Announcing the 12th Annual SAIGE National Training Program June 15-18, 2015 Treasure Island Hotel and Casino – Owned and operated by the Prairie Island Indian Community Welch, Minnesota (Minneapolis area) Download Press Release Here: 2015 SAIGE NTP Press Release

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The 2015 SAIGE Board of Directors was installed today and is already working. Here are the results of the recent election – thank you SAIGE members for electing a dynamic team. For their bios please click on this link. Chair – Fredericka Joseph Vice Chair- Bryan Sappier Secretary – Lori Windle Directors: Kathleen Bergeron, Teresa Estoril, Danny Garceau, Phil Hamel,  Duane Matt, Sue Morris, Jay Spaan, Veronica Vasquez, Wesley Westphal and Karen Wilde

Great News! You can now use Employee Express to sign up with the CFC online – for your donation by payroll deduction to SAIGE. It is a quick and easy process. Here is the link for more information and to connect directly with Employee Express: http://www.gatewaycfc.org/_root/index.php?content_id=5144 SAIGE CFC ID NUMBER IS 26052 Giving Deadline of CFC is December 15, 2014! Other ways to pledge: NEXUS:  Use CFC NEXUS if you would like to make your pledge on-line with cash, check, credit card or payroll deduction.  These pledges MUST be printed and turned in to your keyworker to be processed. MYPAY:  Use myPay for payroll deductions if your agency uses myPay for payroll processing.  ALL DOD will use myPay if pledging through…

From: Federal Executive Magazine:   CFC debuts ‘universal giving’ tool   THE COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN has launched a new online tool to help donors retrieve information on the CFC-approved charities across the country to which they can now give though a new “universal giving” feature introduced nationwide this season. After running successful universal giving pilots in several CFC regions across the country last year, the Office of Personnel Management announced that the CFC this year will permit donors to give to charities other than those on their local CFC charity list. Under the new program, federal employees now can donate to more than 24,000 participating CFC-eligible charities throughout the United States and overseas. CFC giving fell last season,…

SAIGE is very pleased to announce that it is on the Combined Federal Campaign list for 2014-15! Now there is another way for federal employees to support SAIGE through regular payroll deductions. Your contributions are needed to help SAIGE continue to build our great programs despite fluctuating agency budgets. As an all-volunteer organization, we work diligently throughout the year so we can offer the best quality training that is needed and desired by government workers. When you sign up for SAIGE on the CFC, you become part of the SAIGE team making the National Training Program, Veterans’ and Youth Programs, and scholarships possible. You become part of that voice advocating…

The SAIGE Board is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 SAIGE Achievement Awards – Congratulations to all the recipients for their work in advocating for American Indians and Alaska Natives in their communities. Awardees were recognized and presented the award by Colorado Front Range Chapter President Carl Etsitty at the Eleventh Annual SAIGE National Training Program in Albuquerque, NM, June 10, 2014. The following are the categories for the SAIGE Achievement Awards, and the recipient of that Award: 1. Agency: National Park Service      2. Supervisory: Darla Eastman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 3. Leadership (General Schedule Grades 11-15): Ranelle Yazzie, Federal Aviation Administration 4. Leadership (GS-1-10): Coralee Mackay, Internal Revenue Service 5. American Indian…

Greetings! Here are the documents from the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, Katherine Archuleta, acknowledging that the 2014 SAIGE National Training Program meets the requirements to qualify as an authorized training activity for federal employees. Please utilize these documents when justifying your request to attend the SAIGE 11th Annual National Training Program in June.  Director Archuleta has agreed to come and speak at our Training Program this year. Draft agenda will be posted soon. Early registration ends April 15! Click on the links below to download the documents in PDF format. OPM Letter SAIGE 2014                       OPM CHCO Memo…

Please share this SAIGE Press release with your contacts.Thank you for supporting SAIGE! Click on the link below to download the PDF Document. SAIGE_PressRelease_3_13_2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 Washington, DC, March 13, 2014 Contacts: SAIGE Chair, Susan Johnson, sjohnson08@fs.fed.us SAIGE Vice-Chair, Fredericka Joseph, 410.802.2190 or freddiejoseph51@yahoo.com SAIGE 11th Annual National Training Program—Albuquerque, NM The Society of American Indian Government Employees (SAIGE) will hold its 11th annual National Training Program, Native Pride and Spirit: Yesterday, Today and Forever, at the Isleta Pueblo’s Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 9-13, 2014. The training provides forums on the most current issues, opportunities, and challenges facing American…