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After serving for nearly 18 months as the Department of Defense's first-ever customer experience officer in the Office of the CIO, Savan Kong earlier this month parted ways with the Pentagon. Previously a member of the Defense Digital Service during his first tour of duty with the DOD, Kong helped build the department's CXO office from scratch, fostering a culture that prioritizes the needs of service members, civilians, and mission partners and striving to streamline governance processes, improve transparency, and ensure that IT solutions meet operational needs. Kong joins the Daily Scoop for a conversation to share the progress his office ushered in to improve customer experience for DOD's personnel, where things are headed under this administration and how AI will impact the CX space. FedRAMP is getting another overhaul, one that will involve far more automation and a greater role for the private sector, the program's chief announced Monday. Through FedRAMP 20x, the General Services Administration-based team focused on the program aims to simplify the authorization process and reduce the amount of time needed to approve a service from months to weeks, Director Pete Waterman said during an Alliance for Digital Innovation event. The private sector will also have increased responsibility over monitoring of their systems, he noted. In a critical change, agency sponsorship will — eventually — no longer be necessary to win authorization. As a first step, FedRAMP has launched four community working groups, which give the public a chance to share feedback, and focus on creating “innovative solutions” to formalize the program's standards. But in the meantime, Waterman said existing baselines will remain in place and there are no immediate changes to the program. The Office of Personnel Management and the departments of Treasury and Education are now barred from sharing individuals' personally identifiable information with DOGE representatives, a federal judge ruled Monday. Judge Deborah L. Boardman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland said in her decision that in granting associates with Elon Musk's so-called government efficiency initiative access to systems containing plaintiffs' PII, the agencies “likely violated” the Privacy Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. The lawsuit was filed by the American Federation of Teachers, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, the National Federation of Federal Employees, and six military veterans. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Monday-Friday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast  on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify and YouTube.

While Congress struggles to fund the government through September, the Trump administration is working to make sure there's less of it to fund. Here with some provisions to watch out for, from the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While Congress struggles to fund the government through September, the Trump administration is working to make sure there's less of it to fund. Here with some provisions to watch out for, from the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Events of the last few weeks have caused federal managers heads to spin. The resignation offer, the closure of agencies, the new policy schedule. All these developments have sparked lawsuits. One of the litigants is the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Joining me with the whats and wherefores, NARFE staff vice president John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Events of the last few weeks have caused federal managers heads to spin. The resignation offer, the closure of agencies, the new policy schedule. All these developments have sparked lawsuits. One of the litigants is the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Joining me with the whats and wherefores, NARFE staff vice president John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Federal employees, and to some extent all public servants, are wondering precisely what the next few days an months will bring. Lots of questions of a practical nature, like when will new Social Security benefits flow under repeal of old limitations. And, what happens Monday when Donald Trump re-enters the oval office. We get some informed speculation from the staff vice president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Federal employees, and to some extent all public servants, are wondering precisely what the next few days an months will bring. Lots of questions of a practical nature, like when will new Social Security benefits flow under repeal of old limitations. And, what happens Monday when Donald Trump re-enters the oval office. We get some informed speculation from the staff vice president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

