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Years of hard work by NFFE members and our brothers and sisters in fellow unions finally paid off this year.

On January 28^th, President Bush signed into law the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill included language which made sweeping changes to the National Security Personnel System (NSPS).

Significant victories in the bill include the restoration of collective bargaining and employee appeal rights for Defense employees. Blue-collar workers are also now exempt from the system. The law left in place the Defense Department’s authority to implement a pay-for-performance system; however, the measure would guarantee that NSPS employees get 60 percent of the annual pay raise given to most federal workers if they perform at a satisfactory level or above. Only the remaining 40 percent of the pay adjustment, which is set annually by Congress, would go toward performance pay.

While the new version of the system is still far from perfect, it is a vast improvement from the previous forms. By relentlessly working together to make our voices heard, we ensured that many of Defense workers’ rights will be maintained under this new system. This is a significant victory for Defense workers, for NFFE, and for the entire labor movement. Thank you to everyone who stepped up to the plate and helped bring about this important change.

Richard N. Brown

Senate Spending Bill Would Put Coast Guard Civil Engineering Program Reorganization on Hold

Friday, July 21, 2006

Senate Spending Bill Would Put Coast Guard Civil Engineering Program Reorganization on Hold Washington, DC – Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill that would temporarily block a High Performing Organization (HPO) reorganization of the Civil Engineering Program at Coast Guard.

Over the last several months, the Coast Guard, along with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), has been conducting a reorganization of the Civil Engineering Program, a division that supports the Coast Guard through design, contracting, construction management, environmental compliance and remediation, planning and real property management services. The Civil Engineering Program is composed of roughly 500 employees located at 10 different stations across the country including: Honolulu, HI; Juneau, AK; Oakland, CA; Cleveland, OH; Miami, FL; Seattle, WA; Norfolk, VA (there are two stations in the Norfolk area); Providence, RI; and New London, CT. Although the Coast Guard has been tight-lipped about their reorganization plans, speculation is that the agency will eliminate 30-50 percent of program staff, and close several of the civil engineering stations.

Adding controversy to the reorganization is the fact that the HPO process being employed by the Coast Guard and OMB to determine the need for the reorganization and the appropriate staffing levels has not been used by other federal agencies, and the process remains largely untested and undefined. There is particular concern that the Coast Guard has chosen to use this process when little data exists as to the effectiveness of this approach to generate cost savings.

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