March 2016 Federal Employment Law Training Newsletter

As many of you readers know, the Federal Employment Law Training Group, LLC, began as a tiny little company, started by a bunch of guys who liked hanging out with each other, who thought it more fun to play with PowerPoint than to actually practice law. However, in the 15 years that have passed since that memorable “business plan” was scratched out on the back of a cocktail napkin, we’ve grown into a small-ish, but powerful, force in the federal civil service community. The White House frequently calls us for advice, both MSPB and EEOC pass their draft decisions through us for editing prior to issuance, and the Queen of England has asked us to take over as her social secretary. Yes, we’ve moved up in the world quite a bit and now, and unfortunately, are expected to act like a real business. And as real businesses have something called a Mission Statement, we decided that we would develop one, as well. So in case anyone ever asks you for our objective as a company, you can tell them this: To contribute to the improvement of the quality and efficiency of the government’s accountability systems. Sounds sort of grown-up, doesn’t it. We’ll use it the next time we’re asked to testify before Congress or if we’re ever nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Explicit, open-ended, flexible. Down-right mature, and we hope you are dutifully impressed. However, please keep in mind that our second objective, the one with which we actually founded this group, is to be sure we have enough income to cover the various bar bills of our instructors. So help us with that and we’ll continue to help you with the official Mission Statement. Check out www.FELTG.com for our upcoming seminars, register early and often, and we guarantee that the civil service will be a better place with us than without us.