No doubt you've heard. Big price hikes for health insurance for federal employees coming next year. Big ones. Open season coming soon, brings lots of questions. For retires, a smaller cost of living increase is likely. More from the vice president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No doubt you've heard. Big price hikes for health insurance for federal employees coming next year. Big ones. Open season coming soon, brings lots of questions. For retires, a smaller cost of living increase is likely. More from the vice president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can it be, the repeal of the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset will actually happen? The WEP and GPO that hold back Social Security benefits for certain federal and other government employees? We get the latest from a leading advocate for repeal. From the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can it be, the repeal of the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset will actually happen? The WEP and GPO that hold back Social Security benefits for certain federal and other government employees? We get the latest from a leading advocate for repeal. From the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Discussion of the issues, if you can call it that, has sort of paused while the political class talks about the future of President Joe Biden. Others wonder what effect something called Project 2025 from the conservative Heritage Foundation might have on a potential Trump presidency. Here with some musings on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin is the staff vice president at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discussion of the issues, if you can call it that, has sort of paused while the political class talks about the future of President Joe Biden. Others wonder what effect something called Project 2025 from the conservative Heritage Foundation might have on a potential Trump presidency. Here with some musings on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin is the staff vice president at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Do federal employees make more or less than people with similar jobs in the private sector? It's a question often asked, often answered, and never settled. The latest effort comes from the Congressional Budget Office, which looked at the question using 2022 wage data. It found federal pay and benefits superior for those with high school diplomas or less education. But the private sector paid better for those with doctorates or professional degrees. For an evaluation, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the staff vice president at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do federal employees make more or less than people with similar jobs in the private sector? It's a question often asked, often answered, and never settled. The latest effort comes from the Congressional Budget Office, which looked at the question using 2022 wage data. It found federal pay and benefits superior for those with high school diplomas or less education. But the private sector paid better for those with doctorates or professional degrees. For an evaluation, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the staff vice president at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset have both been around for decades. They reduce or rule out Social Security benefits for some federal retirees. A bill to repeal them has been gaining unprecedented traction. For one view of this issue, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman spoke with the staff vice president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset have both been around for decades. They reduce or rule out Social Security benefits for some federal retirees. A bill to repeal them has been gaining unprecedented traction. For one view of this issue, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman spoke with the staff vice president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) have for decades limited Social Security payments available to certain federal employees; mainly those under the old Civil Service Retirement System and anyone else who receives a pension from earnings that were not taxed by Social Security. A bill to repeal GPO and WEP had a Congressional hearing last month at a field hearing in Louisiana. For analysis, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with John Hatton, the Vice President for Policy and Programs at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) have for decades limited Social Security payments available to certain federal employees; mainly those under the old Civil Service Retirement System and anyone else who receives a pension from earnings that were not taxed by Social Security. A bill to repeal GPO and WEP had a Congressional hearing last month at a field hearing in Louisiana. For analysis, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with John Hatton, the Vice President for Policy and Programs at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Federal employees have not been able to purchase long-term care insurance for the past couple of months. That's because the Office of Personnel Management suspended the program, pending the new plans and prices that are expected from the carrier. It is likely to be very expensive. For what to expect, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the with John Hatton, the Policy Vice President at NARFE, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Federal employees have not been able to purchase long-term care insurance for the past couple of months. That's because the Office of Personnel Management suspended the program, pending the new plans and prices that are expected from the carrier. It is likely to be very expensive. For what to expect, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the with John Hatton, the Policy Vice President at NARFE, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crazy weather throughout the country seems to be reflected in Congress. On recess, when it returns it will have 12 working days to workout a regular federal budget for 2024. Ain't gonna happen. Joining the Federal Drive to explore the possible consequences, the vice president for policy and programs at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The crazy weather throughout the country seems to be reflected in Congress. On recess, when it returns it will have 12 working days to workout a regular federal budget for 2024. Ain't gonna happen. Joining the Federal Drive to explore the possible consequences, the vice president for policy and programs at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Resolving the debt ceiling did get Congress a little closer to a 2024 budget deal. So what does it mean for your pay and benefits? Federal Drive host Tom Temin checks in with John Hatton, the Staff Vice President, Policy and Programs at NARFE: the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Resolving the debt ceiling did get Congress a little closer to a 2024 budget deal. So what does it mean for your pay and benefits? Federal Drive host Tom Temin checks in with John Hatton, the Staff Vice President, Policy and Programs at NARFE: the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bill from Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) would make federal executive branch employees "at-will." You could be fired for any reason, short of a prohibited personnel practice. For one interpretation of what the bill could mean, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke to John Hatton of NARFE: the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bill from Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) would make federal executive branch employees "at-will." You could be fired for any reason, short of a prohibited personnel practice. For one interpretation of what the bill could mean, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke to John Hatton of NARFE: the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As part of the Federal Drive's continuing expansion of coverage of pay, benefits and working conditions for federal employees, Federal Drive host introduces a new voice, who listeners will hear from in monthly interviews. John Hatton is Staff Vice President for Policy and Programs at NARFE, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. He joined Tom Temin in studio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As part of the Federal Drive's continuing expansion of coverage of pay, benefits and working conditions for federal employees, Federal Drive host introduces a new voice, who listeners will hear from in monthly interviews. John Hatton is Staff Vice President for Policy and Programs at NARFE, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. He joined Tom Temin in studio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are many factors that can determine anyone's retirement plans. Family, employment, economics and many other things can change a person's plans for when and how they're going to retire. Many federal workers certainly are in line to retire this coming year and No one wants to retire at a bad time, either for their personal life or finances.  Tammy Flanagan writes the weekly Retirement Planning column for us here at GovExec. She runs her own consulting business and also provides individual counseling as well as online training for the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Her annual Best Dates to Retire column is online now and, as part of our #MoneyMonday series, she joined the podcast to discuss the best 2023 dates to retire.

