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Membership in NARFE is an investment, it doesn't cost, it pays.
--- An article on page
10 of the September 2009 NARFE magazine quotes comments made during a filibuster which lasted for
one hour and twenty minutes on an amendment to S. 1390, the FY 2010 Defense Authorization bill, by Sen. Tom
Coburn, R-OK. Below is a very brief excerpt of that article: ".... There is no guarantee to your federal pension based on the economics we face today
in this country. If you think it is guaranteed, you have another thought coming......." ... " This excerpt demonstrates how vitally important it is that each federal retiree
join and support NARFE, as well as those in the workforce who expect to receive a CSRS/FERS retirement. ---
from the National website.....
"NARFE
is an organization governed by an elected leadership consisting of 1,437 chapters; 50 state federations, plus the District
of Columbia, Panama, the Philippines and Puerto Rico. NARFE members represent a broad spectrum of government services. Most
are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS). Some members,
however, receive retirement benefits from independent agency plans such as the Foreign Service Retirement System, Tennessee
Valley Authority Retirement System, Federal Judiciary Retirement System, Central Intelligence Agency Retirement System and
more than 40 others.
Your Membership Benefits Include:
 Assertive legislative representation on federal and state levels;
Liaison with the Office of Personnel Management to help retirees and survivors with their benefits;
Informative monthly magazine, Retirement Life, the prime source for information about federal retirement and health care
issues;
Up-to-date information through www.narfe.org and NARFE e-mail;
United network of support with other federal employees and retirees;
Opportunities for leadership, political action and community service;
Health, life, dental, auto and long-term care insurance programs;
Travel packages, group tours and discounts through NARFE Travel Services;
NARFE Visa card program;
Moving services, etc.
Who Can Join?
Membership is open to civilians who are or will be eligible to
receive an annuity or survivor annuity from the federal retirement programs of any agency of the United States government
or the District of Columbia*, including:
Active employees
Retirees
Former employees
Spouses and
surviving spouses of those eligible to join NARFE
A former spouse who is legally entitled to a federal survivor annuity.
When you enroll in NARFE, you join the National Association and a chapter closest to your area of residence or another
chapter of your choice. You may transfer to a different chapter at any time."
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Orvie Jensen, Membership Co-Chair of Olympic Chapter 1006, Port Angeles, recently put it in very direct language:
"Please consider these:
Congress is determined to reduce your benefits.
Congress is looking for ways to reduce the national defecit.
Your retirement benefits, including health care, will be targeted and potentially reduced.
Right now, Congress is looking at reducing your furure annuities, and increasing your health insurance
premiums
NARFE is the only organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing retirement benefits of current and
retired federal employees."
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