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2010 Pay Raise: Sign the Open Letter to the President Petition

In a break with the longstanding tradition of pay parity, Congress has proposed a 3.4% pay raise for the military (contained in the Defense Authorization Bill passed last week by the full House and contained in the Senate Armed Services Committee version of the same bill). But President Obama has proposed only a 2% pay raise for federal employees. Our troops deserve 3.4%. So do federal employees who face the same rising cost of living.

We know that these are tough economic times. But we’re a union and pay is fundamental. As federal employees, we keep America safe and moving forward. From caring for veterans returning from two wars to processing their pay and benefits, from guarding dangerous inmates in federal prisons to patrolling our borders, from keeping terrorists off the planes to helping senior citizens file their Social Security claims – we work hard every day to serve America. As much as we love our jobs and are proud to serve our country, our country needs to recognize the value of these services and the skills required to do them well. The petition to President Obama is designed to respectfully send that message to the White House.

1. The petition is approved by the General Counsels Office for worksite distribution with the following conditions:
   • The petition should be circulated before and after work, on breaks or lunch times
   • Employees may NOT use their government computer for this type of activity. However, the petition can still be circulated by AFGE activists as described above.
2. We suggest getting a minimum of 50 signatures from members, potential members, family, friends and allies before sending the petition to the White House.
3. When you have collected 50 or more signatures fax (non-government fax) the petition directly to the White House at the fax number at the bottom of the petition: 202-456-2461 or to the Local at 402-216-0933.
4. Once you have sent your petitions please email the Local at comments@afge3928.com with a count on how many signatures you collected and when the completed petitions were sent.

All federal employees may sign this letter - management, union members, and potential union members. Make your voice heard. <090803>

Next General Membership Meeting

will be held in October.

AFGE Mourns the Loss of Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas

AFGE joins its brothers and sisters in mourning the loss of Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas, who was murdered July 23 as he was following a group of people who had crossed the border illegally into Campo, California. Agent Rosas was fatally shot several times by unidentified assailants who fled back into Mexico immediately after the shooting. The events surrounding his death are being investigated by the FBI. The tragedy highlights the extreme dangers that border patrol agents face while protecting the country from the illegal entry of persons, drugs, weapons, and other contraband. Border patrol agents routinely work alone in remote areas due to the lack of manpower. Agent Rosas is the 108th border patrol agent to lose his life in the line of duty, with 21 of those deaths occurring during the past decade. <090803>

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Telework Agreement Reached at NSC - 1st in the Nation

AFGE Local 3928 completed negotiations on a new telework agreement for the employees of the Nebraska Service Center. This document is the first service center agreement to be completed. Other service centers are still in the process of negotiations. <more>

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White House Issues First-Ever Insourcing Guide

In a historic victory for AFGE, the Office of Management and Budget, for the first time, issued guidance on insourcing in an attempt to stop the exodus of federal jobs to contractors and return these outsourced work to the government. According to the guidance issued July 29, every agency by Oct. 1 must identify areas where contractors are being overused and show how these jobs can be brought back in house, a step long proposed by AFGE.

"Overreliance on contractors can lead to the erosion of the in-house capacity that is essential to effective government performance," OMB stated in the 11-page directive. "Such overreliance has been encouraged by one-sided management priorities that have publicly rewarded agencies for becoming experts in identifying functions to outsource and have ignored the costs stemming from loss of institutional knowledge and capability and from inadequate management.

The White House's embrace of insourcing is monumental. For over a decade, AFGE has expended enormous efforts to slow the contracting bandwagon and convince Congress and the White House that federal employees are the best guardians of public services. With the publication of the Obama guidelines, we have entered a new era in which insourcing will be just as important an option for agencies as outsourcing, and tracking the cost and quality of work performed by contractors will be just as important as tracking the cost and quality of work performed by federal employees. AFGE is urging our Local to make sure the agencies are complying with the OMB directive. We must act now and come up with examples of government functions in every agency that should be brought back in house because they were performed by federal employees in the past, are inherently governmental and shouldn't have been contracted out in the first place, or have been poorly performed by contractors. <090803>

Union Comment to Proposed Guidance

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contracting@afge3928.com

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