AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO for AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO
What was lobbied
15 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Immigration IMM
FY 2014 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on the Border Patrol and INS, with particular attention to contracting out, pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of DHS employees.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| ERIC SHULMAN | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Health Issues HCR
Possible bill to increase the federal government's share of health benefits premiums for its employees and retirees. Lobbied on proposed changes to FEHBP that could benefit some federal employees and harm others, while shifting more of cost burden on federal employees and retirees. And to ensure any legislation to implement these changes will not harm FEHBP enrollees.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Housing HOU
FY 2014 Financial Services Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of HUD employees. Also proposed reorganization of its Office of Multifamily Housing.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
Defense DEF
FY 2014 Defense Appropriations and Authorization - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs. Civilian employee furloughs and contractor provisions related to programs and policies impacting industrial facilities, specifically related to depot maintenance, arsenals, and organic facilities. HR 1960, Rigell amendment, to give DoD discretion to conduct OMB Circular A-76privatization studies Lobbying to include more favorable language on direct conversions and contractor inventori3es and to lift the cap on civilian employees. FY 2014 Financial Services Appropriations bill - provisions regarding pay, benefits, and sourcing, and to retain government-wide prohibition against A-76. HR 5854, opposing provisions to freeze salaries of civilians in DoD and DVA.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| SHEILA MCCREADY | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV
FY 2014 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - provisions on reorganization plan that may compromise EEOC's ability to protect employees from employment discrimination.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Agriculture AGR
FY 2014 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions relating to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of USDA employees. Oppose FSIS proposed chicken slaughter plant rule.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
Veterans VET
Lobbied for advance appropriations for VA health care to shield most employees during in anticipation of furloughs. Lobbied on Veterans Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution to fund benefits paid to veterans and personnel costs for processing disability payments, GI Bill, education training, and VA home loans.HR 813/S 932 - to extend advance appropriations to benefits, cemeteries, and other VA operations to further stabilize VA operations and staffing. HR 1907 - the Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2013. HR 2765 - to extend veterans' preference rights to over 80,000 VA health care employees (both Hybrid Title 38 and Pure Title 38). HR 813/ S 932, Putting Veterans Funding First Act of 2013 to expand advance appropriations to the rest of the VA budget, beyond health care. S 928, Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2013 - lobbying to establish a working group to improve work credit and work management systems of the Veterans Benefits Administration and mandate of additional help to veterans to secure federal records. Continue lobbying efforts on legislation to: --Provide and expand title 38 bargaining rights; --Provide VA Canteen Service employees with Title 5 rights to appeal terminations. --Request for oversight of VA health care personnel issues, including recruitment and retention of VA physicians and registered nurses.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| MARILYN PARK | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| MICHAEL ROSENBLATT | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | ` |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
Foreign Relations FOR
FY 2014 Foreign Operations Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of the Department of State employees. Provisions that adversely affect Voice of America employees, particularly in Greenville Transmitting Station in North Carolina.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
FY 2014 Budget Resolution - provisions to increase the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget with regard to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, retirement, part-time annuity computations and compensatory time.FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution - Medicaid cuts that would adversely affect health care and result in the cost of uncompensated health care being shifted to employer-sponsored health care plans. FY 2014 Budget Resolution - conference agreement providing for an increase for veterans health are programs. FY 2014 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on funding for Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. DHS Personnel Plan - provisions to halt the Administration's plan to reduce the Federal Protective Service workforce. Amendments to mitigate statutory changes to the Screening Partnership Program. FY 2014 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide funding for VA health and benefits programs, and contracting out. FY 2014 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs. FY 2014 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, cuts in funding for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health and 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 2014 Financial Services Appropriations - contractor compensation provisions to make th3e A-76 process less unfair to federal employees and more accountable to taxpayers, establish a reliable contractor inventory, and promote insourcing. Lobbying to ensure A-76 prohibitions and the DoD cost comparison requirement retained in the comparable Senate bills as well as in the ultimate conference reports. HR 2786 and exclusion of the government-wide prohibition on new A-76 studies. FY 2014 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 CJS funds for A-76 competition for BOP/FPI work; and funding for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" as it relates to prison inmate overcrowding; correctional understaffing; and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the need to improve safety and security at BOP institutions. FY 2014 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 2014 Defense Appropriations - Lamborn floor amendment to eliminate or significantly restrict DoD's discretion to impose furloughs. Other provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs, furloughs, and sourcing and workforce management issues concerning DoD civilian employees, in particular, the Pentagon's use and spending on service contractors regardless of cost of legal requirements making even inherently governmental functions difficult to insource. Kilmer Amendment to stop DoD from denying someone a security clearance because they had fallen into financial hardship due to sequester furloughs. Lobbying in opposition to inclusion of "special rule relating to DoD purchases of Federal Prisons Industry textile and apparel products."
