During the 1960’s
- Government Life Insurance
- Civil Service Retirement
- Severance Pay
- Increased Leave Earnings
- Transfer Employment into USDA without loss of grade, leave or tenure
- Pay Increases – Timed with Civil Service’s
During the 1970’s
- Reclassification of CED’s and PA’s
- Secured “Saved Grades” where grades were reduced due to reduction in workload and/or reclassification
- Credit for past County Office experience in lieu of education for CED training positions
- Vacancies in jobs above the County Office level now released to the County Office
- Secured a Washington consultant to represent interest of County Committee employees
During the 1980’s
- NASCOE Scholarship Program
- Legislative Fund
- Advertising Program Assistant vacancies to County Offices within the state
- Passage of Transfer Bill
- Supplemental Insurance on payroll withholding
- Upgrading of PA job description
- Negotiated for a significant increase in number of Grade 12 offices.
During the 1990’s
- PT reclassification approved
- CED reclassification approved
- CPT reclassification eligible for upgrades
- Lead PT grade increase in shared management offices
- Compressed work schedule made available
- ASCS/FSA Awards Program increased 500%
- Donor Leave Program Implemented
- Grievance procedure reintroduced in handbook procedure
- Appeals procedure information made available
- NASCOE Scholarship program increased
- Legislative program improved
- Maxi-flex Implemented
During the 2000’s
- Established NASCOE Program Committee
- NASCOE Website established as an effective communication tool with membership
- NASCOE Emblems Online Storefront concept
- NASCOE Now publication developed
- NASCOE PAC established
- Moved to electronic communication and distribution of information to membership
In more recent years
- Return of Time off Awards and Cash Awards
- Expansion of Key PT’s to one per district for those states willing to embrace the opportunity
- Returning GovDelivery back into the hands of the County Offices to be able to make decisions when key outreach should take place
- NASCOE chosen members are on more task forces than ever before and more PT’s than ever
- Building strong relationships with management quickly to address the needs of our members
- Building relationships with the ACRSI team to input and monitor the future of acreage reporting
- A legislative agenda that was effective in procuring and protecting CO staffing dollars above all other concerns
- Having an effective NAFEC committee in place to support the only thing that makes FSA different than any other government agency, the County Committee system
- Planning and implementing a NASCOE budget that has our organization in the black with restored monetary reserves to battle what might come our way
- Reduction in PAC banking fees from a high of $4855 per year in 2013 to a low of $1661 projected for 2015 which leaves more funds to help candidates in the PAC