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;A; Fudgemuffin's request for her birthday...which was many days ago TCT Thanks for waiting for so long!! Anyways, happy belated birthday!
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Very well. Is all he says back to her.
I rωally don't sωω it...
"<( ...Don't see what? )"
How anyonω would think you'd makω a dωcωnt rival. I hωard storiωs, mostly about that "rωd-bloodωd girl who can't say no" He snickers a bit.
Yωah, hωh hωh, the grapωvinω is an intωrωsting placω. Oh wow, Ericin's being's particularly nasty tonight.
"<( ...What? )
<( Why'd there b' rumours 'bout me? )"
(( brb ~1hr! ))
se senses a bit of sadness in his tone
Fexxos can't help but be slightly disappointed in the group picking on Katrin...
Ah, well. Highbloods.
Serkin chuckles darkly, amused by the events.
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He offers Ericin a highfive.
I'm on pesterchum! kaviCordi is my personal/self insert, and all my trolls' trolltags (See below) can usually be reached at various times as well.
I can also be reached as an android from outer space! T3 can be pestered at xenologicalDefect.
Augh don't look. TvvT I'm fixing this.
Nothing, Nothing. WHOO is this fairly fortunate person, if I may ask? No matter Cho, the fact she is pursuing someone else negates two things for the indigo, casual pailing, and any possible matespritship. He has standards, even if he is an indigo. And she had looked so promising as well. Good thing he barely met her, no damage out of such a thing.
Ericin shakes his head in a silent "No" of his highfive.
Now is not the timω for that Sωrkin. He looks back at Katrin.
Bωcausω you idiot, this is a public fucking atmosphωrω, thω shit that happωns hωrω SPRωADS by word of mouth, fastωr thωn an STD at a whorωhousω.
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~wh€n w€ first m€t~ i accid€nt£y stabb€d him~ I gu€ss thats why i kinda piti€d him~but~ I dont know why h€ f€€£s r€d for m€~ I on£y just got to£d that h€ do€s~->>
She pulls out her grubphone and does a bit of texting. after a minute or two, she looks back with an unsatisfied look
His interest is piqued a bit as he hear's this from her.
What does that visHOOalized wording device say?
~w€££~ h€ sounds kinda d€sp€rat€~~->>
~actua£y~ too d€sp€rat€~->>
~and h€ piti€d m€ b€caus€ i was so bubb£y and too kind? I dont want to b€ piti€d for that~->>
Yes, yes, let the butthurt flow through you Chiron.
Yes, indeed, one sHOOld be pitied for HOO they are over-all, but especially, HOO they are on the inside. Perhaps he thinks yHOO are stupid, thus wHOOld explain why he pities yHOOr bubbley kindness.
~wait~ what do you m€an h€ thinks Im stupid~ if h€ thinks im stupid th€n~ th€n h€ can just go~ go~->>
She's begins to boil and growl, but also feeling like a bit of a fool
Yes, what yHOO are feeling is perfectly nHOOrmal for someone in your situation, I assHOOre yHOO. DHOO not hold back on your anger, in fact if yHOO must yHOO may relieve your stress on my body madam, I am a quick healer, wHOOunds are nothing to me.
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now I just feel so angry!! Ohh! it just stings!!
~oh who am I kidding? ~I f€€£ so t€rrib£€!! h€ cant r€a££y think that of m€?~->>
She sobs a little. Perhaps she is jumping to conclusions to early.
"<( Well, what else h've y' heard? )"
Katrin's tone becomes a tiny bit irritated.
Chever seems to be looking a little sad over there, wonder why? he sits at his table by himself, staring a hole into his teacup
Ask yHOOrself this.
Why does he "pity" yHOO? Well it is quite simple, he thinks yHOO are pretty, but knHOOs nothing else about yHOO. SHOO that is the basis of his fake pity, he is HOOping to barge into a relationship without knHOOwing the things that count about yHOO. Like how yHOO really think. It's quite an under-handed, but effective tactic for getting intHOO a redrom with one wHOOme you know little about...and one wHOO may be too nice to say nHOO.
