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| 2693596 | 0dcd02c4-e182-4f7f-8eb5-802e4b5e37ae | Q3 | AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO | 54302 | AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO | 2021 | third_quarter | DEF | Lobbied on Department of Defense Senate Confirmed Nominations with Questions and Questions for Record and Proposed Advanced Policy Questions related to Secretary of Navy Carlos Del Torro, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert Cisneros Jr., Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Kathleen Miller, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities Dr. Mara Karlin, and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael Connor. Lobbied on the following issues for the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act by requesting House Armed Services Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee Members based on Member Requests Amendments previously submitted on the following issues: 1. Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA that clarifies the civilian personnel cap prohibition in Section 129 of title 10 by removing ambiguous and contradictory language and clarifying prohibitions against using term or temporary hiring authorities for enduring functions. 2. Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA that requires compliance with contract service planning, programming, and budgeting statutory requirements and Total Force Management statutory limitations on privatization (including compliance with the public-private competition moratorium). This became section 802 of the Senate Armed Services Committee Chairmans mark and the Norcross Amendment 717 (adopted Chairmans Mark En Bloc Nr. 1), which became section 814 of H.R. 4350. 3. Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA that aligns the Federal Wage System Areas with General Schedule Locality Pay Areas. This became directive report language in the Senate Armed Services Committee Chairmans mark and the Norcross amendment 713 (adopted Readiness Subcommittee En Bloc Nr. 1), which became section 1114 of H.R. 4350. 4. Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA that requires compliance of Reductions in Force procedures under Section 3502 of Title 5 (Seniority, Veterans Preference, Performance) repealing inconsistent provisions included in Section 1597(f) of title 10, United States Code, enacted in section 1101 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016. This was included in the Chairmans mark section 1107 of H.R. 4350. 5. Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA that prohibits the downsizing of military medical treatment facilities by requiring Military Department Surgeon General Certifications and Government Accountability Office reviews addressing TRICARE quality of care standards and capacity; third party collections; readiness impacts; and efforts to backfill military structure with government civilian employees. 6. Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 prohibiting the merger of commissaries with exchanges, carrying forward and making permanent the prohibition in the FY 2021 NDAA. This was mooted by August 2021 communication by the Department of Defense to Congress committing not to merge commissaries and exchanges that acknowledged this would not result in savings. 7. Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA prohibiting global household goods contracts, repealing the authority for this exception to normal procurement practices and the public-private competition moratorium that was provided in Section 375 of the FY 2020 NDAA. 8. Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA clarifying governmental access to technical data for spare parts for major weapon systems, repealing Section 865 of the FY 2019 NDAA. 9. Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA to improve workforce planning for major weapon systems sustainment by mandating the manpower estimate requirement of the military civilian and contract support requirements for operating, maintaining, and sustaining major weapon systems, formerly required by Section 2434 of title 10 that was repealed in the FY 2017 NDAA. 10. Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA that would require reporting of borrowed military manpower, reviving the reporting requirement that was in Section 482 of title 10, prior to repeal in the FY 2013 NDAA. 11. Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA requiring a Government Accountability Office review on whether DoD security clearance determinations have been applied in a discriminatory manner. This was revised to instead ask for an Administrative Conference of United States review of the procedures and demographic survey by a Federally Funded Research and Development Center, such as RAND. 12. Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 to provide paid family and medical leave to federal employees by including care of a sick child, spouse, or parent. This was mooted by activity surrounding the reconciliation process and American Recovery Act still on-going. 13. Inclusion of language repealing Section 1599e of title 10 that provides a two-year probationary period to DoD employees as an exception to the one-year probationary period applicable across the rest of the federal government in sections 3321 and 3393(d) of title 5. This was included in section 1108 of Chairmans mark of H.R. 4350. Lobbied against proposals under consideration for the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act from the Final Recommendations and Report of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service in the following sections: Subtitle C: Modernization of Federal Personnel System Sec. 344. Noncompetitive eligibility for high-performing civilian employees. Sec. 345. Flexibility for Temporary and Term Appointments. Sec. 346. Criteria for granting direct hire authority to agencies. Sec. 347. Cafeteria Plan for Federal Employees. Sec. 348. Modern Benefits Pilot Program. Sec. 349. Demonstration Project Flexibility for Office of Personnel Management. Sec. 350. Advanced Assessment Tools for Executive Agency Hiring. Sec. 351. Competency Standards for Human Resources Specialists for downsized HR offices to better service their customers. Sec. 352. Evaluation of Improvements to the Federal Civil Service Personnel System. Sec. 353. Proposals for Modern Talent Management System. Sec. 354. Annual Report on Blended Federal Workforce. Subtitle D: Students, Recent Graduates, and Critical Skills Sec. 361. Federal Fellowship and Scholarship Center. Sec. 362. Public Service Corps. Sec. 363. Public Service Academy Grants. Sec. 364. Public Service Cadet Programs at Military Service Academies. Sec. 366. Establishment of Pathways Program. Sec. 368. Aggregate Number of Hires of Recent College Graduates and Post-Secondary Students. Sec. 372. Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve Pilot Project. Sec. 374. Personnel Policy Demonstration Project for federal Agencies with Employees in STEM fields. Sec. 375. Development of proposal for simplified personnel system for Veterans Health Administration. Lobbied against the following proposals under consideration for the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act from the Final Recommendations of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence: 1. Part-time reserve digital service corps; and 2. Digital Academy as pathway into Civil Service. Lobbied against three proposals from industry coalitions related to commercial items determinations by contracting officers. Lobbied on the following issues for the Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Appropriation by requesting of House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense and Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense members that they submit the following amendment proposals for committee markup: 1. Reintroducing House section 8012 markup language from the FY 2021 Defense Appropriation that had been rendered ambiguous in Conference for the FY2021 Omnibus. Lobbied against Government Accountability Office recommendations to reduce DoD civilian Full Time Equivalent funding based on under-execution in various Defense Components. 2. Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 Defense Appropriations bill that mandates compliance with contract service planning, programming, and budgeting statutory requirements and Total Force Management statutory limitations on privatization (including compliance with the public-private competition moratorium). Leveraged H.R. 4350 section 814 language and prior House directive report language. Lobbied House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense, House Armed Services Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee in support of directive report language relating to DoD civilian career programs and human capital planning in effort to strengthen title 5 and require plans for eliminating title 10 exceptions to title 5. Discussed the application of operations research queueing theory to the federal hiring process. Lobbied House Armed Services Committee to repeal title 10 personnel caps on headquarters in sections 143, 194, 7014, 8014 and 9014 of title 10, specifically in connection with what became directive report language in the Readiness subcommittee markup on the reductions previously made to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Lobbied against changes proposed in the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee for public-private talent exchanges inconsistent with what was negotiated for section 1599g in title 10 in the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. Lobbied against extension of the Acquisition Demonstration pay for performance system in section 1762 of title 10. Lobbied against proposals to create preference for hiring military family member dependents in overseas areas. Lobbied against reductions in the Naval audit service. Lobbied to ask Senator Mark Kelly (AZ) and Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (1st C.D. AZ) assistance in sending a letter to the Pentagon on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base resistance to implementing Presidents Executive Order on strengthening the federal workforce based on Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) litigation against the base. Discussed with the National Security Council, Office of Management and Budget, Department of Defense and Office of Personnel Management in support of President Bidens Revitalization of the National Security Workforce Inter-Agency Working Group: Letter to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks on stealth privatization and services contracts budgeting dated April 5, 2021, copied to Defense committees in Congress. Letter to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks on title 10 exceptions to title 5 and their adverse impacts in recruiting and retaining civilian employees in DoD dated May 5, 2021, copied to Defense committees in Congress and Office of Personnel Management. Continued lobbying using Testimony for Record for the House Armed Services Committee opposing recommendations from the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, dated May 19, 2021. Lobbied on Representative Crow amendment that became Section 553 of H.R. 4350 pertaining to expansion and codification of matters covered by diversity training in the Department of Defense involving military, civilian employees and defense contractors. Lobbied the Rules Committee and the House of Representatives on the following proposed floor amendments to H.R. 4350: 1.Floor Amendment Nr. 70 (Rule Nr. 363) proposed by Representative Brown that adds installation support services to intergovernmental service agreements in order to protect individuals with disabilities. 2.Floor Amendment Nr. 167 (Rule Nr. 361) proposed by Representative Gottheimer requiring USD (P&R) to do nationwide cost of living analysis for members of DoD. 3.Floor Amendment Nr. 225 (Rule Nr. 66) proposed by Representative Kilmer that would provide Fair Labor Standards Act protected overtime pay for Navy employees working on Navy vessels Outside the Continental United States. 