About Protect America's Heartbeat and NARFE

About Protect America's Heartbeat

Protect America's Heartbeat is a campaign supported by the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. We are committed to fighting for the 3.5 million active and 1.2 million retired federal employees in every state in the nation who dedicate their lives to protecting America's heartbeat. Our federal employees ensure our most basic needs as a society are met – and have sacrificed to help solve our nation's budgetary problems. Yet partisan politicians are making federal workers scapegoats and are seeking to cut not just their earned retirement and benefits, but essential services that millions of Americans rely on each day. The smart path forward through tough economic times will require a strong federal work force. America's federal employees are part of the solution – not the problem.

About NARFE

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, one of America's oldest and largest associations, was founded in 1921 with the mission of protecting the earned rights and benefits of America's active and retired federal workers. The largest federal employee/retiree organization, NARFE represents the retirement interests of nearly five million current and future federal annuitants, spouses, and survivors.

Latest News

 

To access all National Active and Retired Federal Employee Association press materials and statements, please visit the NARFE press page

 

2/14/13 - House to Vote on Fed Pay Freeze, Federal Times

 

2/13/13 - Pay freeze bill heading for House vote, Federal News Radio

 

2/12/13 - Federal Employee Groups Ask House to Allow Pay Raise, FedSmith

 

2/12/13 - House Rules committee to consider extending pay freeze Wednesday, Federal Times

 

2/11/13 - Perspective on the USPS decision from a small town of letter carriers, News Channel 5 WPTV

 

2/6/13 - Postal Service plan to cut Saturday delivery draws fire, Billings Gazette

 

1/31/13 - What Is "Chained CPI?", Yahoo! Finance

 

1/19/13 - Mallard Fillmore cartoon disrespectful of federal workers, Coloradoan (Written by a NARFE Chapter President

 

1/16/13 - New bill would extend fed pay freeze through 2013, GovExec

 

1/6/13 - Fiscal cliff deal: No comfort to feds, Federal Times

 

1/6/13 - Rep. Blake Farenthold is new chair of fed workforce panel, Washington Post

 

1/3/13 - Trio of budget-related measures could affect federal workforce in coming months, Washington Post

 

1/1/13 - Chained CPI proposal off table for now, lawmakers say, Federal Times

 

12/20/12 - Plan B would raise amount federal employees contribute toward retirement, Washington Post

 

12/20/12 - House passes bill requiring feds to pay more into retirement, GovExec

 

12/20/12 - House to vote Thursday on bill to raise feds' pension contribution, Federal Times

 

12/19/12 - Fiscal Cliff Q&A: How cuts have hit, and may hit, federal workers, Washington Post

 

12/18/12 - Federal groups oppose shrinking benefits through ‘chained CPI’, Washington Post

 

12/18/12 - Fed groups blast possible fiscal cliff switch to less generous COLA formula, GovExec

 

12/17/12 - Feds mobilize against additional hits on their pocketbooks, Washington Post

 

12/13/12 - One simple, controversial fiscal cliff fix, CNN Radio

 

12/7/12 - NARFE looks to protect workers’ comp benefits. , Government Executive

 

12/1/12 - NARFE Chapter celebrates 65 years., CJOnline

 

 

Editorials by NARFE Leadership and Members

 

To access all National Active and Retired Federal Employee Association press materials and statements, please visit the NARFE press page

 

2/25/12 – “NARFE President Joe Beaudoin's OpEd on the Good Work of Federal Employees, GovExec

 

2/25/12 – “Federal employees serve country in countless ways, The Journal

 

2/25/12 – “LTE: Federal workers face a hefty pay cut,” The Olympian

 

2/12/12 – “OPINION: America is hemorrhaging knowledge as federal employees rush to retire,” The Hill

 

2/12/12 – “LTE: Targeting federal jobs,” The Pueblo Chieftain

 

12/16/11 – “"LTE - Cutting the federal workforce will further slow disability claims,” Seattle Times

 

11/20/11 – “LTE - Treat workers fairly,” Pueblo Chieftain

 

11/9/11 – “Guest opinion: Don't make federal workers scapegoats for deficit,” Billings Gazette

 

11/9/11 – “"Protect federal jobs,” Montana Standard

 

11/8/11 – “Op-ed - Congress shouldn't scapegoat federal employees,” Havre Daily News

 

11/8/11 – “Op-ed - Congress should not scapegoat fed workers,” Helena Independent Record

 

10/30/11 – “LTE - Letter: U.S. needs strong federal work force,” Knoxville News Sentinel

 

10/20/11 – “The reality,” Times Herald

 

10/18/11 – “LTE - Don't shift deficit to federal workers,” Las Vegas Sun

 

10/16/11 – “Letter to the editor: Federal employees vital part of nation,” Bozeman Daily Chronicle

 

10/14/11 – “Super committee should value work of federal employees,” The Missoulian

 

10/14/11 – “LTE - Save federal funds,” Helena Independent Record

 

10/10/11 – “LTE - DEBT: Federal workers' jobs vitally important,” News Tribune

 

10/4/11 – “Letters: Sound funding backs federal benefits,” USA Today

 

9/26/11 – “LTE - Balanced budget amendment has problem with Social Security,” St. Petersburg Times

 

9/9/11 – “LTE - Don't target federal workers,” Carlisle Sentinel

 

8/29/11 – “LTE - John E. Cleckner Sr.: I earned these 'entitlements',” Redding.com

 

8/23/11 – “Letter: Before bashing federal employees over benefits, please know facts,” TC Palm

 

6/30/11 – “Our federal workers should not be scapegoats,” Des Moines Register

 

6/10/11 – “Federal employees are being unfairly targeted for cutbacks,” Herald & News

 

5/20/11 – “Picking workers’ pockets to pay down the debt,” Washington Post 

 

5/9/11 – “For bin Laden's fate, thank government workers,” Fredericksburg.com

 

3/16/11 – “To GOP, don't cut Tsunami Warning Center,” Politico