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Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
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AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO via AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
2008 · second_quarter · 2A
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Source: Senate LDA
Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony on February 14 on Examining the Backlog and the VA's Claims Processing System, focusing on lack of proper training, skills certifications, and staffing shortages that resulted in a backlog of 650,000 benefits claims. HR 2790, to establish a full-time Director of Physician Assistant Services with the Department of Veterans Affairs. S 2162, to meet current need for VA mental health care through VA in-house care and limited use of community mental health centers outside the VA. We opposed S 38 that would use more non-VA mental health care providers. HR 4089/S 2824, to restore collective bargaining rights of Title 39 VA health care professionals.
Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: June 12, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "S 3013, Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2008" - Statement for the Record. June 26, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia on "in Search of Equity: An Examination of Locality Pay" 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. Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons May 6, 2008, House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, on Federal Prison Industries--Examining the Effects of Section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 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. Testimony: April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog -- Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public 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 additional funding for BoP staffing shortages in BOP "Salaries and Expenses" account and "Buildings and Facilities" account. 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.
Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: June 12, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "S 3013, Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2008" - Statement for the Record. June 26, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia on "in Search of Equity: An Examination of Locality Pay" 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. Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons May 6, 2008, House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, on Federal Prison Industries--Examining the Effects of Section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 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. Testimony: April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog -- Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public 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 additional funding for BoP staffing shortages in BOP "Salaries and Expenses" account and "Buildings and Facilities" account. 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.
Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
H.Con.Res. 312/S.Con.Res. 70 FY 2009 Budget Resolution - to increase the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget with particular attention to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimu 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 Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery - amendment to provide additional funding for DVA health care. FY 2009 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 Operational Plan, in particular the provisions to halt the Administration's plan to reduce the Federal Protective Service workforce. FY 2009 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - funding for VA health and benefits programs, and contracting out. FY 2009 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - contracting out of federal employee jobs, specifically, the A-76 Forest Service Studies in 2008. FY 2009 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - 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 Heath, 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 additional funding for BoP staffing shortages in BOP "Salaries and Expenses" account and "Buildings and Facilities" account. FY 2009 Agriculture Appropriations - contracting out of federal employee jobs. FY 2009 Defense Appropriations - contracting out of federal employee jobs. FY 2009 Energy and Water Appropriations - provisions banning A-76 public -private competition at the Army Corps of Engineers.
Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony on February 14 on Examining the Backlog and the VA's Claims Processing System, focusing on lack of proper training, skills certifications, and staffing shortages that resulted in a backlog of 650,000 benefits claims. HR 2790, to establish a full-time Director of Physician Assistant Services with the Department of Veterans Affairs. S 2162, to meet current need for VA mental health care through VA in-house care and limited use of community mental health centers outside the VA. We opposed S 38 that would use more non-VA mental health care providers. HR 4089/S 2824, to restore collective bargaining rights of Title 39 VA health care professionals.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
To sever United States' government relations with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma until such time as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma restores full tribal citizenship to the Cherokee Freedmen disenfranchised in the March 3, 2007, Cherokee Nation vote and fulfills all its treaty obligations with the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
To sever United States' government relations with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma until such time as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma restores full tribal citizenship to the Cherokee Freedmen disenfranchised in the March 3, 2007, Cherokee Nation vote and fulfills all its treaty obligations with the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Access Now Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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.
Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Access Now Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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.
To provide certain personnel management requirements for the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
To provide certain personnel management requirements for the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 - 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 5718/HR 3799 - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. Testimony on March 6, 2008 on Investing in the Future of the Federal workforce: Paid Parental Leave Improves Recruitment and Retention. S 1000/HR 4106, Telework Improvements Act - efforts 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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - 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 - adjudication of federal workers' rights and protections. HR 4089, 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). Testimony on February 12, 20-0-8 on Federal Workforce on Pay for Performance Systems, focusing on DoD and TSA systems being highly subjective and unfair. Recommendations to require detailed data on how pay is distributed, including number of ratings awarded in each pay pool, and age, gender, and race distributions of employees.