NARFE is the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association and our guest spent several years working for the federal government. Geraldine has some interesting tidbits to relay about the associations' Plainfield chapter. If you are a federal employee and NOT a member, you re missing out on really important information about your employment. Geraldine is the vice president and has examples of how the information has helped her. Plus, the meetings are so wild! Tune in to this week's episode.

According to surveys, the last 18 months have reoriented the way people see work. In turn, retirement may be a more attractive option for those reevaluating their relationships to their jobs. As 2022 fast approaches, plenty of federal employees are looking at the calendar and considering when to retire. Tammy Flanagan writes the weekly Retirement Planning column for us here at GovExec, including the annual Best Dates to Retire column that posted this week. She runs her own consulting business and also provides individual counseling as well as online training for the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, Plan Your Federal Retirement and the Federal Long Term Care insurance Program. She joins the program to talk about the best dates to retire column .

A bipartisan postal reform bill intended to bring financial relief to the Postal Service may have equally large implications for the rest of the federal workforce. That's according to the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. NARFE says the bill could ultimately raise premiums for employees and retirees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. The legislation has momentum. And for the first time in years, Congress is excited about a postal bill that it says has a real shot of becoming law. Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko joined the Federal Drive with the latest.

Public service is both a career and calling for many. While the 15 months have really tested federal employees’ resolve, the two million civilian feds have responded with aplomb to the challenges of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Active and retired federal employees have likely looked at the response with some level of pride in civil servants’ professionalism.   Jessica Klement is the Staff Vice President, police and program at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Prior to joining NARFE, Klement served as the Government and Public Affairs Director at the Federal Managers Association, She joined the show to talk about her organization and Public Service Recognition Week.

Results of the Pentagon audit Asif Khan, Director of the Financial Management and Assurance Team at GAO, discusses progress made on the Pentagon audit 88 percent of OMB workforce to be reclassified under Schedule F Jessica Klement, Staff Vice President of Policy and Programs for the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, discusses the Schedule F executive order’s effect on OMB and implications for other agencies Cyber policy under the Biden administration Eric Crusius, Partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the national cyber director role, CMMC and potential changes that could impact contractors

This year has been a very strange year for federal employees, including those who are set to retire from public service soon. As 2021 fast approaches, plenty of feds are looking at the calendar and considering when to retire. Tammy Flanagan writes the weekly Retirement Planning column at GovExec. She runs her own consulting business and also provides individual counseling as well as online training for the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, Plan Your Federal Retirement and the Federal Long Term Care insurance Program. She joined the show to discuss her annual Best Dates to Retire column.

Diane Nelson, President of the Seattle Chapter of the National Active & Retired Federal Employees Association and Steve Roy, Legislature Chair for the Washington Federal of Chapters Interview by Gary Kanter: Diane and Steve explain what their organization is all about. For more information, go to https://www.narfe.org. We Do The Work Comments: Republicans are defunding the IRS and costing us billions.

