[UNION] Special Edition - GAO Band Together COMMUNIQUE 6/10/08

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BAND TOGETHER COMMUNIQUÉ

Special Edition

June 10, 2008

GAO Act Passes House

Clarification on the Performance Management Committee

Union Contacts

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DISCLAIMER

GAO Act Passes House

The GAO Act, HR 5683, passed the House yesterday on a voice vote. As we have previously reported in the Communique, the GAO Act includes retroactive pay provisions and minimum guaranteed pay increases for future years, among other provisions. The provision that would have included bonuses in calculating pensions was pulled because of concern about how this provision would be funded. The bill now moves on to the Senate, where both Interim Council representatives and GAO management have been conducting outreach regarding the bill. Read the Congressional Quarterly article on the House passing the bill.

Clarification on the Performance Management Committee

In the last Communique we did not identify all the members of the Performance Management Appraisal Committee which will represent bargaining unit concerns during GAO's ongoing assessment of the appraisal process. This committee includes members of the Interim Council and the bargaining unit to ensure that we can use the expertise that resides in GAO staff to address this important issue. We would also welcome any feedback from bargaining unit members on performance appraisal issues to assist us in our efforts. The committee includes:

Voting Members: Sonja Bensen (FMCI-HQ), Scott Borre IT-ATL) Stakeholder in the Performance Appraisal Assessment Group, Barbara Gannon (DCM-HQ) Chairman, Gina Ruidera Hoffman (DCM-NFO), and Nancy Zearfoss (PI-HQ) Stakeholder in the Performance Appraisal Group.

Non-Voting Members: George Duncan (DCM-HQ), Amy Friedlander (SI-HQ), and Dan Wexler (IT-HQ).

Ron La Due Lake (ARM-ex officio member).

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. In addition, members are invited to submit or share thoughts at the beginning of the meeting. Please contact your representative or another member of the IC for more details, including the call-in number for those who cannot attend in person. The Interim Council meets each Wednesday at 3:30 PM ET in room 2T59.

Atlanta	Scott Borre	borres@gao.gov
Boston	Nancy Barry	barryn@gao.gov
Chicago	Dan Meyer	meyerd@gao.gov
Dallas	Debra Conner	connerd@gao.gov
Dayton	Myra Watts Butler	butlermw@gao.gov
Denver	Sandy Davis	daviss@gao.gov
Huntsville	Beverly Breen	breenb@gao.gov
Los Angeles	Tim Fairbanks	fairbankst@gao.gov
Norfolk	Gina Ruidera Hoffman	hoffmang@gao.gov
San Francisco	Leo Acosta	acostal@gao.gov
Seattle	Nathan Anderson	andersonn@gao.gov
ARM	Ron La Due Lake	laduelaker@gao.gov
ASM	Lorene Sarne	sarnel@gao.gov
DCM	Barbara A. Gannon	gannonb@gao.gov
EWIS	Lise Levie	leviel@gao.gov
FMA	Kristi Karls	karlsk@gao.gov
FMCI	Sonja Bensen	bensens@gao.gov
HC	Lesia Mandzia	mandzial@gao.gov
HSJ	Jonathan Tumin	tuminj@gao.gov
IAT	John F. (Jeff) Miller	millerjf@gao.gov
IT	Robert Kershaw	kershawr@gao.gov
HQ Staff Office Analysts	VACANT
NRE	John Johnson	johnsonjc@gao.gov
PI	Nancy Zearfoss	zearfossn@gao.gov
SI	Steven J. Berke	berkes@gao.gov
Band I	Daniel Kaneshiro	kaneshirod@gao.gov
Communications Analyst	Jennie Apter	apterj@gao.gov
PDP	Ethan Iczkovitz	iczkovitze@gao.gov
PDP	Christopher Langford	langfordc@gao.gov
PDP	Heather Rasmussen	rasmussenh@gao.gov
PDP	VACANT
PDP	Stephen Ulrich	ulrichs@gao.gov
Diversity, Asian/Pacific-Islander	Eddie W. Uyekawa	uyekawae@gao.gov
Diversity, Black/African American	Jacqueline Harpp	harppj@gao.gov
Diversity, Disability	Suzanne Rubins	rubinss@gao.gov
Diversity, Hispanic	Alfonso Garcia	garciaa@gao.gov
Diversity, Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity	Andrew Huddleston	huddlestona@gao.gov
Diversity, Non-Designated	Ken Stockbridge	stockbridgek@gao.gov
Diversity, Non-Designated	Henry Sutanto	sutantoh@gao.gov

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