AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO for AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO
What was lobbied
16 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Government Issues GOV
FY 2009 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; union representation and Human Resources Line of Business. HR 3212 - provisions on pay and personnel management requirements for Transportation Security Administration employees.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| MARILYN PARK | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO
FY 2009 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and potential food and public safety issues. HR 2419, 2007 Farm Bill - provisions on meat and poultry inspected by state programs being sold interstate commerce.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
Foreign Relations FOR
FY 2009 Foreign Operations Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of the Department of State employees.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
Housing HOU
FY 2009 Financial Services Appropriations - provisions on contracting out; and pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of HUD employees.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
Health Issues HCR
AFGE is part of a coalition of 28 health organizations and labor unions urging support of Health and Human Services's funding request to appropriate $2billion for research, vaccine purchases, and related activities.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Defense DEF
FY 2009 Defense Appropriations and Authorization - provisions on DeCA A-76 moratorium, depot maintenance, civilian personnel issues (NSPS provisions for restoration of collective bargaining rights and appeal rights), suspension of new OMB circular A-76 privatization study in DoD, Performance Based Organizations, Demonstrations Projects, contracting out for Security Guards and firefighter functions, and BRAC.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV
FY 2009 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - provisions on reorganization plan that may compromise the EEOC's ability to protect employees from employment discrimination. S 1843, Fair Pay Restoration Act; and HR 283, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007- provisions relating to discriminatory pay practices and compensatory decisions.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Agriculture AGR
FY 2009 Agriculture Appropriations, Authorization and Appropriations - provisions relating to the pay, benefits, staffing levels (specifically, USDA proposal to eliminate independent poultry inspection), and job security of USDA employees. HR 2419, 2007 Farm Bill - Meat and poultry inspection by state programs being sold in interstate commerce.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
Veterans VET
H.Con.Res. 312/S.Con.Res. 70, FY 2009 Budget Resolution, in regard to increasing the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget. FY 2008 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, Hurricane Recovery, and provisions for additional funding for Department of Veterans Affairs health care. HR 2790 - provision to establish a full-time Director of Physician Assistant Services with the Department of Veterans Affairs. HR 5892, Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008 - provisions to make comprehensive and significant improvement in VBA disability claims processing. S 2799, Women's Veterans Health Improvement Act of 2008 - provisions to improve the quality and access to medical and mental health care for women. HR 4231 - proposal to pilot a voucher system for VA mental health services. S 2984, a bill to amend Title 38, United States Code - provisions to expand and enhance veterans' benefits. S 2969/HR 6153, a bill to amend Title 38, United States Code - provisions to increase the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health-care professionals. S 2889, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code - provisions to improve veterans' health care benefits. S 1881/HR 3195, a bill to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - provisions to restore the intent and protections of the Act. S 2639/HR 2514, a bill to amend Title 39, United States Code - provisions to assure an adequate level of funding for veterans' health care. HR 2123, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act - provisions to establish direct care of registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals. S 2377/HR 4463, a bill to amend Title 38, United States Code - provisions relating to improving the quality of care provided to veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities and the recruitment of highly qualified doctors to hard to fill positions in these facilities. HR 5888, a bill to amend Title 38, United States Code - provisions for expansion of veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility. HR 6122, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and implement a comprehensive policy on pain management as experienced by veterans who are enrolled for health care services provided by the VA. HR 1527, Project HERO, involving the VA initiative on contract health care.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| MARILYN PARK | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