To provide certain personnel management requirements for the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees"
To provide certain personnel management requirements for the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees"
To provide certain personnel management requirements for the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Federal Merit System Reauthorization Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Federal Merit System Reauthorization Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 - 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 5718/HR 3799 - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. Testimony on March 6, 2008 on Investing in the Future of the Federal workforce: Paid Parental Leave Improves Recruitment and Retention. S 1000/HR 4106, Telework Improvements Act - efforts 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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - 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 - adjudication of federal workers' rights and protections. HR 4089, 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). Testimony on February 12, 20-0-8 on Federal Workforce on Pay for Performance Systems, focusing on DoD and TSA systems being highly subjective and unfair. Recommendations to require detailed data on how pay is distributed, including number of ratings awarded in each pay pool, and age, gender, and race distributions of employees.
Federal Merit System Reauthorization Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 - 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 5718/HR 3799 - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. Testimony on March 6, 2008 on Investing in the Future of the Federal workforce: Paid Parental Leave Improves Recruitment and Retention. S 1000/HR 4106, Telework Improvements Act - efforts 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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - 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 - adjudication of federal workers' rights and protections. HR 4089, 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). Testimony on February 12, 20-0-8 on Federal Workforce on Pay for Performance Systems, focusing on DoD and TSA systems being highly subjective and unfair. Recommendations to require detailed data on how pay is distributed, including number of ratings awarded in each pay pool, and age, gender, and race distributions of employees.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 - 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 5718/HR 3799 - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. Testimony on March 6, 2008 on Investing in the Future of the Federal workforce: Paid Parental Leave Improves Recruitment and Retention. S 1000/HR 4106, Telework Improvements Act - efforts 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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - 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 - adjudication of federal workers' rights and protections. HR 4089, 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). Testimony on February 12, 20-0-8 on Federal Workforce on Pay for Performance Systems, focusing on DoD and TSA systems being highly subjective and unfair. Recommendations to require detailed data on how pay is distributed, including number of ratings awarded in each pay pool, and age, gender, and race distributions of employees.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony on February 14 on Examining the Backlog and the VA's Claims Processing System, focusing on lack of proper training, skills certifications, and staffing shortages that resulted in a backlog of 650,000 benefits claims. HR 2790, to establish a full-time Director of Physician Assistant Services with the Department of Veterans Affairs. S 2162, to meet current need for VA mental health care through VA in-house care and limited use of community mental health centers outside the VA. We opposed S 38 that would use more non-VA mental health care providers. HR 4089/S 2824, to restore collective bargaining rights of Title 39 VA health care professionals.
Telework Improvements Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Telework Improvements Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 - 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 5718/HR 3799 - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. Testimony on March 6, 2008 on Investing in the Future of the Federal workforce: Paid Parental Leave Improves Recruitment and Retention. S 1000/HR 4106, Telework Improvements Act - efforts 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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - 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 - adjudication of federal workers' rights and protections. HR 4089, 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). Testimony on February 12, 20-0-8 on Federal Workforce on Pay for Performance Systems, focusing on DoD and TSA systems being highly subjective and unfair. Recommendations to require detailed data on how pay is distributed, including number of ratings awarded in each pay pool, and age, gender, and race distributions of employees.
Telework Improvements Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Rural Veterans Health Care Access Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Rural Veterans Health Care Access Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
District of Columbia Court, Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees Equity Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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.
District of Columbia Court, Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees Equity Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 - 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 5718/HR 3799 - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. Testimony on March 6, 2008 on Investing in the Future of the Federal workforce: Paid Parental Leave Improves Recruitment and Retention. S 1000/HR 4106, Telework Improvements Act - efforts 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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - 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 - adjudication of federal workers' rights and protections. HR 4089, 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). Testimony on February 12, 20-0-8 on Federal Workforce on Pay for Performance Systems, focusing on DoD and TSA systems being highly subjective and unfair. Recommendations to require detailed data on how pay is distributed, including number of ratings awarded in each pay pool, and age, gender, and race distributions of employees.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 29, 2008 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" --specifically, the Thrift Savings Plan increase of the maximum age of dependent coverage under federal health insurance benefits.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 29, 2008 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" --specifically, the Thrift Savings Plan increase of the maximum age of dependent coverage under federal health insurance benefits.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans Pain Care Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans Pain Care Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 - 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 5718/HR 3799 - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. Testimony on March 6, 2008 on Investing in the Future of the Federal workforce: Paid Parental Leave Improves Recruitment and Retention. S 1000/HR 4106, Telework Improvements Act - efforts 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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - 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 - adjudication of federal workers' rights and protections. HR 4089, 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). Testimony on February 12, 20-0-8 on Federal Workforce on Pay for Performance Systems, focusing on DoD and TSA systems being highly subjective and unfair. Recommendations to require detailed data on how pay is distributed, including number of ratings awarded in each pay pool, and age, gender, and race distributions of employees.
