Client Accomplishments as Washington Representative

· Planned and organized the February 2001 lobbying effort for the National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys which resulted in more than 188 meetings with members of Congress and their staff to gain support for enhanced Assistant U.S. Attorney retirement benefits.

· Overcame the opposition of the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Management and Budget and the House Civil Service Subcommittee and secured legislation to improve the retirement benefits for federal physicians.

· Planned and organized the 1994 annual meeting of the Federal Physicians Association, inviting the Director of the Public Health Service to discuss plans to implement a new pay system for federal physicians. The Director’s desire to announce implementation of the new pay plan at the annual meeting was instrumental in obtaining early approval of the plan by four federal departments.

· Conducted research and held discussions with the Department of Education that lead to the first educational grant ($38,000) for the Public Employees Roundtable.

· Persuaded Representative Connie Morella to request a General Accounting Office report to compare the pay of all physicians employed by the federal government to justify a need to increase the special pay of federal physicians appointed under title IV. This was the first such study in 20 years.

· Conducted research on Congressional appropriations for non-profit organizations and met with staff from Congressional offices to secure funds to support Public Service Recognition Week. The result was a $100,000 purchase order to support PSRW and its related costs.

· Planned, organized and managed a grassroots effort by federal physicians, an "interest group" of less than 2,000 federal employees, that lead to the Congress passing a law to increase the maximum Physicians Comparability Allowance by 50%, the first increase in 10 years. Lobbying efforts by AMI on the behalf of the Federal Physicians Association resulted in the majority of the House Civil Service Committee agreeing to cosponsor the legislation. This law was passed by Congress in spite of "concerns" by the Office of Management and Budget.

· Organized the efforts that lead to the introduction of legislation in 1998 to include Assistant United States Attorneys in the law enforcement retirement benefits programs, an unrealized goal of the National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys (NAAUSA) since 1994.

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