Operation CLEAN UP Act: AFGE Leads the Fight to Stop Waste, Fraud, Abuse in Outsourcing
Operation CLEAN UP Act: AFGE Leads the Fight to Stop Waste, Fraud, Abuse in Outsourcing
AFGE Action News
Tuesday May 12, 2009
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is ramping up its efforts to permanently stop waste, fraud, and abuse in government contracting. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), The CLEAN UP Act (S. 924, the Correction of Longstanding Errors in Agencies Unsustainable Procurement Act) was introduced in the United States Senate on April 29, 2009. This monumental piece of legislation would clean up the contracting out mess left behind by the previous administration by making the outsourcing and insourcing processes more fair to federal employees and more accountable to taxpayers. AFGE has also been working closely with Representative John Sarbanes (D-MD) on the House version of the CLEAN UP Act, which is set to be introduced the week of May 11th.
AFGE Activists are encouraged to contact their senators and representatives and ask them to co-sponsor this piece of legislation.
Our President
Cynthia Ennis
Cynthia Ennis has served as Executive Vice President of Local 1923 for over 20 years and was elected as President in August, 2003. Cynthia is fervently committed and dedicated to the labor movement.
In her position, Cynthia will move full speed ahead and address some of the serious challenges currently facing the federal workforce. Issues such as personnel reform, contracting out, pay parity, the stripping away of bargaining rights, and continually rising health insurance premiums are just to name a few. Cynthia intends on tackling these and many other issues in order to provide federal employees the rights they so richly deserve.