Together, we can make a difference. This didn't happen by itself. If you think it did, check with employees in other agencies who still face competitive sourcing. It happened because employees came together to form a union and carried the truth about this deeply flawed program to Congress. But there's more work ahead. To succeed, we need your support. To find out how to join, click here.

Union officials: Please distribute NFFE's press releases (near the bottom of the page) to local media. Be sure to specify you are doing so as a union official.

Environmental News Service (Feb. 29, 2008): Forest Service Drops Plan to Pull Employees Out of Forests. Primarily about NEPA BPR being put on hold, but the latter part of the article gets into the GAO report.

San Diego Union Tribune article (Feb. 25, 2008): As always, a partisan divide. This article spins GAO's nonpartisan report and Senator Feinstein's response into "typical politics." It also gets its facts wrong: the ban on Forest Service outsourcing has been in place less than 3 months, not the 3 years cited. Hopefully discerning readers will see past the spin to GAO's findings of fact, which are finally presented at the end of the article.

Senators Bingaman and Wyden press release (Feb. 22, 2008): Cites mismanagement, "skirting of law," and putting "citizens at greater risk from wildfires and other dangers" -- announces hearing will be held to determine how this happened.

Washington Post news article (Feb. 22, 2008): Fighting Fire With the Wrong Sector?

Federal Computer Week news article (Feb. 21, 2008): GAO: Forest Service falls down on competitive-sourcing job

Federal Times news article (Feb. 21, 2008): GAO: Job competitions may impede Forest Service firefighting

Senator Feinstein press release (Feb. 21, 2008): Senator Feinstein, Chair of the Interior appropriations subcommittee, is "firmly committed" to keeping Forest Service outsourcing ban in place

Senators Feingold and Kohl press release (Feb. 21, 2008): Feingold-Kohl Backed Study Calls into Question President's Plan to Outsource Jobs

NFFE-PEER press release (Feb. 21, 2008): Forest Service Outsourcing Program a Fiasco, GAO Finds

NFFE-IAM press release (Feb. 21, 2008): GAO Cites Bogus Savings in Forest Service Outsourcing

Senators' request for a GAO review (Feb. 14, 2006)

Forest Service employees and American taxpayers owe Senators Bingaman, Dorgan, Feingold, Feinstein, Kohl, and Wyden their thanks. You may use the link below to express your thanks.