NSPS Task Force Head to Discuss Pentagon Personnel System on 'Inside Government'

NSPS Task Force Head to Discuss Pentagon Personnel System on 'Inside Government'

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) to Address D.C. Voting Rights, Health Care Reform

WASHINGTON, June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new task force designed to review the Department of Defense's controversial National Security Personnel System (NSPS) will be discussed this week on AFGE's "Inside Government" radio show. The show will air on Friday, June 5 at 10 a.m. EDT nationwide on Federal News Radio at www.federalnewsradio.com and 1500 AM in the Washington, D.C., area.

Rudy deLeon, head of the new NSPS task force, will talk about the task force's objectives and when the public can expect to learn of its recommendations. DeLeon also will address the importance of attracting and retaining skilled civilian workers to the Pentagon.

Also on this week's show, "Inside Government" will take listeners inside the recent America's Future Now conference by the Campaign for America's Future. Hear from Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Rock the Vote Executive Director Heather Smith, and Alliance for American Manufacturing Executive Director Scott Paul.

Norton will update listeners on the fight for D.C. voting rights and efforts to reform health care in America. Smith then will discuss Rock the Vote's impact on the 2008 presidential election and the need to communicate with young people in a way they understand. Lastly, Paul will share his thoughts on American manufacturing including industrial policy and the role unions play in solving problems in the workplace.

"Inside Government" is hosted by AFGE Assistant General Counsel J. Ward Morrow. Programs are archived on the Federal News Radio Web site and can be heard on demand at http://www.federalnewsradio.com/ or http://www.afge.org/insidegovernment. Please note there will be a short advertisement prior to the start of the program. The program also is available via iTunes podcast by clicking here. Users must install iTunes on their computers before accessing "Inside Government" via podcast.

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The program also airs on Saturdays at 7 a.m. on KTKK 630 AM, "The Voice of Utah," in Ogden, Utah sponsored by AFGE Local 1592.

"Inside Government" is a one-hour weekly nationwide radio/Internet program dedicated to issues that impact federal and D.C. government employees. The show airs each Friday at 10 a.m. on Federal News Radio 1500 AM in Washington, D.C. and online at www.federalnewsradio.com. It is also available to 70 million iPod users through Apple's iTunes podcast. "Inside Government" is produced by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the nation's largest federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.

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