CFC Director’s Update Starting with this inaugural issue of the CFC Director’s Corner, my aim is to engage directly with

LFCC members to provide insights and updates on successes, opportunities and efforts under-

way to improve the CFC program. With the recent changes to the program and all of the moving

parts involved with implementing the new CFC regulations and updated CFC Executive Order, it

can be challenging to get information out efficiently to our partners. I hope this newsletter is

one way to respond to that challenge and to ensure that CFC leaders are up-to-date on infor-

mation to better meet the needs of their local federal communities.

This year has certainly brought many changes to the CFC program. As with all transitions, the

process is not always smooth; however, through your dedication and commitment, we are

getting closer to a new campaign season which will provide Federal, postal and military person-

nel with additional giving options and a more cost-effective program. I want to thank each LFCC

member for his or her patience and commitment to ensuring the continued survival of the pro-

gram by making it more engaging and relevant to a new generation of givers while still meeting

the needs of long-time donors.

I encourage you to read up on the updates below and to share with your LFCC membership. For

questions regarding any of the updates or the upcoming campaign, please reach out to your

Regional Representative.

Respectfully,

Keith Willingham

Director, Office of the Combined Federal Campaign

In this issue

Director’s Update p.1 Awards & OCs p.2

CFC Zones p.3 Application Reviews p.5

Campaign & Pledging p.5

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

Mary Capule Western US & Pacific Region mary.capule@opm.gov Victoria Taiwo Northeastern US & Overseas CFC Zone virginia.taiwo@opm.gov Marcus Glasgow Southeastern US, Puerto Rico, & US Virgin Islands marcus.glasgow@opm.gov

CFC Newsletter A quarterly update from the Office of Combined Federal Campaign

ISSUE 1—July, 2017

2016 CFC Awards

OPM recently issued a multiple-

award contract to organizations that

will provide local operation mar-

keting support to campaigns. The

activities include developing mar-

keting plans and materials, employ-

ee training, campaign event and

activity support, and the printing

and distribution of CFC Charity Lists

and pledge forms. Please join us in

congratulating the following firms:

Kaptivate LLC Maguire/Maguire Inc Penngood LLC The Nolan Group Tribal Tech, LLC The Office of the Combined Federal

Campaign (OCFC) will help compose

your Zone Task order. Input from

your Zone is needed to determine

print quantities of materials and

estimated budgets for certain line

items from prior campaigns

(printing, web hosting, travel, distri-

bution, promotional items and

awards). In addition, a member of

the Zone LFCC will be needed to

review the technical proposals.

After a competition among the five

firms, the OPM Office of Procure-

ment made the first three task or-

ders awards for National Marketing,

CFC of the National Capital Area, and

CFC-Overseas Area. The winning

bidder in all of these competitions is

Tribal Tech.

Several more zones are in various

stages of the competition and re-

view with Procurement. For ques-

tions regarding the OC selection

process or to get started on your

Task Order, contact Tony De-

Cristofaro, Deputy Director and Sr.

Compliance Officer (202-606-7003 or

Anthony.decristofaro@opm.gov).

That achievement would not be possible

without the dedication and effort of so many

in each campaign who find creative and in-

novative approaches to engaging their col-

leagues to support CFC charities.

Following each solicitation period, cam-

paigns submit nominations for individuals or

groups whose heroic efforts and innovative

ideas take the CFC program to a new level.

CFC Hero Awards are given to individuals

whose personal involvement led to success-

ful campaigns. Innovation Awards are given

to campaigns that have implemented new

and creative practices that resulted in in-

creased contributions, participation and/or

education about the CFC. The Awards Com-

mittee made up of LFCC members was

charged with considering each nomination

and selecting the best of the 2016 campaign.

I would like to extend thanks to the Awards

Committee and to each award recipient and

nominee.

CFC Hero Awards

Karen Brown - USPS

(Central Virginia Area CFC)

LCDR Nathan Butikofer - Navy

(SoCal CFC)

Tom Crispell - CIA

(CFC of the National Capital Area)

Adrian Flores - USPS

(Maricopa County CFC)

Tina Hawkes - USPS

(Central Virginia Area CFC)

SMSgt Reggie James - Air Force

(Miami Valley CFC)

Dianne Jones- USPS

(CFC of New York City)

Michael Kern - FEMA

(Hawaii-Pacific Area CFC)

JeanMarie Komyathy - National Credit Union

Administration (CFC of the National

Capital Area)

Mary Jo Long-Davis - NASA

(North Coast Ohio CFC)

Brenda Mathias - Navy

(Indiana, Kentucky & Southwestern

Ohio CFC)

Stephanie Pettway - DoD

(CFC of the National Capital Area)

Christina Wagner - Navy

(CFC, Southeast Tri-State Region)

CFC Innovation Awards

CFC of the National Capital Area

Miami Valley CFC

North Coast Ohio CFC

Last but certainly not least is OPM’s CFC

Leadership Award. This award is given to

someone who has displayed extraordinary

and unparalleled leadership in a particular

area, on a project or on a particular matter.

Lloyd Billey is the recipient of OPM’s CFC

Leadership Award. Over the years, Lloyd has

stepped up to assist other campaigns to en-

sure the CFC continued as LFCC members

were lost. He recently assumed leadership of

the Northern Lights CFC Zone and has been

very proactive in reaching out to local chari-

ties to provide education about the new CFC

processes.

Congratulations to all of the award recipi-

ents!

During the 2016 campaign, more than 400,000 donors pledged over

$167 million to local, national and international charities.

