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• OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ENCOURAGES FEDS TO ANNUALLY GIVE MORE - October 17, 2016

• After Years of Decline, Obama Admin Tries New Approach to Spur Feds’ Annual Giving

  By Eric Katz, Government Executive

  President Obama signed an executive order Thursday to make it easier for federal employees to volunteer at charitable organizations and for retirees to donate to them.

  The order adjusts Ronald Reagan era guidance on the Combined Federal Campaign, the federal government’s annual giving drive. Under the new rules, federal workers will be able to make non-monetary pledges to CFC charities by instead committing to donating their time. Some agencies already allow employees to volunteer at CFC organizations and some do not, the program’s Director Keith Willingham said, but none credit the hours toward the annual pledge goals each agency sets. The order will give the Office of Personnel Management -- which oversees CFC -- the authority to allow volunteer hours to count toward program goals.

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