Organizational Statements, Amending the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset of the Social Security Act

This page lists statements and information concerning the issue taken from the web sites of various organizations, trade associations, and interest groups involved in the issue. We provide both a link to the main page of the organization concerned as well as a copy of the pages relating to the issue that we found in our searches. Because we want to keep information concerning each of our cases for an archive, we copied their pages during the period of research. Below each statement is the original URL from which we retrieved the information. Note that some of these original URLs may not work because the group has updated or changed its website.

External Links to:

• Coalition to Assure Retirement Equity
  • American Federation of Government Employees
  • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
  • American Federation of Teachers
  • American Foreign Service Association
  • American Postal Workers Union
  • Association of Former Customs Special Agents
  • Employees for Full Offset Repeal Today
  • Federally Employed Women
  • Federal Managers Association
  • Fraternal Order of Police
  • Gray Panthers
  • Illinois Retired Teacher Association
  • International Association of Fire Fighters
  • International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
  • International Union of Electronic, Salaried, Machine, and Furniture Workers
  • Louisiana Retired State Employee's Association
  • Maine Association of Retirees
  • Massachusetts Pension Not Posies Coalition
  • National Association of Air Traffic Specialists
  • National Association of Governmental Employees
  • National Association of Letter Carriers
  • National Association of Police Organizations
  • National Association of Postal Supervisors
  • National Association of Postmasters of the United States
  • National Association of Retired Federal Employees
  • National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
  • National Council on Teacher Retirement
  • National Education Association
  • National Federation of Federal Employees
  • National League of Postmasters
  • National Postal Mail Handlers Union
  • National Rural Letter Carriers Association
  • National Treasury Employees Union
  • Older Women's League
  • Patent Office Professional Association
  • Professional Managers Association
  • Retired State, County and Municipal Employees Association of Massachusetts
  • School Employee Retirees of Ohio, Inc.
  • Senior Executives Association
  • Social Security Managers Association
  • Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement
• National Conference of State Legislatures

Internal Archive for the Coalition to Assure Retirement Equity, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the American Federation of Government Employees, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• New Bill to Ease Pension Offset (http://www.afscme.org/publications/primetime/pt99205.htm)
• Legislative Action - Weekly Reports (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly_reports/1999/r990326.htm)
• Legislative Action - Weekly Reports (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly_reports/1999/r991001.htm)
• Legislative Action - Weekly Reports (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly_reports/2000/r000303.htm)
• Legislative Action - Weekly Reports (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly_reports/2000/r000331.htm)
• Legislative Action - Weekly Reports (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly_reports/2000/r001208.htm)

Internal Archive for the American Federation of Teachers, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the American Foreign Service Association, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the American Postal Workers Union, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• Hearings Held on Government Pension Offset (http://12.17.23.169/nsb/2000/nsb1200.htm)

Internal Archive for the Association of Former Customs Special Agents, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for Employees for Full Offset Repeal Today, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• No website found

Internal Archive for Federally Employed Women, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Federal Managers Association, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Fraternal Order of Police, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Gray Panthers, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Illinois Retired Teacher Association, downloaded 3/25/02:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the International Association of Fire Fighters, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, downloaded on 3/25/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the International Union of Electronic, Salaried, Machine, and Furniture Workers, downloaded on 3/27/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Louisiana Retired State Employee's Association, downloaded on 3/27/02:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the Maine Association of Retirees, downloaded on 3/27/02:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the Massachusetts Pension Not Posies Coalition, downloaded on 3/27/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the National Association of Air Traffic Specialists, downloaded on 3/27/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the National Association of Government Employees, downloaded on 3/27/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the National Association of Letter Carriers, downloaded on 3/27/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the National Association of Postal Supervisors, downloaded on 3/27/02:

No documents found

Internal Archive for the National Association of Postmasters of the U.S., downloaded on 3/27/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, downloaded on 3/27/02:

• Issues/Position Papers (http://www.narfe.org/leg_issues.html)

