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Gage Receives Roosevelt Award from Director Berry

PDI, GEAR Pilot Progress Reported

As the Council bid farewell to Member John Gage, several agencies reported on the status of using pre-decisional involvement and implementing the Council’s GEAR recommendations. Read More

What's New

NASA’s Best Practices in PDI

At the Council meeting on July 18, 2012, NASA presented a case study on its use of pre-decisional involvement through its labor-management forums. NASA developed a best practices guide based upon its experiences.
Report

(b)(1) Pilot Report Sent to President

The Council approved and sent to the President the report on (b)(1) pilot projects across the federal government. E.O. 13522 requires the Council to report to the President recommendations on (b)(1) bargaining after implementing these pilots.
Training

Council Training on Metrics featuring VA-AFGE

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the American Federation of Government Employees jointly developed training on establishing metrics for labor-management forums. The training is now available for all federal employees.
Meetings

Pre-decisional Involvement Guidance from the Council

At the Council meeting on January 19, 2011, Co-Chairs Berry and Zients released a memorandum encouraging labor and management officials to follow Executive Order 13552’s requirement that they engage in pre-decisional involvement to the fullest extent practicable.