First responders, doctors, nurses, cops, researchers and scientists have always been heroes. We just didn’t always know it. Now we do! And you can never have enough heroes, especially in a time like this when the residents of Planet Earth, all of us, are under attack. Many of us believe, hope and pray we will survive as a species — that this too shall pass. What we don’t know is if we will be among the survivors, which, maybe, is where you come in. Uncle Sam is looking for thousands of retired medical professionals to come back to work — now, ASAP! So where do you start? Begin by listening to our special Your Turn show all about the rehired annuitant program and the special waiver permitting both full pay and pension. Both guests are from the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Jessica Klement, vice president for policy and programs, will talk about the $2 trillion stimulus program which allows for the special rehiring and where re-employed federal experts fit in, and benefits expert James Marshall. Nicole Ogrysko who also first outlined the new program on Federal News Network will join me to talk with the NARFE experts.

With all the problems bubbling here in March, is Congress really going to spend real time moving most functions of the Office of Personnel Management to the General Services Administration? Except for some Washington-based technocrats, and some hungry contractors, who cares about that when China is in lockdown and the stock market is free-falling? Good questions: Which we’ll ask today when Jessica Klement and John Hatton from the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association join us at 10 a.m. EDT on Your Turn. Listen on www.federalnewsnetwork.com or at 1500 AM in the Washington, D.C. area.

Dakota Wood, senior research fellow for defense programs at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how to solve readiness problems in the Marine Corps, and why they need to return to their amphibious mission. Jessica Klement, staff vice president for advocacy at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, discusses proposed cuts to federal benefits, and why they won’t help issues facing the federal workforce. Eric Crusius, partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the new efforts to ensure supply chain security, and the impact they will have on contractors.

Jessica Klement, vice president of advocacy at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, details what the shutdown means for federal retirement benefits, and what most concerns active employees. Mike McCord, member of the National Defense Strategy Commission and former comptroller at the Defense Department, discusses how a transaction database could assist in future auditing at the Pentagon, and why it’s important that it provide information, and not just data. Ray Bjorklund, president of BirchGrove Consulting, discusses how cross-agency programs are being impacted by the shutdown, and what the funding gap means for federal acquisition.

Jessica Klement, vice president of advocacy at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, discusses the impact the new Congress will have on the federal workforce, and what it will take to bring the new lawmakers up to speed. Danny Werfel, former controller of the Office of Management and Budget and director at the Boston Consulting Group, details how agencies can reduce improper payments, and how “smart bureaucracy” could prevent errors. George Young, vice president of public sector at Elastic, and Paul Wilkinson, executive vice president of the 1901 Group, discuss what the growing adoption of cloud services in government means for industry, and what the future holds for tech in the region.

Richard G. Thissen is the NARFE National President. Prior to being elected in August 2014, Thissen served as NARFE National Treasurer, a post he had held since 2011. Thissen spent 27 years in federal service as a civilian employed for the Army. He was an Army level career program manager from 1989 to 1995 and served as personnel manager for some 700 civilians stationed worldwide. He has an extensive background in employee and retiree benefits and regulations. He has been a NARFE member since 1995, following his retirement from federal service. He has held a number of positions at the chapter and federation levels, including serving as president of the Missouri Federation. He was elected Region V Regional Vice President in 2002. Jessica Klement is the NARFE Staff Vice President, Advocacy. She is responsible for carrying out the legislative, grassroots and political strategies of one of the nation’s largest federal employee and retiree organization. As the association’s chief lobbyist, she is responsible for taking NARFE members’ concerns to Congress. Prior to joining NARFE, Klement served as the Government and Public Affairs Director at the Federal Managers Association, a membership organization representing the interests of the over 200,000 managers and supervisors in the federal government.   The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the earned pay, retirement and health care benefits of federal employees, retirees and their survivors.

The Trump administration wants to cut costs in the giant Federal Employees Retirement System by totally eliminating future COLAs for FERS retirees. If it becomes law the 2019 COLA — assuming there is one — would be the last. Workers under the FERS plan would be required to increase their contributions to the FERS program by one percentage point a year for six years. That would mean a 6 percent cut in take-home pay, if it happens. The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association or NARFE is part of a coalition of federal-postal unions and management groups dedicated to protecting benefits, including the retirement plan, from cuts. So what are the odds they can do it again this year? And what about the odds of a 1.9 percent January federal pay raise? Jessica Klement and John Hatton with NARFE's legislative advocacy department, answer those questions on this week's  Your Turn radio show. Your Turn airs at 10 AM ET in the Washington D.C. area.