Internal Archive for the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, downloaded on 4/1/02:

• Archive of Question and Answer (http://www.ncpssm.org/ask/archive/ss_government.html)
• Archive of Question and Answer (http://www.ncpssm.org/ask/archive/ss_government.html~)
• Endorsed Bills (http://www.ncpssm.org/issues/issues/endorsed_bills/index.html)
• Viewpoints ( http://www.ncpssm.org/issues/issues/viewpoints/Govt_Offset.html)
• Secure Retirement (http://www.ncpssm.org/news/secure_retirement/ofsetting_offset.html)
• Update on Congress - March, 2000 (http://www.ncpssm.org/news/update_congress/update_0300.html)
• Archive of Question and Answer (http://www.ncpssm.org/ask/archive/ss_general.html)
• Archive of Question and Answer (http://www.ncpssm.org/ask/archive/ss_general.html~)

Internal Archive for the National Council on Teacher Retirement, downloaded on 4/1/02:

• Update Support for NCTR Pension Priorities Growing in Congress (http://www.nctr.org/content/indexpg/washup/pensprio.htm)
• Federal Capsule 106th Congress (1999-2000) (http://www.nctr.org/content/indexpg/legisup00.htm)

Internal Archive for the National Education Association, downloaded on 4/1/02:

• Talking Points on Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision (http://www.nea.org/lac/socsec/talking.html)
• Retirement Issues (http://www.nea.org/retired/issues/)
• What are the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision? (http://www.nea.org/lac/socsec/)
• Social Security Offset: Pension Offset Unfairly Reduces Survivor Benefits of Retired Public Employees (http://www.ak.nea.org/govern/social%20security%20offset.htm)
• NEA Supports Legislative Relief for Social Security Offset (http://www.nea.org/nr/st990324a.html)
• Federal Legislative Update Archives FEB 2000 (http://www.nea.org/lac/arch0200.html)
• Federal Legislative Update Archives June 2000 (http://www.nea.org/lac/arch0600.html)
• Federal Legislative Update Archives July 2000 (http://www.nea.org/lac/arch0700.html)
• What is the Impact of GPO and WEP on the Teaching Profession? (http://www.nea.org/lac/socsec/impacted.html)

Internal Archive for the National Federation of Federal Employees, downloaded on- 4/1/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the National League of Postmasters, downloaded on 4/3/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, downloaded on 4/3/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the National Rural Letter Carriers Association, downloaded on 4/3/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the National Treasury Employees Union, downloaded on 4/3/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Older Women's League, downloaded on 4/3/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Patent Office Professional Association, downloaded on 4/3/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Professional Managers Association, downloaded on 4/3/02:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the Retired State, County, and Municipal Employees Association of Massachusetts, downloaded on 4/3/02:

• Support for GPO Relief Intensifies (http://www.massretirees.com/ss/supportgpo0300.html)
• Majority in Congress Support GPO Relief (http://www.massretirees.com/ss/majority0500.html)
• Social Security Update (http://www.massretirees.com/ss/ssupdate0700.html)
• Congress Holds Hearing on GPO (http://www.massretirees.com/ss/congress0900.html)
• GPO and WEP Relief Moves into 2001 (http://www.massretirees.com/ss/gpo1100.html)

Internal Archive for School Employee Retiree of Ohio, Inc., downloaded on 4/3/02:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the Senior Executives Association, downloaded on 4/3/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Social Security Managers Association, downloaded on 4/3/02:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the National Association of Police Organizations, downloaded on 4/3/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement, downloaded on 4/10/02:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for National Council of State Legislators, downloaded on 4/10/02:

• ACTION ALERT: Executive Committee Task Force on Social Security Reform (http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/aa-hr5.htm)
• Statement on the GPO (http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/wepstmnt.htm)
• Federal Reductions to Social Security Benefits of State and Local Employees: The Windfall Elimination Reduction and the Government Pension Offset (http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/gpowep.htm)