by implementing unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight the war on terror more effectively, and to improve homeland security. HR 985/S 274, to amend Title 5, U.S. Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to required a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that they conform with certain disclosure protections.

Contacted: Air Force, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Social Security Administration (SSA); U.S. Marines; Navy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Other); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); UNDETERMINED; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Defense Commissary Agency

Bills named: H.R. 985 (110th), H.R. 2638 (110th), H.R. 1 (110th)

Foreign Relations FOR

HR 2764, FY 2008 Foreign Operations Appropriations, with particular attention to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of Department of State employees.

Contacted: Social Security Administration (SSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Navy, Dept of; Defense Commissary Agency; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Marines; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Army, Dept of (Other); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; UNDETERMINED; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Air Force, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2764 (110th)

Defense DEF

HR 3222, FY 2008 Defense Appropriations and Authorization - depot maintenance, defense issues, civilian personnel issues, Contracting Out A-76, privatization, Performance Based Organizations, Demonstration Projects, contracting for Security Guards and firefighter functions, and BRAC. HR 1585, Defense Authorization - Anti-Federal Prisons Industries provision (section 827).

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Other); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Navy, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); U.S. Marines; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Air Force, Dept of; UNDETERMINED; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Defense Commissary Agency; Social Security Administration (SSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Bills named: H.R. 3222 (110th), H.R. 1585 (110th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

HR 3093, FY 2008 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, with regard to the reorganization plan that could compromise the EEOC's ability to protect employees from employment discrimination.

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Other); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense Commissary Agency; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Social Security Administration (SSA); U.S. Marines; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Navy, Dept of; Air Force, Dept of; UNDETERMINED

Bills named: H.R. 3093 (110th)

Agriculture AGR

HR 3161/S 1859, FY 2008 Agriculture Appropriations - Authorization and Appropriations, with particular attention to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of USDA employees. HR 2419, - 2007 Farm Bill - Meat and poultry inspected by state programs to be sold in interstate commerce.

Contacted: Air Force, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Navy, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); UNDETERMINED; Social Security Administration (SSA); Defense Commissary Agency; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; U.S. Marines; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Other)

Bills named: H.R. 2419 (110th), H.R. 3161 (110th)

Health Issues HCR

HR 241, Associations Health Plans,with attention to its exemption from state laws and regulations; state patient protections and health insurance company solvency standards; higher premiums for older, sicker workers covered by conventional health care plans; and the resultant substantial increase in the number of uninsured workers, especially as it relates to Federal Employee Health Benefits, and FEHBP in general.

Contacted: Social Security Administration (SSA); Air Force, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Navy, Dept of; UNDETERMINED; U.S. Marines; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Other); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense Commissary Agency

Bills named: H.R. 241 (110th)