Shrug. He's got her on a string now.
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"<( Which is? B'cause they're prob'bly fake, I'm guessin'. )"
Who thω hωll would wastω thωir timω making rumors on a low-blood
~w€££~ I r€a££y didnt know a £ot about him~ but h€ s€€m€d a£right~ but~ mayb€ it r€a££y was fak€? What am I going to do? I just pr€tty much £ost a quadr€nt b€for€ it €v€n was officia£!~->>
"<( But y' just said that there were rumours! )"
Oh dear Katrin calm down.
The tall land-dwelling highblood makes a small "Aha" sound.
A clear case of the rushed quadrant. Yes this is a common affliction to mHOOst romances, specially that in particular of the redrom. And the only cure, is to actually get clHOOSE to someoone else yHOO know. Basically, yHOO must slHOOwly start to pity sHOOmeone on yHOOr own, not because of how they look or act, but because of how they are He taps the front of his chest.
On the inside.
I clωarly said storiωs not rumors.
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"<( Stories, rumours... They're th' same thing, aren't they?"
"<( 'Nd y' makin' it sound like y' know som'thin', and I wouldn't put 't past some trolls t' spread rumours 'bout me! )"
"some trolls" being Dragun, of course. Seeing as he just loves to make Katrin's life hell.
You'rω, thω picturω-pωrfωct rωd-blood Kat, not mω.
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Since the Padrone Short Sleeve Jersey represents Capo's best efforts at fit and comfort to date, the only way to have matching bib shorts was to push their design to new levels to match it. The Padrone Bib Shorts are that next level.
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The fit and finish is outstanding. The moisture wicking is great. From the minute I opened the package I could tell the quality was top notch. And the technology of the materials is better than almost any other brand. Bought the whole kit, winter and summer.
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just like others commented, this bib has a terrible fabric edge that actually cut into my skin (blood and "teeth" marks) after a long ride. Al other capo stuff that I have is very good and I have no complaints, I thought I was getting the best (it is expensive also) but maybe is just a bad production batch!
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I regret giving these a bad review but for two reasons. 1) I am 6 feet and 182 pounds and the Large is skin tight but tolerable. Yet the bibs have a two inch piece of fabric that extends below the gripper which goes practically to my knee. The XL would be another 1/4 inch longer. 2) The edge of the fabric at the end of the bib is quite rough and irritates the skin. Very disappointed as the Padrone Jersey is the best I have ever worn. Would have loved to have a matching kit as it is very sharp looking.
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I took these on a real test last Saturday by riding 50 miles in 95 degree temperatures. First off, the cold black material definitely works! I wore the Padrone bibs with my white Capo Modeno jersey and the jersey actually felt warmer than the shorts! The black material did not heat up at all and kept me cool and dry! The carbon chamois kept everything down below dry as well. These shorts excelled at the 50 mile distance and would no doubt be great at 100 miles and beyond!
The inseam on the Padrones are longer than average, but I found this helped provide better compression and also since they are UPF rated, protects more of my legs against the sun.
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I'm 6 ft, 180, and I wear XL in Capo (I could possibly go to L). I'd say go by the size chart.
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hi, eric. i'm 5'10'' and 145. i wear a small. i'm thinking a medium might work well for you.
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Comment: Re:I'm with Google... (Score 1) 240
And adopting and modifying GTK-3 seems like a battered woman going back to her abusive husband... The FSF has a sorry track record of destroying everything they touch, and the GPLv3 getting forced on all their software is making individuals and companies run for the hills at a record pace.
You can't blame FSF for what happened to GTK3. Besides, GTK3 is licensed under LGPL 2.
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Game Preview 6/2/12 -- Swingtime -- Rangers @ Angels
Texas Rangers (31-21) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (27-26)
Pitching Probables: TEX – Yu Darvish (7-2, 3.25 ERA) LAA – CJ Wilson (6-4, 2.77 ERA)
Game Info: 7:05 PM PT; TV - Fox Sports West, MLB Network; Radio - KLAA 830
So this is the swing game. This is the game where we find out what these Angels are truly made of. Last night's win was a nice reminder that this was supposed to be a two horse race all season. If the Angels win tonight, then we will know for sure that both teams are in it for the long haul. A loss puts the Angels back to a comfortable distance and reinstates Texas as the team with all the momentum.