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| SHEILA MCCREADY | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| MARILYN PARK | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| MICHAEL ROSENBLATT | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
District of Columbia DOC
FY 2014 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - provisions on contracting out A-76. Budget Reconciliation with regard to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of DC Government employees. Enforcement of DC and federal law, and collective bargaining agreements involving increased oversight of the conversion of publicworker jobs to private contractors.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Government Issues GOV
FY 2014 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - amendment to prohibit bill from being used to implement the pro-contractor revision of OMB Circular A-76; Civil Service Reform; contracting out; blue collar pay; minimum wage; federal retirement systems; union representation; and contractor compensation caps.Worked with Del Norton to introduce a bill to repeal the impact of the Conyers decision on the due process rights of federal employees holding sensitive positions. S.1276 -- Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act (SCORE) providing oversight on use of funds OPM uses to fund security clearance background investigations and requirement that OPM fire any federal worker who engaged in misconduct while conducting background investigations with no appeal rights. S. 47 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - provisions aimed to reduce funding levels and lessen protections for victims of domestic violence.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| MARILYN PARK | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| MICHAEL ROSENBLATT | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO
FY 2014 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and potential food and public safety risk. Funding cut of meat and poultry inspection program and recommendations to further expand that inspection program putting plant managers, not inspectors, in charge of quality control and contamination.Continued lobbying against proposed Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection--slaughter inspection rule. Additionally, lobbied against partially privatizing the inspection system; reducing the number of FSIS Inspectors from 4 to just 2 inspectors; and permitting faster line speeds than are allowed under the traditional inspection systems.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
FY 2014 THUD Appropriations - lobbying on amendments in House and Senate to eliminate official time for employees in agencies covered by the bill (Transportation, HUD, Merchant Marine Academy, FAA, and NTSB). Other bills to eliminate official time for union representatives - S. 785, S. 1312, H.R. 107 and H.R. 568.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Homeland Security HOM
FY 2014 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, contracting out and staffing levels, funding, and job security of DHS employees in Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (reform of current overtime system), Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Transportation Security Administration.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| ERIC SHULMAN | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
| CHARITY WILSON | — |
Natural Resources NAT
FY 2014 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, staffing levels, job security, and contracting out of Department of Interior employees.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENNAN ANDREWS New | — |
| WALTER GREELY | — |
| ALAN KADROFSKE | — |
| CHERYL ANN KELSO | — |
| SARA KUNTZLER New | — |
| AMY LLOYD | — |
| LINDA MCCUMBER | — |
| TUCKER MCDONALD | — |
| FRED MCDUFF | — |
| ROBERT MECHAN | — |
| RYAN MIMS | — |
| BETH MOTEN | — |
| BOB NICKLAS | — |
| YOLANDA TAYLOR PICKSTOCK | — |
| DIANA PRICE | — |
| TIMOTHY SNYDER | — |
| JOHN FRANKLIN THRELKELD | — |
Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.