In addition to a proposed pay raise freeze in January 2019, the White House and Congress are recommending that Congress do away with cost-of-living adjustments for both current and future retirees under the FERS program, which covers most feds still working. They also want to, among other things, reduce the rate of return on the Thrift Savings Plan’s Government Securities Investment (G) fund, and base federal pensions for new retirees on the average of the highest five years of salary instead of the highest three. So what do these proposals mean? What are the odds that any (or all) of them will be enacted into law this year? Or at some point in your career? Jessica Klement, staff vice president, advocacy; and Jill Talley, deputy director, public relations, from the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association discuss. So what do these proposals mean? What are the odds that any (or all) of them will be enacted into law this year? Or at some point during your career? We’ll find out when we talk with Jessica Klement, staff vice president, advocacy; and Jill Talley, deputy director, public relations, from the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association on this episode of Your Turn with Mike Causey. Your Turn airs Wednesday’s 10 a.m. ET at Federal News Radio or WFED 1500 AM.

Jessica Klement, staff vice president for advocacy at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, talks about the save-the-benefits effort and what you can do about it. She also gives us background on what was threatened but didn't happen last year and talks about why 2018 may be different. And not as forgiving.

Federal taxes take a good bite out of everyone's paycheck. But it's the same no matter where you live. State taxes are another matter. They're all over the place and that should be part of every federal employee's retirement planning. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin in studio with more.

Federal taxes take a good bite out of everyone's paycheck. But it's the same no matter where you live. State taxes are another matter. They're all over the place and that should be part of every federal employee's retirement planning. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin in studio with more.

Today we sit down with Richard G. Thissen & Jessica Klement who represent 225,000 members of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. The majority of the federal workforce is spread out all over the country although many people have the wrong impression that people who work for the government only live in Washington, DC. Ms. Klement is part of the lobbying faction to ensure that Congress does cut into the benefits of retired members, amongst other issues concerning the millions of Americans that fit under the heading of retired federal workers. Though their membership is quite a bit larger than many nonprofits we have on Through the Noise, they are striving to go bigger and are aiming to have Congress fear their NARFE voting record the way they fear their NRA record. Is this a target for your organization? Listen up for tips. “Richard G. Thissen is the National President of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), one of the largest federal employee and retiree organizations dedicated to protecting the earned rights and benefits of America’s active and retired federal workers. Dick spent 27 years in federal service as a civilian employed by the Department of the Army before taking on various roles within NARFE and ultimately being elected as National President of NARFE in 2014. Jessica Klement is the legislative director of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) and is responsible for carrying out the legislative and political strategies of the organization, as well as taking NARFE members’ concerns to Congress as the association’s chief lobbyist. Jessica’s policy analysis on federal employee and retiree issues has been featured in The Washington Post, NPR, USA Today and the Associated Press and she is a regular guest on Federal News Radio.” The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the earned pay, retirement and health care benefits of federal employees, retirees and their survivors.

Host Jason Briefel is joined by Jessica Klement, legislative director of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association; Jenny Mattingley, legislative director of the Senior Executives Association; and Maureen Gilman, legislative director of the National Treasury Employees Union for a legislative roundtable discussion on the new congress, DHS funding, the federal employee pay raise and more.

Host Jason Briefel is joined by Jessica Klement, legislative director of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association; Jenny Mattingley, legislative director of the Senior Executives Association; and Maureen Gilman, legislative director of the National Treasury Employees Union for a legislative roundtable discussion on the new congress, DHS funding, the federal employee pay raise and more.

Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) is proposing a bill to change how to calculate cost of living adjustments for federal pension plans. The high-five method would factor in the five highest-earning years of service instead of three years. The Congressional Budget Office says it would save the federal government #3.1 billion over 10 years. Jessica Klement is legislative director of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she offered her take on the bill.