On top of that is the whole CJ Wilson vs. his old team thing. I get the impression that the events of last month have not set well with the Rangers hitters. Mike Napoli in particular seems to be holding a Grade A gurdge against Wilson, along with the Angels (still, Mike...isn't it time to get over that?) Wilsone needs to match Darvish pitch for pitch in order to keep the Angels in what I suspect could be a low scoring game.
Of course it would be great to see this but my Dish Network will once again not be carrying this game in a schoolyard spitting match against Fox Sports. So I will be left to my computer and all your insights via Twitter. Not that I'm bitter or anything...


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The Effectiveness of Management and Union Partnering Could
Be Improved
May 2003
Number: 2003-10-122
This report has cleared the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration disclosure review process and information determined to be restricted from public release has been redacted from this document.
23, 2003
FROM: Gordon C. Milbourn III /s/ Gordon C. Milbourn III
Acting Deputy Inspector
General for Audit
SUBJECT: Final Audit Report - The Effectiveness of
Management and Union Partnering Could Be Improved (Audit # 200210036)
report presents the results of our review of Management and Union
Partnering. The overall objective of
this review was to determine which activities are covered by the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) and National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) partnering
agreements and whether the benefits derived from these activities are recorded
and quantified. This review was
initiated at the request of Senator Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee.
summary, although IRS management and NTEU officials were able to cite examples
of successes through partnering, the consensus was that the benefits of
partnering would be difficult to measure.
Partnering councils did not provide assessments on the results or
benefits of their activities. The most
often cited benefit of the partnering initiative was the relationships built
between IRS managers and NTEU members, which in certain instances have helped
facilitate work process changes.
Nonetheless, there are a number of steps the IRS could take to increase
the cost effectiveness of partnering.
recommended that partnering councils establish performance measures so that
they can prepare self-assessments using objective criteria. We also recommended that the IRS, in
coordination with the NTEU, track costs associated with partnering efforts;
focus on issues at council meetings which would help reduce formal bargaining
time; ensure council members have a proportionate level of decision-making
authority and understanding of national positions; coordinate with each other
on similar issues; and reduce the number of councils, membership levels, and
frequency of the meetings.
NTEU Comments: NTEU
management generally agreed with our findings and recommendations and concurred
that there was room for improving the effectiveness of the partnering
process. The NTEU disagreed with one
recommendation related to ensuring that council members possess a proportionate
level of decision-making authority. The
NTEU National President stated that the NTEU has vested its council members
with full authority to decide issues that the NTEU has placed on the
partnership councils' agendas for decisions, but noted that these councils
rarely deal with matters that can be collectively bargained. The NTEU also expressed some concerns and
provided additional information and perspective on certain issues. We have included a summary of the NTEU comments
after each recommendation to which the comments are related.
Please contact
me at (202) 622-6510 if you have questions or Daniel R. Devlin, Assistant
Inspector General for Audit (Headquarters Operations and Exempt Organizations
Programs), at (202) 622-8500.
Partnering Councils Should Perform Assessments of the
Results or Benefits of Their Activities
The Cost Effectiveness of Partnering Efforts Could Be Increased
Appendix I – Detailed Objective, Scope, and Methodology
Appendix II – Major Contributors to This Report
Appendix III – Report Distribution List
Appendix IV – Listing of Partnering Councils
Appendix V – Estimated Annual Cost of Partnering
Appendix VI – Management's Response to the Draft Report
This audit was initiated at the request of Senator Charles Grassley, currently the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Senator Grassley requested that we determine which activities are covered by partnering agreements and if the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) records and quantifies the benefits of these activities. To respond to this request, we obtained information from the IRS and the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) related to partnering agreements, the number and composition of the partnering councils, the minutes from the council meetings, the total cost of partnering activities, and whether there were any measurable benefits.