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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.
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
FY 2009 Homeland Security Appropriations - with attention to 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, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. HR 985/S 274 - to amend Title 5, U.S. Code, 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.
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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.
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Telework Enhancement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Telework Enhancement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Telework Enhancement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 - 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 5718/HR 3799 - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. Testimony on March 6, 2008 on Investing in the Future of the Federal workforce: Paid Parental Leave Improves Recruitment and Retention. S 1000/HR 4106, Telework Improvements Act - efforts 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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - 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 - adjudication of federal workers' rights and protections. HR 4089, 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). Testimony on February 12, 20-0-8 on Federal Workforce on Pay for Performance Systems, focusing on DoD and TSA systems being highly subjective and unfair. Recommendations to require detailed data on how pay is distributed, including number of ratings awarded in each pay pool, and age, gender, and race distributions of employees.
Fair Pay Restoration Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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.
Fair Pay Restoration Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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.
Federal Merit System Reauthorization Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 - 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 5718/HR 3799 - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. Testimony on March 6, 2008 on Investing in the Future of the Federal workforce: Paid Parental Leave Improves Recruitment and Retention. S 1000/HR 4106, Telework Improvements Act - efforts 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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - 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 - adjudication of federal workers' rights and protections. HR 4089, 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). Testimony on February 12, 20-0-8 on Federal Workforce on Pay for Performance Systems, focusing on DoD and TSA systems being highly subjective and unfair. Recommendations to require detailed data on how pay is distributed, including number of ratings awarded in each pay pool, and age, gender, and race distributions of employees.
Federal Merit System Reauthorization Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Federal Merit System Reauthorization Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony on February 14 on Examining the Backlog and the VA's Claims Processing System, focusing on lack of proper training, skills certifications, and staffing shortages that resulted in a backlog of 650,000 benefits claims. HR 2790, to establish a full-time Director of Physician Assistant Services with the Department of Veterans Affairs. S 2162, to meet current need for VA mental health care through VA in-house care and limited use of community mental health centers outside the VA. We opposed S 38 that would use more non-VA mental health care providers. HR 4089/S 2824, to restore collective bargaining rights of Title 39 VA health care professionals.
Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 29, 2008 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" --specifically, the Thrift Savings Plan increase of the maximum age of dependent coverage under federal health insurance benefits.
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 29, 2008 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" --specifically, the Thrift Savings Plan increase of the maximum age of dependent coverage under federal health insurance benefits.
Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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.
Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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.
Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
FY 2009 Homeland Security Appropriations - with attention to 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, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. HR 985/S 274 - to amend Title 5, U.S. Code, 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.
Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony on February 14 on Examining the Backlog and the VA's Claims Processing System, focusing on lack of proper training, skills certifications, and staffing shortages that resulted in a backlog of 650,000 benefits claims. HR 2790, to establish a full-time Director of Physician Assistant Services with the Department of Veterans Affairs. S 2162, to meet current need for VA mental health care through VA in-house care and limited use of community mental health centers outside the VA. We opposed S 38 that would use more non-VA mental health care providers. HR 4089/S 2824, to restore collective bargaining rights of Title 39 VA health care professionals.
Veterans Health Care Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans Health Care Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: June 12, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "S 3013, Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2008" - Statement for the Record. June 26, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia on "in Search of Equity: An Examination of Locality Pay" 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. Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons May 6, 2008, House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, on Federal Prison Industries--Examining the Effects of Section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 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. Testimony: April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog -- Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public 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 additional funding for BoP staffing shortages in BOP "Salaries and Expenses" account and "Buildings and Facilities" account. 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.
Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: June 12, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "S 3013, Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2008" - Statement for the Record. June 26, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia on "in Search of Equity: An Examination of Locality Pay" 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. Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons May 6, 2008, House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, on Federal Prison Industries--Examining the Effects of Section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 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. Testimony: April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog -- Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public 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 additional funding for BoP staffing shortages in BOP "Salaries and Expenses" account and "Buildings and Facilities" account. 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.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 29, 2008 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" --specifically, the Thrift Savings Plan increase of the maximum age of dependent coverage under federal health insurance benefits.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 29, 2008 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" --specifically, the Thrift Savings Plan increase of the maximum age of dependent coverage under federal health insurance benefits.
