National Active and Retired Federal Employees Associations (NARFE) is an association dedicated to improving the benefits of retired federal employees. Their agenda includes "extend the Premium Conversion rights that federal and postal employees have to federal annuitants" and "Repeal the Social Security Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision

Windfall Elimination Provision

The Windfall Elimination Provision is a statutory provision in United States law which affects benefits paid by the Social Security Administration under Title II of the Social Security Act...

 (WEP)." Through both of these acts, NARFE is trying to increase the pensions of retired federal workers.http://www.narfe.org/departments/hq/guest/articles.cfm?ID=737 NARFE has chapters all over the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, including almost every state. Most members of NARFE are covered Civil Service Retirement System

Civil Service Retirement System

The Civil Service Retirement System organized in 1920 and has provided retirement, disability and survivor benefits for most civilian employees in the US federal government. Upon the creation of a new Federal Employees Retirement System in 1987, those newly hired after that date cannot...

 (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System

Federal Employees Retirement System

The Federal Employees Retirement System is the current retirement system for employees within the U.S. federal civilian employees...

 (FERS).http://www.narfe.org/departments/hq/guest/articles.cfm?ID=740

NARFE Legislative Program

The Legislative Program of NARFE is made annually coming before each Congress

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....

. The Program is divided into three categories in order to show their importance as NARFE legislative goals. The first is to preserve the goals already reached. The second is to provide benefits to the future members of NARFE. The thirds includes all other goals of NARFE.http://www.narfe.org/departments/leg/guest/articles.cfm?ID=1046

Lobbying

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, in 1993-1994 NARFE spent $996,500 on lobbying. Most of their money went towards the Democratic Party, concluding a powerful 89.2%.http://www.opensecrets.org/1994os/osdata/osp1289.pdf In 1996 NARFE spent $140,000 on lobbying. They hired Ledge Counsel, Inc. for their lobbying.http://www.opensecrets.org/pubs/cashingin_labor/labor4.htm