H.Con.Res. 312/S.Con.Res. 70 FY 2009 Budget Resolution - provisions to increase the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget with particular attention to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, retirement, part-time annuity computations, and compensatory time. S.Con.Res. 70, FY 2009 Senate Budget Resolution - Medicaid cuts amendment that would adversely affect health care and result in the cost of uncompensated health care being shifted to employer-sponsored health care plans. H.Con.Res. 312 Budget Resolution - conference agreement providing for an increase for veterans health care programs. FY 2008 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill/HR 2642 -- amendment #2, provision to provide an additional $178 million in funding shortfall in Salaries and Expenses Account. FY 2009 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on funding for Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. DHS Personnel Plan - provisions to halt the Administration's plan to reduce the Federal Protective Service workforce. FY 2009 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide funding for VA health and benefits programs, and contracting out. FY 2009 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs, specifically, the A-76 Forest Service Studies in 2008. FY 2009 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - provisions on 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 (NIH), contracting out at NIH, and the increase in Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims. FY 2009 Financial Services Appropriations - provision to make the A-76 process less unfair to federal employees and more accountable to taxpayers. FY 2009 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force stemming from workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC; provision preventing use of CIS funds for A-76 competition for BoP/FPI work; and HR 2638, provision of $5,390,615,000 for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" as it relates to prison inmate overcrowding; correctional personnel understaffing; and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the need to improve safety and security at BoP institutions, specifically, the recent murder of Correctional Officer Jose Rivera. FY 2009 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs. FY 2009 Defense Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and provisions on prohibiting funds from being used to implement Section 827 of the Defense Authorization Act of 2008. FY 2009 Energy and Water Appropriations - provisions banning A-76 public -private competition at the Army Corps of Engineers.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| MARILYN PARK | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
District of Columbia DOC
FY 2009 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - provisions on contracting out A-76, and Budget Reconciliation with particular attention to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of DC Government employees. HR 5600, DC Court, Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employer Equity Act of 2008 - provisions on the calculation calculation of years of service being transferred and counted toward retirement.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM
S 2521, the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - provisions granting same-sex domestic partners of federal employees to the same benefits available to spouses of married federal employees. HR 5781/S3140, Federal Employee Paid parental Leave Act of 2008 - provisions providing executive and legislative branch federal employees an opportunity for parents to bond with newborn infants or newly adopted children by providing parents with 4-12 weeks of leave.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Immigration IMM
FY 2009 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on the Border Patrol and INS, with particular attention to contracting out and the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of DHS employees.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| ERIC SHULMAN | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
FY 2009 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any office of the EEOC or to make reductions in force part of any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC. FY 2009 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill - provisions on 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 increasing the Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims. HR 5781/HR 3799 - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. S 1000/HR 4106, Telework Improvements Act - provisions to increase amount of telework for eligible employees to at least 20% of the hours worked for every two work week period. HR 985/S 274, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisons to grant Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) whistleblower protections and prevent retaliation from their supervisors and the right to appeal decisions to the MSPB. HR 3212 - to grant TSOs true workplace rights and protections as other federal employees. HR 3551/S 2057, MSPB Reauthorization - provisions relating to adjudication of federal workers' rights and protections. HR 4089/HR 2824, provision to restore the rights of VA health care professionals to bargain and file grievances over workplace issues under Title 38 (RNs, physicians, physician assistant and other VA employees on front lines of VA health care). HR 6339, Federal Employees Deserve to Volunteer on the Elections (FEDVOTE) Act of 2008 - provisons that allow federal employees to serve as non-partisan poll workers on election day; and their time off be counted as administrative leave with pay.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| MARILYN PARK | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Homeland Security HOM
FY 2009 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, contracting out and staffing levels, funding, and job security (DHS Personnel Plan, renamed the Human Capital Operational Plan) of DHS employees in Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Transportation Security Administration. HR 985/S 274 - amendments to Title 5, U.S. Code - provisions to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that they conform with certain disclosure protections.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| ERIC SHULMAN | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Natural Resources NAT
FY 2009 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, staffing levels, job security, and contracting out of Department of Interior employees. HR 6258 - provisions to promote development and deployment of systems for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel electric generation facilities; specifically, noting the need to include DoE's employees in the National Energy Technology Laboratory as a key player in the process.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| COURTNEY PECQUEX | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| JACQUE SIMON | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
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