Veterans' Mental Health Outreach and Access Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony on February 14 on Examining the Backlog and the VA's Claims Processing System, focusing on lack of proper training, skills certifications, and staffing shortages that resulted in a backlog of 650,000 benefits claims. HR 2790, to establish a full-time Director of Physician Assistant Services with the Department of Veterans Affairs. S 2162, to meet current need for VA mental health care through VA in-house care and limited use of community mental health centers outside the VA. We opposed S 38 that would use more non-VA mental health care providers. HR 4089/S 2824, to restore collective bargaining rights of Title 39 VA health care professionals.
NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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 - 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 5718/HR 3799 - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. Testimony on March 6, 2008 on Investing in the Future of the Federal workforce: Paid Parental Leave Improves Recruitment and Retention. S 1000/HR 4106, Telework Improvements Act - efforts 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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - 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 - adjudication of federal workers' rights and protections. HR 4089, 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). Testimony on February 12, 20-0-8 on Federal Workforce on Pay for Performance Systems, focusing on DoD and TSA systems being highly subjective and unfair. Recommendations to require detailed data on how pay is distributed, including number of ratings awarded in each pay pool, and age, gender, and race distributions of employees.
Native American Sacred Lands Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 17, 2008, House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy on improving Meat Industry Inspection
Native American Sacred Lands Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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.
Native American Sacred Lands Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
FY 2009 Agriculture Appropriations - Authorization and Appropriations, with particular attention 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.
Native American Sacred Lands Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
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. Testimony: April 17, 2008, House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy on improving Meat Industry Inspection
Native American Sacred Lands Act
Client: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · Firm: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
FY 2009 Agriculture Appropriations - contracting out of federal employees jobs and how it relates to food safety and public safety issues. HR 2419, 2007 Farm Bill - meat and poultry inspected by state programs being sold interstate commerce.
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.
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. Testimony: April 29, 2008 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" --specifically, the Thrift Savings Plan increase of the maximum age of dependent coverage under federal health insurance benefits.
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
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. Testimony: June 12, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "S 3013, Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2008" - Statement for the Record. June 26, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia on "in Search of Equity: An Examination of Locality Pay" 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. Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons May 6, 2008, House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, on Federal Prison Industries--Examining the Effects of Section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 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. Testimony: April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog -- Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public 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 additional funding for BoP staffing shortages in BOP "Salaries and Expenses" account and "Buildings and Facilities" account. 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.
FY 2009 Financial Services Appropriations - provisions on contracting out; and pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of HUD employees.
FY 2009 Foreign Operations Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of the Department of State employees.
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.
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.
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.
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. Testimony: April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees"
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.
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), contracting out A-76, privatization, Performance Based Organizations, Demonstrations Projects, contracting out for Security Guards and firefighter functions, and BRAC.
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.
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. Testimony: April 17, 2008, House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy on improving Meat Industry Inspection
FY 2009 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, staffing levels, job security, and contracting out of Department of Interior employees.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO via AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
2008 · second_quarter · Q2
FY 2009 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, staffing levels, job security, and contracting out of Department of Interior employees.
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.
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.
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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - provisos 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). Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on "FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons" April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog--Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 2, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
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.
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.
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.
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. Testimony: April 9, 2008, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on "Making the VA the Workplace of Choice for Health Care Providers" May 21, 2008, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on "Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Legislation" May 22, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Human Resource Challenges with the Veterans Health Administration" June 5, 2008, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, on "Legislative Hearing"--Statement for the Record.
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. Testimony: June 12, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "S 3013, Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2008" - Statement for the Record. June 26, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia on "in Search of Equity: An Examination of Locality Pay" 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. Testimony: April 2, 2008, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on FY 2009 Funding for the Bureau of Prisons May 6, 2008, House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, on Federal Prison Industries--Examining the Effects of Section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 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. Testimony: April 23, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means on "Clearing the Disability Backlog -- Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources it Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance on "More Work, Less Resources: Social Security Field Offices Struggle to Deliver Service to the Public 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 additional funding for BoP staffing shortages in BOP "Salaries and Expenses" account and "Buildings and Facilities" account. 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.
FY 2009 Foreign Operations Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of the Department of State employees.
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. Testimony: April 29, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" May 8, 2008, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, on "From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees"
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. Testimony: April 17, 2008, House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy on improving Meat Industry Inspection
FY 2009 Financial Services Appropriations - provisions on contracting out; and pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of HUD employees.
