SFLERP Hosts Robert Tobias, Former National Treasury Employees Union President and Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at American University’s School of Public Affairs, Key Executive Leadership Program.
TOPIC: “From the Civil Service Reform Act to Today and Tomorrow?”
DATE: Thursday, February 27, 2025, at 12 PM – 1 PM ET (9 AM -10 AM PT)
SPEAKER: Former National Treasury Employees Union President and Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at American University’s School of Public Affairs, Key Executive Leadership Program.
Mr. Tobias will discuss, based on his vast experience in the Federal Sector, whether Finding #10 of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1979, “the right of Federal employees to organize, bargain collectively, and participate through labor organizations in decisions which affect them, with full regard for the public interest and the effective conduct of public business, should be specifically recognized in statute,” remains true today, and, if so, what actions might this community take to maximize the opportunity to make it so?
**Robert M. Tobias is a National Academy of Public Administration Fellow. He frequently contributes to the Federal Times, Government Employees Relations Report, and Government Executive magazine on current federal sector public policy implementation issues. He is a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at American University’s School of Public Affairs, Key Executive Leadership Program. The Key Executive Leadership Program, founded by him in 2002, currently includes 1,700 federal sector leaders. President Clinton nominated Mr. Tobias, and the Senate confirmed him for a five-year term as an Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board member. The Board has broad strategic and budget oversight responsibility for the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Tobias also consults with several private sector and government clients on various issues, including strategic planning, leadership development, alternative dispute resolution, interest-based problem solving, and training. Before his work at American University, Mr. Tobias served for 31 years with the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) and from 1983 to 1999 as its President. Mr. Tobias received his bachelor’s degree in pre-legal studies and a master’s in business administration from the University of Michigan. He graduated from the George Washington University Law School, where he served as a professor on the adjunct faculty for 22 years. Mr. Tobias resides in the District of Columbia.
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