The general purpose of labor-management partnering is to forge cooperative relationships and involve employees and their union representatives early in the process of considering and deciding on issues that affect the workplace. This is referred to by IRS management and the NTEU as "pre-decisional involvement." The methods used to achieve this purpose include frequent, on-going interactions in formal partnering councils, business process improvement teams, committees, and informal discussions.
On October 1, 1993, President Clinton issued Executive Order 12871, Labor-Management Partnerships, which required all Federal Government agencies to form partnerships with their employees and union representatives to identify problems and develop solutions to better fulfill agencies' missions and serve their customers. Even prior to the issuance of the Executive Order, the IRS had formed partnering councils with the NTEU based on the IRS' regional and district structure. These councils included a national partnership council, regional partnership councils, district partnership councils, and service center partnership councils.
In 1998, the IRS began
reorganizing, eliminating geographic regions and districts, and creating units
serving groups of taxpayers with similar needs. In November 2000, after the IRS reorganized, the NTEU and the IRS
entered into the Modernization Partnering Agreement (MPA). This agreement formalized the activities of
the IRS' partnering councils and authorized each
division and function to have a national partnering council. The IRS now administers 23 partnering
councils at the IRS-wide, Divisional/ Functional, and Sub-Divisional
levels. During Calendar Year 2002, at
least 221 people participated in partnering activities. Shown below is the distribution of these
councils (see Appendix IV for a complete listing of the councils).
1 – Number of Partnering Councils
of Responsibility |
Number of Partnering Councils |
IRS-wide |
1 |
Tax Exempt and Government Entities |
5 |
Small Business/Self-Employed |
4 |
Wage and Investment |
7 |
Large and Mid-Size Business |
1 |
Agency-Wide Shared Services |
1 |
Modernization, Information Technology and Security Services |
1 |
Taxpayer Advocate Service |
1 |
Appeals |
1 |
Communications and Liaison |
1 |
Total |
23 |
Source: IRS Office of Cooperative Efforts.
On February 17, 2001, President Bush revoked Executive Order 12871 with Executive Order 13203. Although this latter Executive Order rescinded the mandate for partnering, it did not rescind the authority to partner.
Audit work was performed in Washington, D.C., from August 2002 through February 2003 in the Office of Cooperative Efforts as well as the IRS operating divisions and functions. The audit was conducted in accordance with Government Auditing Standards. Detailed information on our audit objective, scope, and methodology is presented in Appendix I. Major contributors to the report are listed in Appendix II.
While IRS management and NTEU officials were able to cite examples of successes through partnering, the consensus was that the benefits of partnering would be difficult to measure. The most often cited benefit of the partnering initiative was the relationship built between IRS managers and NTEU members. IRS management considered establishing good working relationships with the NTEU to be smart business.
Both the IRS and the NTEU stated that the working relationships and partnership arrangement under the previous IRS organizational structure enhanced the ability to make the needed changes to accomplish the IRS' reorganization (in Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000) through joint efforts, cooperation, and successful work process changes.
More recently, with the realignment of the partnering councils, there have been additional examples of work process changes which IRS and NTEU officials believe were facilitated by partnering efforts. These include the Limited Issues Focused Examinations process, which was designed to reduce the average length of time for the examination of certain types of tax returns, and the refocusing of the Automated Collection System to provide better service through improved training, communication, and procedures.
Both IRS and NTEU officials stated that it would be difficult to determine specifically how the above processes would have progressed without past partnering efforts as well as the formal partnering councils—notwithstanding the shared view that partnership contributed to their success. Nonetheless, pursuant to joint agreement between the NTEU and the IRS in forming the councils, the partnering council Charters and Operating Procedures require the councils to perform annual self-assessments. However, none of the 23 partnering councils provided the assessments. IRS management stated that they did not know why assessments were not provided. Recently, IRS management has reemphasized this requirement and has encouraged all councils to prepare these assessments annually.
