San Francisco FEB

San Francisco FEB Launches Renewed & Reinvigorated Website!! Kudos to Ty Walker and Rebecca Anderson from the Leadership Development Program for taking on this project! www.sffeb.us

How wonderful to see our colleague, federal Park Ranger Soskin and Richmond's wonderful Rosie the Riveter WWII Park featured!

Two great programs this past Monday: "Moving Ahead in the Federal Government" and "Executive Women in Motion: Pathways to the Senior Executive Service." What an extensive involvement across agencies that made this such a successful event!! Thanks to our volunteers from DOL-OASAM & ETA, HHS-OASH, USDA-FNS, FMCS, and DOJ-EOIR! Thanks to our SES Mentors from HUD, GSA, SSA, VA, USPTO, DOL-ETA, NASA, USCIS, FNS-USDA, EPA, and HHS-CMS! Thanks to the OPM Team: Elnora Wright , Yadira Guerrero, Anita Spinner, Nathaniel Hopkins, and Nicole Lassiter!

LGBT Discrimination Protections for Federal Workers Today, four Federal Government agencies with roles in ensuring fairness in the federal workplace released a guide on the rights and processes available to applicants and employees who allege sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination. The guide is being reissued after more than a decade and has been substantially revised to reflect major developments in the law. The agencies collaborating on the guide are the U.S. ...Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), and the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). The guide is entitled, Addressing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination in Federal Civilian Employment: A Guide to Employment Rights, Protections, and Responsibilities. It can be found at www.opm.gov/LGBTGuide. http://www.opm.gov//agencies-release-guide-on-lgbt-discri/

PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS THANKS You are invited! Please join the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 9 San Francisco Human Trafficking Workgroup for a Human Trafficking Programs and Services Webinar which will be held on Wednesday, May 27, from 2:30 4:00 PM (PDT). To register, click on the following link: https://eventbrite.com/event/16854188331/... Instructions on how to connect to the webinar will be sent to each registrant. If you have any questions about registration or the webinar, please contact Emily Hughes at [email protected].

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 12, 2015 MEDIA CONTACT: Suzanne Skadowski, U.S. EPA, 415-972-3165 (O) 415-265-2863 (M), [email protected] * * * MEDIA ADVISORY * * * U.S. EPA Administrator McCarthy joins San Francisco Bay agencies to celebrate nation’s largest solar energy partnership... SAN FRANCISCO On Wednesday, May 13, U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will join Bay Area agencies to celebrate the nation’s largest local government collaborative for solar power and launch the nation’s first federal solar partnership. Administrator McCarthy, the federal government’s point person for the battle against climate change, will be joined by Bay Area officials and solar industry executives at the West Winton Landfill in Hayward, a centerpiece of a regional solar partnership of 19 local agencies in four Bay Area counties involving 186 solar facilities for a total of 31 megawatts of solar power. The Winton Landfill will be repurposed by installing 19,000 photovoltaic solar panels to generate over 6 megawatts of renewable power -- the first of its kind in the Bay Area and one of the largest in California. McCarthy is also announcing the launch of a federal solar project, the first federal partnership to purchase solar power across multiple agencies, which was inspired by the success of the regional solar project and other Bay Area efforts. Like the regional project, the federal partnership -- Forest Service, Department of Energy, and General Services Administration -- will take advantage of economies of scale in solar installation at nine federal sites in San Jose, Menlo Park, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Bruno, Santa Rosa, Carson City, Reno, and Mare Island. WHO: Gina McCarthy, U.S. EPA Administrator Richard Valle, Supervisor, District 2, Alameda County Board of Supervisors Susan S. Muranishi, County Administrator, Alameda County Bill Harrison, Mayor, City of Fremont Sam Youneszadeh, Managing Director of Distributed Generation Sales for Western USA at SunEdison Russell Hancock, President & CEO, Joint Venture Silicon Valley WHEN: Wed., May 13, 2015 Arrival: 10:00 AM Event Start: 11:00 AM WHERE: West Winton Landfill at 4001 Winton Boulevard, Hayward RSVP: News media please RSVP to Suzanne Skadowski, 415-972-3165, [email protected] and online at http://r-rep.splashthat.com/ with your media affiliation and contact information.

The Federal Green Challenge winners have been announced see here: http://www.epa.gov/federalgreenchallenge/awards/2015.html

WHY I'M PROUD TO SERVE> I've had close to 33 years of federal service, in the Dept. of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service, US Dept. of Labor (Wage & Hour Division, Office of Asst. Sec. for Admin. & Management, and OSHA), and for the last 4 years, with the San Francisco Bay Area Federal Executive Board., which has connected me with so many civilian, military, and postal colleagues who are dedicated and resilient. A day doesn't go by without a negative story somewhere about the federal government, but the federal workforce men and women that I've met stay focused on their agencies' missions, and on the constituents they serve. and keep delivering, no matter what. Proud to serve alongside them all.

From the Partnership for Public Service Webpage http://publicservicerecognitionweek.org/: Honoring Our Public Servants. Connecting Citizens with Their Government. May 39, 2015... Celebrated the first week of May since 1985, Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) is organized annually by the Public Employees Roundtable (PER) and its member organizations to honor the men and women who serve our nation as federal, state, county and local government employees. 2015 Theme Our theme for PSRW 2015 is Government Works. Public servants do amazing things across our great nation, around the world, and in your hometown and community. Through PSRW, we showcase their accomplishments and recognize the significant challenges they take on each and every day. We hope you’ll join us in telling these stories of how government works for the American people and about the types of work it does. Public Service White Board: Join our white board photo campaign on Facebook and Instagram to proclaim I public servants because or I’m proud to serve because..... PSRW Thunderclap: Sign up for the PSRW 2015 Thunderclap campaign where a few hundred supporters can spread a message of thanks to millions of social media followers. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and join the conversation using #PSRW. For additional suggestions and resources to participate in Public Service Recognition Week in your agency or community, visit our Celebration Toolkit page.

Resolutions from the US Senate and House of Representatives for Public Service Recognition Week, too!

To kick off 2015 Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW), please see the President’s Proclamation: https://www.whitehouse.gov//presidential-proclamation-publ

Outstanding Graduation for FEB Leadership Development Program Classes of 2014 & 2015! Congratulations

Secretary Jeh Johnson, Department of Homeland Security, was the featured speaker at today's RSA Conference in San Francisco.