ATTACK ON CIVIL SERVICE

Whatever Congress does to Active Federal Employees Congress can easily do to the  Retirees. At present the Active Federal Employees are under attack, but it could  be us as well.  These attacks were mentioned in my last Fed News and now this is an update.    I am asking that you contact John Mica and express your views. A sample  message has been included for your convenience.    Contact Representative John Mica at:  http://mica.house.gov/Contact/ContactForm.htm    This is a sample message you might send to John Mica:    #1.Please, support President Obama’s proposal in his budget for  fiscal year  2011 that would provide federal civilian workers and military personnel a  1.4-percent pay raise next year.    #2.Please, do not take a punitive action against the thousands of federal  employees who are working alongside their uniformed colleagues in Iraq and  Afghanistan by requiring them to forgo a salary increase to partially pay for  the wars they are helping to win?    #3.Please, do not attempt to support or attach an amendment to H.R. 5136 that  would in effect put a pay freeze on Federal Employees. This would be considered  an outright attack on the Civil Service System.    Federal Employees are not the problem; they are part of the solution to the  problem.    (Ctrl + click) http://mica.house.gov/Contact/ContactForm.htm  and follow the instructions. Or you may also call Mica’s Office at202-225-4035  or the Ormond Office at 676-7750.    We must act or more degradation will follow.