While partnering council Charters and Operating Procedures require annual self-assessments, they did not establish objective criteria for assessing the benefits derived from partnering efforts. Performance measures for these benefits would provide the councils with objective criteria to perform the annual self-assessments. Without measures or assessments of the results of partnering activity, the ability to gauge success and identify areas for improvement is limited.
1. The Deputy Commissioner should ensure partnering councils prepare self-assessments using objective criteria. When possible, councils should establish performance measures for measuring success. These measures should be consistent with the goals of partnering.
Management's Response: The Deputy Commissioner and the NTEU National President will jointly sign a memorandum to reemphasize the requirement for councils to complete self-assessments. Copies of the self-assessments will be submitted to the Director of Cooperative Efforts. In addition, the Deputy Commissioner will work with the NTEU to develop measures and methods for evaluating performance that consider the key interests of the stakeholders. The method selected will address partnering goals in relation to the councils' performance measures. Results of this effort will be proposed to the IRS/NTEU Service-wide Partnering Council.
NTEU Comment: The NTEU National President agreed with this recommendation and affirmed the importance of managing the partnering program just as effectively as any other program.
The IRS did not track costs associated with partnering activities. Based on the reported hours and estimated travel costs associated with partnering, we estimate that the IRS spends approximately $7.4 million per year on the partnering initiative.
Table 2 – Estimated Annual Cost of Partnering Activities
Type of Cost |
Amount |
Salary |
$ 6.6 Million |
Travel |
$ 0.8 Million |
Total |
$7.4 Million |
Sources: IRS Reports for
Chapter/Steward Hours and Bargaining Hours; IRS Office of Cooperative Efforts.
An assessment of the costs in relation to the results and benefits would provide IRS management and the NTEU with the ability to better determine the optimum level of resources that should be devoted to partnering.
Issues discussed at council meetings should reduce formal bargaining time
The MPA allows for the bargaining rights of both management and the NTEU to be preserved. However, it is the goal of partnering to address and resolve issues using cooperative techniques and, therefore, to minimize the amount of time spent in formal bargaining sessions.
In general, partnering council meetings did not focus on issues that would help reduce bargaining time. Most of the agendas focused on topics such as employee satisfaction, employee suggestions, various surveys, and quality improvement processes. There were few examples of issues that affect working conditions or how work is performed. The following table shows examples of how often key issues were discussed at the meetings, according to the minutes that we reviewed.
Table 3 – Examples of Council Meeting Issues
of Councils |
of Meetings |
Bargaining Issues: |
Awards |
7 |
16 |
Grievances |
2 |
2 |
Flexi-place |
1 |
1 |
Work Schedules |
0 |
0 |
Nonbargaining Issues: |
Employee Satisfaction Survey |
14 |
66 |
Surveys |
11 |
34 |
Employee Suggestion Program |
10 |
29 |
Quality Improvement Process |
9 |
20 |
Meeting Minutes for 17 Partnering Councils from June 2000 through August
While the issues that were discussed most often are important and should be valid concerns of IRS managers, the majority of partnering council members agreed that these are not issues that require extensive, if any, bargaining time.
Council members should have a proportionate level of authority and understanding of national positions
The MPA cites proper representation as a key element in successful partnering. In this respect, it is important that individuals representing both IRS management and the NTEU are knowledgeable about the issues and can provide their counterparts with a reasonable level of assurance that their respective national parties will accept council decisions. This would help ensure that partnering is meeting its goal of reducing formal bargaining time.
IRS managers stated that there have been a number of instances in which NTEU partnering council representatives did not appear to have the authority or understanding of the issues to represent NTEU positions. For example, council members engaged in discussions for implementing five accelerated processing centers for determination letters, which provide information on whether retirement plans met certain legal requirements. However, the partnering council members from the NTEU did not have the authority to represent the NTEU position. In addition, a proposal to engage in pilot projects for identifying whether process improvements could be made was not approved by the NTEU national officials. NTEU officials stated that individuals are generally selected to participate on councils based on functional expertise when possible; it is sometimes difficult to identify individuals with both the needed authority and the knowledge of national positions who can serve on the councils.