Veterans VET

H.Con.Res. 99/S.Con.Res.21, FY 2008 Budget Resolution, in regard to increasing Department of Veterans Affairs health care. In particular, HR 1471, Better Access to Chiropractors to Keep our Veterans Health Act (Back Veterans Health Act); HR 2514, Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act; and HR 2642, Military Construction and VA Appropriations Act of 2008. HR 2206, FY 2007 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, Hurricane Recovery, and provision for additional funding for Department of Veterans Affairs health care.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Army, Dept of (Other); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Social Security Administration (SSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Marines; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); UNDETERMINED; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Navy, Dept of; Defense Commissary Agency; Air Force, Dept of; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 99 (110th), H.R. 2642 (110th), H.R. 2514 (110th), H.R. 2206 (110th), S.Con.Res. 21 (110th), H.R. 1471 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.Con.Res. 99/S.Con.Res.21, FY 2008 Budget Resolution - to increase the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget with attention to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, retirement, part-time annuity computations, and compensatory time. S.Con.Res.21, FY 2008 Senate Budget Resolution, Medicaid Cuts amendment that would undermine health care and result in the cost of uncompensated health care being shifted to employer-sponsored health plans. H.Con.Res.99, FY 2008 Budget Resolution, conference agreement provided an increase for veterans health care programs. HR 2206, FY 2007 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, amendment to provide additional funding for Department of Veterans Affairs health care. HR 2638, FY 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations, funding for Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS Personnel Plan, also called the Human Capital Operations Code). In particular, the provisions to halt the Administration's plan to reduce the Federal Protective Service workforce. HR 2642, FY 2008 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations, funding for VA health and benefit programs, and contracting out. HR 2643, FY 2008 Interior and Environmental Appropriations, contracting out of federal employee jobs, specifically, the A-76 Forest Service studies in 2008. HR 3043, FY 2008 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill, contracting out, cuts in funds for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health, and the increase in Social Security Administration's administrative budget to enable some reduction in the backlog of disability claims. HR 3074, FY 2008 Financial Services Appropriations Bill, provision to make the A-76 process more fair. HR 3093, FY 2008 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill, amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force as part of any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC; provision that prevents use of CIS funds for A-76 competition for BoP/FPI work; and the funding for BoP "Salaries and Expenses" account and "Buildings and Facilities" Account. HR 3161, FY 2008 Agriculture Appropriations, contracting out of federal employee jobs. HR 3222, FY 2008 Defense Appropriations, contracting out of federal employee jobs. FY 2008 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, provision banning A-76 public-private competition at the Army Crops of Engineers.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Other); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Social Security Administration (SSA); Air Force, Dept of; U.S. Marines; UNDETERMINED; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Defense Commissary Agency; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Navy, Dept of

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 99 (110th), S.Con.Res. 21 (110th), H.R. 3093 (110th), H.R. 3222 (110th), H.R. 3161 (110th), H.R. 2642 (110th), H.R. 2643 (110th), H.R. 3074 (110th), H.R. 2206 (110th), H.R. 2638 (110th), H.R. 3043 (110th)

Government Issues GOV

HR 2929, FY 2008 Financial services and General Government Appropriations, amendment to prohibit bill from being used to implement the new pro-contractor revision of OMB Circular A-76; Civil Service Reform; contracting out; blue collar pay; minimum wage; federal retirement systems; lines of business, and union representation.

Contacted: U.S. Marines; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); UNDETERMINED; Air Force, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Army, Dept of (Other); Social Security Administration (SSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Commissary Agency; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Navy, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2929 (110th)

Immigration IMM

HR 2638/S 1644, FY 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations - Border Patrol and INS, with particular attention to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of DHS employees, including contracting out.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Defense Commissary Agency; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Other); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; U.S. Marines; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Social Security Administration (SSA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Air Force, Dept of; UNDETERMINED; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Navy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2638 (110th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

HR 3161/S 1859, FY 2008 Agriculture Appropriations - contracting out of federal employee jobs and how it relates to food safety issues. HR 2419, 2007 Farm Bill - Meat and poultry inspected by state programs to be sold in interstate commerce.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); UNDETERMINED; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Social Security Administration (SSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Commissary Agency; Army, Dept of (Other); Air Force, Dept of; Navy, Dept of; U.S. Marines; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 3161 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

HR3093/S 1745, FY 2008 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill, amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or to make any reductions in force as part of any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC. HR 3043/S 1710, FY 2008 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill, Cuts in funds for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding of the National Institutes of Health, and the increase in Social Security Administration's administrative budget to enable some reduction in the backlog of disability claims.

Contacted: Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Social Security Administration (SSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); UNDETERMINED; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Navy, Dept of; Government Accountability Office (GAO); U.S. Marines; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Army, Dept of (Other); Defense Commissary Agency; SENATE; Air Force, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 3043 (110th), H.R. 3093 (110th)

Natural Resources NAT

HR 2643/S 1696, FY 2008 Interior and Environmental Appropriations, with particular attention to the pay, benefits, staffing levels and contracting out, and job security of Department of Interior employees.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Other); Social Security Administration (SSA); Defense Commissary Agency; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); UNDETERMINED; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); SENATE; U.S. Marines; Navy, Dept of; Air Force, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2643 (110th)