MARCH/APRIL 2017

President’s Message, Ken Sweeney

National News

National News

Inspiration of the Month

Reimbursement Budget Authority:

o With Terri Goodwin

Upcoming Events

Yankee Chapter – Volunteer Opportunities

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Spring Has Sprung!

PRESIDENTS LETTER

April/May 2017

Dear Friends and Family:

I think everyone is ready for this winter to be finally over and with spring right

around the corner I am hoping that the Yankee chapter will spring into action with

many new and exciting events and happenings.

Our Committees are always seeking volunteers, Programs, Membership,

Training/Education, Fundraising, Community Service – these Chairs and the

volunteers who participate deserve a HUGE THANK YOU. It is this core group of

people who come out each and every month and volunteer to support the

Yankee Chapter. You make us look good!

The Mini-PDI will take place on 15 Nov 17 at the Hanscom conference center.

Chair, Harley Ironfield and his crew has been working very hard on making this

one of the best Mini PDI’s. He has formed many committees to run up the flagpole

and make this a huge success. There is still room for anyone else who would like

to volunteer, please contact Harley.

Our Community Service committee did an outstanding job with their most recent

event on 7 March 2017 at ‘Table of Plenty’ in Chelmsford. If you missed out, don’t

worry there will be many future events you can volunteer with, please watch your

e-mail for future events.

A huge thank you to Mr. Terry Goodwin for a very successful and meaningful

lecture on Reimbursement Budget Authority at the last ASMC Luncheon. He did

an outstanding job.

If you have any ideas for events or monthly meetings or any comments, please

let me know and we can try to accommodate. I look forward to a great year

from the Yankee Chapter.

Best Regards,

Ken Sweeney, President

ASMC Yankee Chapter

ASMC YANKEE CHAPTER

Published: March 22, 2017

President Trump’s initial budget request mentions no intended changes to

federal benefits or workplace policies, but such proposals could be

in a more thorough budget proposal to be released in May. The plan

released late last week focuses mainly on funding levels for Cabinet

department and several of the larger independent agencies, OPM

not among them. It does not discuss potential policy changes to major

nationwide benefits programs, so in that context silence regarding federal

retirement, health insurance and other issues would be expected.

Trump Team Silent on Federal Employee Pay, Benefits – for Now

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Numerous ideas to reduce the value of those benefits are in circulation,

however, and may appear in the later budget and/or in legislation

initiated on Capitol Hill. Trump’s budget document similarly was silent

regarding a federal pay raise, but indications continue that the later

budget will endorse a 1.9 percent raise. Nor was there specific mention

of the potential for early retirement and buyout offers, but in advocating

deep cuts in most agencies the initial plan did address–along with

eliminating nearly two dozen relatively small agencies and separate

units of Cabinet departments–administration officials have said they

expect workforce reductions that could require RIFs. That in turn has

raised expectations of incentives being offered to soften the impact, as

well as expectations that the general hiring freeze will be continued,

possibly with some terms changed, under a workforce plan that is to be

released in late April.

Even the more detailed budget to come also will be only a proposal that

must go through the congressional budget process and that commonly

produces decisions much different than the original plan

Trump Team Silent on Federal Employee Pay, Benefits – for Now (cont.)

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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OF THE MONTH

Mr. Terry Goodwin, GS-13 from XZC gave a great presentation on Reimbursable Budget Authority at the Yankee Chapter Luncheon which was held on 22 March 17 at the Hanscom Chapel.

ASMC YANKEE CHAPTER

REIMBURSEMENT BUDGET

AUTHORITY by Terri Goodwin

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RBA by Terri Goodwin, cont.

20 May, 2017 – More than Words,

Waltham, MA

24 May, 2017 – Yankee Chapter Luncheon,

Hanscom Chapel Annex, 11:30 – 1:30 pm.

TOPIC: Civillian Career Advice, speaker is

Mr. Dan Harvey

28 June Ms. Sarah Felton, 66thg ABG,

Ethics Counselor will be our guest speaker.

Topic: Business Ethics for Financial

Managers

July 25, 2017 New England Center for

Homeless Vets, Boston, MA

August, Date TBD will be Catie’s Closet in

Dracut, MA

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