DOE Reading List: Pension Policy & Actions; Comments

This reading list will provide a general insight into the tone and motivation of the DOE national pension activity:

Largely from: Google: "DOE Pensions" or "DOE Pensions Benefits"

Contracts affected by N351.1:

http://management.energy.gov/351pt1Contracts.pdf

Contractors with Defined Benefit Pension Plans

Http://home.comcast.net/~brooks50/DOEContractorsWithDBPPlans.htm

Ingrid Kolb's Slides – 3/2006

http://management.energy.gov/PENSIONMEDICALBENEFITSMARCH2007.pdf

DOE Retiree Report 1205

http://management.energy.gov/RetTrendReport1205.pdf

DOE Value Report Defined:

http://management.energy.gov/ValueStudyDeskManual111005.pdf

GAO-04-539 - 'Department of Energy: Certain Postretirement Benefits for 
Contractor Employees Are Unfunded and Program Oversight Could Be Improved'

http://www.gao.gov/htext/d04539.html

GAO-04-539 Summary

http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/summary.php?recflag=2&accno=A09806&rptno=GAO-04-539

Sandia News Pension Changes

http://www.sandia.gov/LabNews/LN02-22-02/labnews02-22-02.pdf

Steven Barr

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/21/AR2007032101978.htm

Watson Wyatt Insider – DOE Abandons N351/1

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/us/pubs/insider/showarticle.asp?ArticleID=17560

Watson Wyatt Urges Congress to Block DOE Pension Policy

http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2007-03/artikel-7942359.asp

Sandia Contract – Personnel Appendix

http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:wFunFMQNrHUJ:www.doeal.gov/mocd/Trash/MissionStatements/SandiaContractM202/Basic/AppA_PersonnelApp100103.doc+DOE+Pension+Briefing&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=38&gl=us

EPI: Latest Bush/DOE Assault on Pensions

http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/pm112

EPI: Retirement Security

http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguides_retirement_security

Berkley Pension Improvement

http://www.lbl.gov/Publications/Currents/Archive/Jan-26-2001.html#_Hlk505136728

FERS Handbook

http://www.opm.gov/retire/fers_election/fersh/hb.pdf

Sandia Lab News

http://sandia.gov/LabNews/LN04-06-01/labnews04-06-01.pdf

DOE ORO Local Economic Impact

http://sandia.gov/LabNews/LN04-06-01/labnews04-06-01.pdf

DOE Benefits Policy; Statement by Kennedy & Miller

http://home.comcast.net/~brooks50/HeavyGuns1.htm

American Academy of Actuaries – Comments on DOE Pension Benefits

http://www.actuary.org/pdf/pension/doe_may07.pdf

Letters: Bodeman to Domenici & Kolb re N351.1 Suspension

http://home.comcast.net/~brooks50/DOE-PENSION-LTR.pdf

UCRP Protected by State Constitution

http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/labcontract/benefitsfactsheet.pdf

Human Resource Policy Association Opposes DOE N351.1

http://www.hrpolicy.org/news/news_detail.asp?ID=3028

American Federation of Teachers Opposes DOE N351.1

http://www.aft.org/news/2006/doe.htm

AFL-CIO Opposes DOE N351.1

http://blog.aflcio.org/?tag=pensions

http://blog.aflcio.org/2006/06/20/bush-energy-dept-backs-off-plan-to-dump-pensions/#comments

Sen. Kennedy Joins the Battle

http://www.tedkennedy.com/journal/942/kennedy-on-does-decision-to-withdraw-harmful-pensions-policy

DOE won't force pension changes on contractors & Much More

http://www.hydroracing.com/tch/local/story/8981672p-8897096c.html

Congress May Block Pension Changes

http://www.oakridger.com/stories/051206/new_20060512065.shtml

DOE N350.1 (Pensions) Does Not Comply to American accounting Standards

http://professionals.pr.doe.gov/ma5/MA-5Web.nsf/WebAttachments/acqGuide30pt1/$File/acqGuide30pt1.doc

DOE Loses 2.8 M in Pension Trust funds

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Dec/06/ln/FP512060311.html

PRC – Pension Rights Center Opposes DOE N351.1

http://www.pensionrights.org/action/enewsletters/prcnews.html

NCPA - National Center for Policy Analysis Compares DB and DC Pension Plans Report - 248

http://www.ncpa.org/pub/st/st248/s248d.html

Sen. Cantwell etal. Oppose DOE N351.1

http://cantwell.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=255257&

P&I News – Several Financial Organizations Oppose DOE N351.1

http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070528/REG/70525030/1030/TOC

Rep. Whitfield (Paducah) weighs in on pension Actions

http://whitfield.house.gov/news/press.aspx?id=79

Pension Predators – Bush, Bodeman and More

http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/pe_advocate/junejuly06/feature.htm

N.M. senators oppose separate Los Alamos lab pension fund

http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/38641.html

Lab workers press DOE for answers

http://www.lamonitor.com/articles/2005/06/14/headline_news/news02.txt

Department Challenges DOE Pension and Health Care Changes;

Switch to ‘Market-Based’ Plans Undermines Benefits, Bargaining Rights

http://www.metaltrades.org/HTML/docs/MTD_2nd_qtr06.pdf

Steven Barr - A Pension Idea Some Want to Retire

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/21/AR2007032101978.html

Headlines about "Leased, contract, contingent workers

http://benefitslink.com/framed/leasedcontractcontingentworkers.html

WSLC - Bush launches back-door assault on Hanford, DOE workers

http://www.wslc.org/reports/2006/05/03.htm#Wednesday

SPSE-UPTE Response to LLNS Benefits Proposal

http://www.spse.org/SPSE-UPTE%20Response%20to%20LLNLS%20Benefits%20Proposal%20Rev3.pdf