4.Floor Amendment Nr. 309 (Rule Nr. 582) proposed by Representative Neguse that would establish a housing stipend for federal wildland firefighters. 5.Floor Amendment Nr. 312 (Rule Nr. 83) proposed by Representative Newman that would study the various toxins and chemicals veterans were exposed to during their service, which would help streamline the process for the Veterans Administration employees AFGE represents. 6.Floor Amendment Nr. 317 (Rule Nr. 29) proposed by Representative Norton that would clarify that D.C. National Guard members who are federal employees are entitled to leave without loss of pay during mobilization. 7.Floor Amendment Nr. 376 (Rule Nr, 584) proposed by Representative Schneider that would include parental bereavement leave as eligible paid leave for federal employees. 8.Floor Amendment Nr. 468 (Rule Nr. 367) proposed by Representative Williams that would reestablish the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force. 9.Floor Amendment Nr. 458 (Rule Nr. 665) by Representative Gonzales that would establish a National Digital Reserve Corps. Lobbying expressed concerns with this amendment and supported instead Amendment not ruled in order by Rules Committee, Rule Nr. 295 proposed by Representative Panetta which would have established a Civilian Cyber Reserve Pilot at Cyber Command. Also lobbied Senator Rosens office for proposed changes to similar provision included in Senate Armed Services Committee markup section 1109 that establishes a Civilian Cyber Reserve Pilot at Cyber Command. 10.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 30 not ruled in order proposed by Representative Norton related to D.C. National Guard. 11.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 150 proposed by Representative Lynch and Nr. 202 proposed by Representative Green not ruled in order that would direct studies of exposure of veterans to toxins. 12.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 150 not ruled in order proposed by Representative Roy that would interfere with COVID-19 vaccinations of military. 13.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 131 ruled in order proposed by Representative Salazar to raise sole source thresholds for small businesses. 14.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 55 not ruled in order proposed by Representative Roy prohibiting funds for Diversity Officers. 15.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 89 not ruled in order proposed by Representative Speier that would change the standard for hostile environment based on a single perception. 16.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 116 not ruled in order proposed by Representative Biggs that would reduce Defense Components by 0.5 percent based on financial audit. 17.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 131 not ruled in order proposed by Representative Lee that would reduce Defense Components by 1 percent based on financial audit. 18.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 142 not ruled in order proposed by Representative Rosendale that interfered with Covid-19 vaccinations by Defense contractors. 19.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 131 not ruled in order proposed by Representative Lynch related to U.S Coast Guard Scituate closing. 20.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 347 proposed and withdrawn by Representative Turner that would direct a public web site report on commercial items determinations. 21.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 562 not ruled in order proposed by Representative Neguse that would provide relief from Goldwater-Nichols personnel caps on headquarters for environmental risk management. 22.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 633 not ruled in order proposed by Representative Phillips that would require publication of all DoD ethics opinions. 23.Rules Committee Amendment Nr. 702 not ruled in order proposed by Representative Buck that would strike H.R. 4350 diversity and inclusion subtitles. 24.Rules Committee Amendments Nr. 145 not ruled in order proposed by Representative Cloud; Nrs. 167, 170, 171, 176, 315 and 317 proposed by Representative Boebert; Nr. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 proposed by Representative Gohmert, Nr. 158 and 434 proposed by Representative. Rosendale, and nr. 796 proposed by Representative Bishop as frivolous amendments not relevant to DoD. Lobbied on Amendment Nr. 2136 proposed by Senator Van Hollen to the bipartisan infrastructure bill that would have stricken language without regard to the Civil Service laws on page 1152 lines 11 and 12 to conform hiring authorities of the Advanced Research Projects Agency- Infrastructure to the provisions applicable to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Shared this provision with certain members of House of Representatives. Build Back Better: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees. | Agriculture, Dept of (USDA),Air Force, Dept of,Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers),Army, Dept of (Other),Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS),Commerce, Dept of (DOC),Defense Commissary Agency,Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA),Defense, Dept of (DOD),Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS),Education, Dept of,Energy, Dept of,Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),General Services Administration (GSA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD),Interior, Dept of (DOI),Justice, Dept of (DOJ),Labor, Dept of (DOL),Natl Institutes of Health (NIH),Navy, Dept of,Office of Management & Budget (OMB),Office of Personnel Management (OPM),SENATE,Transportation, Dept of (DOT),Transportation Security Administration (TSA),U.S. Coast Guard (USCG),U.S. Customs & Border Protection,U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE),U.S. Marines,Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA),Voice of America | 420000 | 0 | 0 | 2021-10-19T16:35:01.657000-04:00 |