As a result, the efforts of the partnering council did not reduce formal bargaining time or help to implement decisions. IRS managers became frustrated because time spent on negotiable issues did not produce results. Consequently, councils focused on the less controversial issues.
councils should coordinate with each other on similar issues
While there was some coordination among the councils within individual operating divisions, there was little coordination among the four Business Operating Divisions and the five Functional Operating Divisions. As a result, there was some redundancy among councils, and several councils were working on similar issues. For example, 17 councils discussed communication techniques, 16 councils discussed partnering logistics, and 14 councils discussed partnering documents (such as charters, processes, and procedures).
The four Business Operating Divisions serve different types of taxpayers and, to an extent, operate independently. This contributes to the inadequate coordination among the councils in different divisions and functional areas. However, many issues discussed apply to all of the operating divisions. A coordinated effort to identify a national resolution to similar issues could save both time and resources, particularly on negotiable issues.
Reducing the number of councils, membership levels, and frequency of the meetings could increase the cost‑effectiveness of partnering
The MPA allowed for each division and function to have a national partnering council. Consequently, the IRS established an IRS-wide partnering council and 22 separate partnering councils that represent 5 Functional Operating Divisions, 4 Business Operating Divisions, and 13 functions within the 4 Business Operating Divisions. The number of members on these councils ranged from 5 to 21 people, and the council Charters and Operating Procedures prescribed meetings every month.
IRS managers were concerned there were too many partnering councils, citing that some council members were finding it difficult to identify productive agendas. For example, at least three councils documented concerns in the meeting minutes, including such comments as "Meeting was… not well prepared or planned," "Not a lot of issues dealt with partnering," and "Have not tackled tough issues."
Managers were also concerned that councils may involve too many members to be able to accomplish anything productive during the time period of the council meetings. Senior managers told us that large councils were slow to make decisions because the number of people who weighed in on issues made it difficult to reach a consensus. In addition, the councils could not move onto new issues because time was spent giving everyone on the council an opportunity to speak on each issue.
We noted that some of the councils had reduced the frequency of their meetings from the monthly schedule established by the Charters and Operating Procedures to a less frequent schedule (e.g., bi-monthly). Both IRS management and NTEU officials believe that councils should assess the frequency of their meetings to ensure that members are productively engaged in the resolution of meaningful issues.
The Deputy Commissioner, in coordination with the NTEU, should:
Ensure costs related to
partnering activities are tracked to provide a basis for evaluating the cost
effectiveness of specific partnering activities.
Management's Response: The Deputy
Commissioner will require that each partnering council submit quarterly
summaries of both costs and benefits associated with partnering to the Director
of Cooperative Efforts. The benefits to
be tracked will be specified in the report resulting from the measurement and
evaluation process.
NTEU Comment: The NTEU National
President agreed with this recommendation.
She stated further that it was advisable to track the costs of
activities at the IRS in general, not just the cost of partnering. She also pointed out that in conducting a
cost/benefit analysis, the IRS should consider the cost of alternative
resolution approaches that may have been avoided through partnering, when
assessing its benefits.
3. Ensure partnering councils focus meeting agendas on issues that would help reduce the need for bargaining at a later time, especially issues such as working conditions and how work is performed.
Management's Response: The Deputy Commissioner will work with the NTEU National President to jointly reemphasize the Modernization Partnering Agreement requirement for councils to focus meeting agendas on performance measures that address employee and customer satisfaction and business processes and results. A memorandum will also be issued to advise the councils that they must provide the agenda for each council meeting to the Director of Cooperative Efforts, who will coordinate any feedback and guidance from the IRS/NTEU Service-wide Partnering Council Co-Chairs.
NTEU Comment: The NTEU National
President stated that there have been many issues for which bargaining was
avoided because the issues were dealt with totally in partnering. She also pointed out that one of the
councils created a process known as "Early Bargaining Intervention" to shorten
bargaining on major work system changes for the Small Business/Self-Employed
Division. However, she also stated that
very few issues that are bargainable come to the partnership councils unless
one party or the other goes out of its way to put it in that venue; partnership
was created to primarily deal with those issues that are not bargainable or
which would be highly unusual bargaining discussions.
