Congressional Research Employees Association

 
Given the continuing difficult times, CREA has again decided to forgo a catered holiday party and make a $1,000 donation to local charities in lieu. After discussion of various worthy efforts, a decision was made to donate $250 each to the following four groups:

Capitol Hill Group Ministry (http://www.chgm.net/)

N Street Village (http://www.nstreetvillage.org/)

Operation Homefront – D.C. Metro (http://www.operationhomefront.net/dcmetro/default.aspx)

Share Food Network (D.C., Maryland, Virginia) (http://www.sharedc.org/)

Happy Holidays to all.

 
Congratulations to our new Officers and Board and our Delegates

Executive Officers
President: Dennis M. Roth
Vice President for Policy and Dispute Settlement: Julius C. Jefferson Jr.
Vice President for Training and Liaison: John D. Moteff
Treasurer: D. Andrew Austin
Secretary: Mallary A. Stouffer

Board of Governors
David H. Bradley (DSP)
Phillip B. Brogsdale (FIN)
Valerie Bailey Grasso (FDT)
Vivian (Cathi) Jones (FDT)
Chris W. Lewis (PUB/CIP)
Martinez Majors (IMT)
Libby Perl (DSP)
Brian Reeder (IC/CIP)
Abigail B. Rudman (KSG)

Delegates to the IFPTE 2012 Convention
Julius C. Jefferson Jr.
Dennis M. Roth

Thank you to everyone who voted in this year’s election.

CREA President, Dennis Roth, testified before the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, May 11. A copy of President Roth’s testimony can be found here.

CREA Vice President for Policy and Dispute Settlement, Julius C. Jefferson Jr., was recently elected to a three-year term on the Council of the American Library Association (ALA). The Council is the governing body of ALA, the oldest and largest library association in the world with over 55,000 professional members. VP Jefferson was elected as a councilor-at-large.

VP Jefferson’s term will begin at the conclusion of the 2011 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans and extend through the end of the 2014 Annual Conference held in Las Vegas.

CREA congratulates VP Jefferson on his election to this important position.

Open season for the federal long-term care insurance program (FLTCIP) is being held NOW until June 24, 2011. For federal workers who do not have long-term care insurance the open season allows you and/or your spouse to enroll under an abbreviated underwriting process (this means fewer health questions). These policies are complicated and can be expensive if purchased at older ages.

This CREA seminar will help identify the risks and costs of long-term care services and discuss the various benefit options available. The seminar is intended to:

• help you decide whether a long-term care policy is right for you; and
• help identify the most cost-effective combination of benefit options.

Who Should Attend: Federal workers who currently do not have a LTC insurance policy
When: Tuesday May 17th at 12:00 noon.
Where: LM 316
Presenter: Janemarie Mulvey, Ph.D., Specialist in Aging and Income Security, DSP