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  I find it interesting that a federal union would find it necessary to conduct a public service campaign on behalf of the CS employees who promote the importance of the federal government. Curious that the current administration has no need to promote the importance of the federal government. Perhaps in their "think tank" world the only federal government activities that exist are those that are performed by contractors (who by definition are expected to earn a hefty profit for attending to public tax payer financed services).

  Bill Snoggs Posted July 28, 2008 11:09 PM
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  Seems that I have been on the cutting edge as this is something that I say to the callers of the 800 number all of the time. "I work for you, you pay my salary". As far as recruitment, I am ashamed of the promotions process. I have been in the OASIS for my achievements, have a regional commissioner citation, and I have 5 suggestion awards with more forthcoming. (No one else here does). I have been here for 23 years, and am only 42 years old. For some reason, I can't get promoted to save my life. Surely does not have anything to do with my work. I consistently make the so called "best qualified" list but to no avail. College students and relatives seem to beat me out hands down. None of which helps the retention process.

  Deborah Love Posted July 24, 2008 4:03 PM
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  As the previous comments showed, there are indeed two animals being discussed here.

  1. The government as an employer, And 2. The government employee.

  While, after 30 years of federal service, I must commend any organization that fights negative stereotyping of civil servants and our government; still, as the elected representatives of our working force, I think perhaps a better use of these funds would be to address the grass roots (and organizational) problems with NSPS implementation.

  Okay, my preference would be to do both and I have NO idea how you could do that.

  Still, I feel a desperate need to educate the next POTUS and the incoming and incumbent congressional representatives to fears of their workers and the pitfalls of straying from our meritocracy roots to a system based on nepotism, cronyism, and which survives only in shrouds of mystery and unquestionable tactics.

  Tip off Posted July 24, 2008 12:21 PM
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  I will be more than happy to DONATE my time to tell the new recuits the TRUTH about the FAA and how they treat their employees. No need to window dress Govt. service. The Bush administration and "pay for Performance" has ruined any chance of enticing hard working young Americans from seeking any job with the Govt. The only hope Govt. employees have is their Union and Obama getting elected.

  Retired Air Traffic controller Posted July 24, 2008 11:11 AM
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  To reinforce this message the union wants the employees to be paid to work on the program and answer questions. Kelly said that you can't ask union folk ls to donate time and the gov't should be happy to pay for their efforts

  Dan ketter Posted July 24, 2008 9:18 AM
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  Good idea. It might counteract hate radio and the pro contractor gang.

  Too bad the federal work force does not all pay dues. The unions must fight on shoestring budgets.

  Wise Old Owl Posted July 24, 2008 8:03 AM
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  This is very good stuff. I'll never forget the negative verbiage that streamed from then Rep. Gingrich's mouth concerning federal employees in circa 1993 when he led the effort to temporarily shut down most of the federal government. That negativism, most of which was nothing more than mindless republican party dogma, still lingers today. And this mindless dogma exclusively emanates from our friends in the Republican Party who like to demonstrate their faux machismo by 'beating up' on federal employees, and in particular the IRS.

  M. Smith Posted July 23, 2008 6:24 PM