Ensure that
council members possess a proportionate level of decision-making authority and
that members have a full understanding of their organizations' positions on
council issues.
Management's Response: The IRS/NTEU
Service-wide Partnering Council Co-Chairs will disseminate a document to
council members that reemphasizes council members' roles, responsibilities, and
authority from a national perspective.
In addition, the Deputy Commissioner will establish an IRS communication
process for council members to help improve awareness of their respective
organizations' positions on council issues.
The process will be shared with the NTEU National President to consider
as a communication process for the NTEU.
NTEU Comment: The NTEU National
President disagreed with the concern that its partnership council members do
not have the authority to decide issues and make agreements. She stated that the councils are fully
empowered to make decisions for issues on their agendas, but that they rarely
deal with matters that can be collectively bargained.
5. Oversee the partnering process to ensure that issues which are applicable to more than one Division/Function and overlap more than one council are coordinated to help facilitate a common goal.
Management's Response: The Director of Cooperative Efforts will begin reviewing the agenda items the councils submit and, when appropriate, coordinate council and stakeholder involvement and sources of information.
NTEU Comment: The NTEU National
President stated that the resistance to IRS-wide solutions comes from the IRS
divisional managers. The NTEU would be
willing to undertake any effort identified that would result in more IRS-wide
solutions and reduce the need to discuss the same problems in a number of
different councils.
6. Evaluate the need for a council at every divisional, sub-divisional, and functional level. The evaluation should involve possibilities for partnering councils to be reduced in number, size, and frequency of meetings.
Management's Response: The Deputy Commissioner will work with the NTEU National President to review the number of division and function national partnering councils and report the results to the IRS/NTEU Service-wide Partnering Council. As partnering councils establish their council objectives based on performance measures, and conduct their self-assessments, they should reevaluate the size of their council membership and the frequency of meetings. To initiate the process, the Deputy Commissioner and the NTEU National President will require the division national partnering councils' and function national partnering councils' Co-Chairs to assess the size of the council and the frequency of the meetings and report the results to the Director of Cooperative Efforts.
NTEU Comment: The NTEU National President stated that the NTEU would be willing to reduce the number of councils if IRS management would vest these councils with the power to bind everyone below them.
Appendix I
Detailed Objective, Scope, and Methodology
The overall objective of our review was to determine
which activities are covered by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and National
Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) partnering agreements and whether the benefits
derived from these activities are recorded and quantified. To accomplish this objective, we completed
the following sub-objectives and steps:
To determine
what activities are covered by the IRS and NTEU partnering agreements, we:
Reviewed the charters, minutes of
meetings, presentations, and other documentation outlining the activities
engaged in by the national partnering councils and sub-councils.
Evaluated the results of the IRS' review of
its partnering agreements, policies, and procedures.
Compared the partnering activities engaged in
by the national partnering councils and sub-councils with the
requirements of Executive Order 13203.
Interviewed members of the national
partnering councils and sub-councils
and the Director of Cooperative Efforts, IRS/NTEU Service-wide Partnering
To determine
whether the benefits derived from the IRS and NTEU partnering agreements are recorded and quantified, we:
Reviewed documents prepared by the national
partnering councils and sub-councils to
identify benefits derived from partnering activities.
Reviewed self-assessment documents prepared
by the national partnering councils and sub-councils.
Evaluated the methodologies used by the national
partnering councils and sub-councils to
quantify the benefits derived from partnering activities.
members of the national partnering councils and sub-councils and the Director of Cooperative Efforts,
IRS/NTEU Service-wide Partnering Council.
