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Greetings,
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COMMUNIQUÉ
April 28,
2008
Union Notices
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Legislative Update: H.R. 5683 "GAO Act of
2008"
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GAO Union Invited to
Testify before the House Appropriations
Subcommittee
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African American
Performance Appraisal Study (AAPAS)
Update
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IFPTE Political Activities
and the Independence of the GAO
Union
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Call for
Contributions
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Union
Contacts
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Get
Active Action Center – Give the
IFPTE Feedback
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DISCLAIMER
Legislative Update: H.R. 5683 "GAO Act of
2008"
On April 9, 2008
the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform deferred
action on H.R. 5683, also known as the Government Accountability
Act of 2008. The
Interim Council's Legislative Committee has learned that
Congresswoman Norton would like to include an amendment to the
bill that addresses her concerns regarding the lack of
independence of GAO's Personnel Appeals Board.
Chairman Davis’
staff asked the GAO Union to provide a letter indicating its
position on the legislation. On April 17, 2008, the Legislative Committee
reiterated the GAO Union’s support for both pieces of
legislation, first offered in comments on the proposed
legislation in November 2007, and again in the union’s
testimony on March 13, 2008. The letter stated to both Chairman Davis and
Congresswoman Norton that both measures are very important to
the GAO Union and that it would be ideal if both efforts could
move through the legislative process together, but if that were
not possible, the GAO Union is ready to support the
subcommittee’s efforts to process both pieces of
legislation separately.
The Interim Council's
Legislative Committee reports that the bill now has 7
co-sponsors. They
will continue to seek additional sponsors to help facilitate the
bill’s passage.
GAO Union Invited
to Testify before the House Appropriations
Subcommittee
The GAO Union will
have its second opportunity to testify before a congressional
committee on May 7, 2008. Ron La Due Lake will testify on GAO’s
Fiscal Year 2009 Budget and other financial matters before the
House Appropriations Committee, Legislative Branch
Subcommittee.
African American
Performance Appraisal Study (AAPAS) Update
The Ivy Planning
Group, LLC will brief members of the GAO Union’s AAPAS
Committee on the results of its African American Performance
Appraisal Study (AAPAS). The briefing is scheduled for April 30th,
2008 at 1:30 p.m. If bargaining unit members have any specific
questions they would like the Committee members to ask at this
briefing, please forward them to Jacqueline Harpp at harppj@gao.gov. Feel free to contact other members of the
AAPAS Committee with any concerns you have as well. Other members of the
Committee include: Mary Crenshaw (EWIS), George Duncan (DCM),
John Johnson (NRE), Angela Pleasants (PDP-Denver), and LaSonya
Roberts (FMCI). As announced in the April 23 GAO Notices, two
additional briefings for staff will be held on Wednesday, April
30 at 3:00
P.M. (ET) and Wednesday, May 7 at 10:00 a.m. (ET) in the GAO
Auditorium. The GAO Union encourages members of the bargaining
unit to attend one of these briefings.
Call for Communiqué
Contributions
If you are scheduling a union-related meeting or have a
union-related announcement and would like to ensure that the
information is circulated throughout the bargaining unit, please
forward the information to Lesia Mandzia (HC) or Lise Levie
(EWIS) by 6 p.m.
ET on Thursday, May 1, for inclusion in the next
edition.
Union
Contacts
If you have questions or comments, or need assistance
from the union, please email your Interim Council representative
(listed below). You
can also send questions and comments to ICquestions@gaoanalysts.org.
Members of the bargaining unit are welcome to observe
Interim Council meetings, either in person or by phone. On occasion, portions of
the meetings may need to be closed to discuss sensitive or
confidential matters. A call-in number to those who cannot
physically attend the meeting will be provided. Please contact
your representative or another member of the IC for more
details. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 30 at
3:30 PM ET
in room 2T59.
Get Active Action Center - Give the
IFPTE Feedback
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volunteers, we have better ideas. To assist Analysts in
advancing their rights and representation within GAO, IFPTE has
developed an advocacy tool to allow Analysts to provide feedback
to the union. GAO Analysts are encouraged to sign up for the
Action Center if they haven't
already done so at
www.unionvoice.org/gaoanalysts/home.html.
DISCLAIMER
- Communications that are not sent directly from the IFPTE or
the GAO union Interim Council, or communications posted
anonymously on the Web, do not represent the views of IFPTE or
the official position of the collective members of the GAO
bargaining unit.
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