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), contracting out A-76, privatization, Performance Based Organizations, Demonstrations Projects, contracting out for Security Guards and firefighter functions, and BRAC.
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. Testimony: April 29, 2008 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on "Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees" --specifically, the Thrift Savings Plan increase of the maximum age of dependent coverage under federal health insurance benefits.
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.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO via AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
2008 · first_quarter · Q1
FY 2009 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - reorganization plan that could compromise the EEOC's ability to protect employees from employment discrimination.
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 - 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 5718/HR 3799 - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. Testimony on March 6, 2008 on Investing in the Future of the Federal workforce: Paid Parental Leave Improves Recruitment and Retention. S 1000/HR 4106, Telework Improvements Act - efforts 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 494, Whistleblower Reform Bill - 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 - adjudication of federal workers' rights and protections. HR 4089, 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). Testimony on February 12, 20-0-8 on Federal Workforce on Pay for Performance Systems, focusing on DoD and TSA systems being highly subjective and unfair. Recommendations to require detailed data on how pay is distributed, including number of ratings awarded in each pay pool, and age, gender, and race distributions of employees.
FY 2009 Financial Services Appropriations - with regard to contracting out; and pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of HUD employees.
FY 2009 Defense Appropriations and Authorization - depot maintenance, civilian personnel issues (NSPS provisions for restoration of collective bargaining rights and appeal rights), contracting out A-76, privatization, Performance Based Organizations, Demonstrations Projects, contracting out for Security Guards and firefighter functions, and BRAC.
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. Testimony on March 13 on EPA Library Closures: Better Access for a Broader Audience, focusing on EPA library closings compromising its mission of protecting the environment and public health. No access to scientific research and studies after library closing to comply with $2 million budget cut. No consultation with EPA staff and public before closing libraries.
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. Testimony on February 14 on Examining the Backlog and the VA's Claims Processing System, focusing on lack of proper training, skills certifications, and staffing shortages that resulted in a backlog of 650,000 benefits claims. HR 2790, to establish a full-time Director of Physician Assistant Services with the Department of Veterans Affairs. S 2162, to meet current need for VA mental health care through VA in-house care and limited use of community mental health centers outside the VA. We opposed S 38 that would use more non-VA mental health care providers. HR 4089/S 2824, to restore collective bargaining rights of Title 39 VA health care professionals.
FY 2009 Homeland Security Appropriations - with attention to 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, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. HR 985/S 274 - to amend Title 5, U.S. Code, 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.
FY 2009 Interior and Environmental Appropriations, with special attention to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, job security, and contracting out of Department of Interior employees.
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; lines of business; and union representation.
FY 2009 Agriculture Appropriations - Authorization and Appropriations, with particular attention 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.
FY 2009 Agriculture Appropriations - contracting out of federal employees jobs and how it relates to food safety and public safety issues. HR 2419, 2007 Farm Bill - meat and poultry inspected by state programs being sold interstate commerce.
FY 2009 Foreign Operations Appropriations - with particular attention to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of the Department of State employees.
H.Con.Res. 312/S.Con.Res. 70 FY 2009 Budget Resolution - to increase the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget with particular attention to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimu 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 Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery - amendment to provide additional funding for DVA health care. FY 2009 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 Operational Plan, in particular the provisions to halt the Administration's plan to reduce the Federal Protective Service workforce. FY 2009 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - funding for VA health and benefits programs, and contracting out. FY 2009 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - contracting out of federal employee jobs, specifically, the A-76 Forest Service Studies in 2008. FY 2009 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - 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 Heath, 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 additional funding for BoP staffing shortages in BOP "Salaries and Expenses" account and "Buildings and Facilities" account. FY 2009 Agriculture Appropriations - contracting out of federal employee jobs. FY 2009 Defense Appropriations - contracting out of federal employee jobs. FY 2009 Energy and Water Appropriations - provisions banning A-76 public -private competition at the Army Corps of Engineers.
FY 2009 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.
FY 2009 Homeland Security Appropriations - Border Patrol and INS, with special attention to contracting out and the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of DHS employees.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO via AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
2007 · year_end · YA
HR 3074/S 1789, FY 2008 Financial Services Appropriations, with regard to contracting out; pay; benefits, staffing levels; and job security of HUD employees.
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.
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.
HR 2764, FY 2008 Foreign Operations Appropriations, with particular attention to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of Department of State employees.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense, Dept of (DOD), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), U.S. Marines, UNDETERMINED, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)