Appendix II
Major Contributors to This Report
Daniel R. Devlin, Assistant Inspector General
for Audit (Headquarters Operations and Exempt Organizations Programs)
Michael E. McKenney, Director
Carl L. Aley, Audit Manager
Richard J. Viscusi, Senior Auditor
Michael Della Ripa, Auditor
Appendix III
Commissioner N:C
President, National Treasury Employees Union
Commissioner, Large and Mid-Size Business Division LM
Acting Commissioner, Small Business/Self-Employed Division S
Commissioner, Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division T
Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division W
Director, National Headquarters Management and Finance N:ADC:M
Chief Counsel CC
National Taxpayer Advocate TA
Director, Legislative Affairs CL:LA
Director, Office of Program Evaluation and Risk Analysis N:ADC:R:O
Office of Management Controls N:CFO:AR:M
Audit Liaison: Director, National Headquarters Management and Finance N:ADC:M
Listing of Partnering
Service-wide (IRS-wide)
Tax Exempt and Government Entities (National)
Tax Exempt and Government Entities (Employee Plans)
Tax Exempt and Government Entities (Exempt Organizations)
Tax Exempt and Government Entities (Government Entities)
Tax Exempt and Government Entities (Accounts Management)
Small Business/Self-Employed (National)
Small Business/Self-Employed (Taxpayer Education and Compliance)
Small Business/Self-Employed (Compliance)
Small Business/Self-Employed (Campus)
Wage and Investment (National)
Wage and Investment (Stakeholder Partnerships, Education, and Communication)
Wage and Investment (Compliance)
Wage and Investment (Field Assistance)
Wage and Investment (Media and Publications)
Wage and Investment (Submission Processing)
Wage and Investment (Accounts Management)
Large and Mid-Size Business (National)
Agency-Wide Shared Services
Modernization, Information Technology and Security
Taxpayer Advocate Service
Communications and Liaison
Annual Cost of Partnering
National Treasury Employees Union Staff Hours........... 106,548
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Staff Hours........... 106,548
Total Staff Hours 213,096
GS-09 Salary With Benefits........... $ 52,780
GS-12 Salary With Benefits........... $ 77,116
Average Salary With Benefits........... $ 64,948
Hours per Staff Year........... 2,088
Average Hourly Rate. $
Staff Cost per Year $ 6,629,417
Number of Councils........... 23
Average Number of Meetings Annually........... 6
Total Number of Meetings Annually (23 x 6)........... 138
Percentage of Meetings When Costs Were Incurred........... 81%
Total Number of Meetings When Costs Were
Incurred (138 x 81%)............... 112
Average Costs per Meeting. $
Travel Cost per Year (112 x $6,767)
$ 757,904
Total Partnering Cost per Year $ 7,387,321
Management's Response to the Draft Report
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http://civicreflection.org/ - Renaissance Society of America
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Swim Like a Champion DVDs: Behind-the-Scenes of the Production
By Chloe Sutton
When I work with the Fitter & Faster Team, I know that no matter what we do, we do it big! We take an idea and we do everything possible to make it the best thing out there. When you're working with a group of Olympic Swimmers, you know that we're competitive, disciplined, and we never settle for anything but an epic success. So when I was invited along with a group of my favorite fellow Olympic swimmers to San Jose, California for a secret project, I knew that something amazing was in the process.
The Open Water Challenge of the RCP Tiburon Mile
As the ferry neared the shores of Angel Island, the idea of lunging into the icy bay for a nautical-mile swim became a reality. Hundreds of people stripped down to their swimsuits and lined the beach waiting for the start of the race. Among us were a dozen Olympians, who chatted with one another as they anticipated the final countdown. They were the first to go -- at 9:10AM the elite division departed at the blast of a shotgun.
Preparing for the Open Water Challenge of the Tiburon Mile
Preparing for an open-water swim is both mentally and physically exerting. Swimming in a large body of water, as opposed to a pool, can also be an extremely rewarding experience. However, the preparations and training leading up to the event are crucial.
A few swimmers here at SwimOutlet.com are getting the chance to swim the popular RCP Tiburon Mile at the end of September -- so it's been a crash course to get ready. The RCP Tiburon Mile is one of the best-known swim races in the San Francisco Bay. This particular event features a mile of swimming in open waters, and solid preparation is key.


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