OUTREACH COORDINATORS

CFC Zones

Through mergers and consolidations, the CFC program has gone from 125 campaigns during the most recent 2016 season to 35 zones for the 2017 CFC. This provides economies of scale that eliminate the duplication of costs and efforts in nearby campaigns. Additionally, for the first time in the history of the CFC program, all Federal, postal and military per-sonnel in every county will now be served by a campaign. The following list represents all of the new zones and the areas covered. LFCCs are en-couraged to select a name for their zone to reflect the uniqueness of the geographic area and/or campaign. Once selected, please con-tact your Regional Representative to request the name change.

Western US & Pacific Region

Alaska CFC Zone (Z001) - This CFC Zone is the former Alaska CFC and covers the entire state of Alaska.

Hawaii/Pacific Area CFC Zone (Z002) - This CFC Zone is the former Hawaii/Pacific Area CFC and covers the state of Hawaii (to include Kure Atoll) as well as the territories of Ameri-can Samoa, Guam, Johnston Atoll, Midway Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Wake Island; and the associated state of the Marshall Islands.

Southern California CFC Zone (Z003) - This CFC Zone comprises the former CFC of Great-er SoCal and SoCal CFC.

Northern California CFC Zone (Z004) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: CFC Norcal, Kings-Tulare Counties CFC, Central California CFC, and Monterey-Santa Cruz Counties CFC.

Cascadia CFC Zone (Z006) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: King County/North Puget Sound CFC, Greater Olympic Peninsula CFC, CFC of Island County,

Central Washington CFC, CFC of South Puget Sound, Inland Northwest CFC, and Mid-Columbia Area CFC.

Oregon CFC Zone (Z007) - This CFC Zone com-prises the former Pacific Northwest and Kla-math & Lake Counties CFCs.

Mountain States CFC Zone (Z008) - This CFC Zone comprises the former Intermountain and Rocky Mountain CFCs plus eleven coun-ties in Colorado not previously covered by a CFC.

Desert Southwest CFC Zone (Z009) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: Arizona CFC, Maricopa County CFC, Nevada CFC, and Desert Southwest CFC.

Northern Lights CFC Zone (Z011) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: Northern Lights CFC, Southwestern North Dakota CFC, Red River Valley CFC, Minot Area CFC, Sioux Empire CFC, and Beadle County CFC.

Heart of the Midlands CFC Zone (Z012) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: Heart of Midlands CFC, Lincoln and Lancaster County Area CFC, and Western South Dakota CFC.

Heartland CFC Zone (Z013) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former Heartland CFC and the CFC of Northwest Missouri plus three counties not previously covered by a CFC.

Gateway CFC Zone (Z014) - This CFC Zone is the former Gateway CFC.

Northeastern US & Overseas

Northern Mississippi River/Lake Michigan CFC Zone (Z015) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: Midwest CFC, Badgerland CFC, CFC of Greater Wisconsin, and Illowa Bi-State CFC; plus three counties not previously covered by a CFC.

Michigan CFC Zone (Z016) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: South-eastern Michigan Area CFC, Metropolitan Flint CFC, Calhoun and Kalamazoo County CFC, Mid-Michigan CFC, and Up-North Michi-gan Area CFC; plus eleven counties previously not covered by a CFC.

Indiana, Kentucky & Southwestern Ohio CFC Zone (Z027) - This CFC Zone comprises the former Greater Indiana CFC as well as three counties from the former Central Ohio and West Virginia CFC and two counties from the former Miami Valley CFC.

Ohio CFC Zone (Z028) - This CFC Zone com-prises the former North Coast Ohio CFC and North Central Ohio CFC as well as 30 counties from the former Central Ohio and West Vir-ginia CFC and nine counties from the former Miami Valley CFC. Western Pennsylvania & West Virginia CFC Zone (Z029) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: 3 Rivers/Pennsylvania West CFC, North Central West Virginia CFC, Monongalia- Preston Counties CFC, Mountain State CFC, and North Central Pennsylvania CFC; plus six counties previously not covered by a CFC.

Eastern Pennsylvania/Southern New Jersey CFC Zone (Z030) - This CFC Zone is the former Eastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey CFC.

Chesapeake Bay Area CFC Zone (Z031) - This CFC Zone comprises the former Chesapeake Bay Area and Eastern Panhandle CFCs.

Northern New Jersey/Southern New York CFC Zone (Z034) - This CFC Zone comprises the former Northern New Jersey and Hudson Valley CFCs.

New York City/Long Island CFC Zone (Z035) - This CFC Zone comprises the former CFC of New York City and Long Island CFC.

Upstate New York CFC Zone (Z036) - This CFC Zone comprises the former Western New York, Greater Rome Area, and Central and Northern New York CFCs. As well as eleven counties from the former Northern New England CFC.

New England CFC Zone (Z037) - This CFC Zone comprises the former Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut CFC and the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Ver-mont from the former Northern New Eng-land CFC.

Overseas CFC Zone (Z038) - This CFC Zone covers Department of Defense personnel (military and civilian) outside the United States (except as listed in the Hawaii/Pacific Area CFC Zone).

Southeastern US, Puerto Rico, & US Virgin Islands Oklahoma & Texas Panhandle CFC Zone (Z016) - This CFC Zone comprises the follow-ing former CFCs: Central Oklahoma CFC, Green Country CFC, CFC of North Texas and Jackson County, OK, and Amarillo Area CFC; plus 54 counties not previously covered by a CFC.

North Texas CFC Zone (Z017) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Metroplex CFC, Greater West Texas CFC, San Angelo Area CFC, and East Texas CFC; plus 50 counties not previously covered by a CFC.

Texas Gulf Coast CFC Zone (Z018) - This CFC Zone comprises the former Texas Coast and Rio Grande Valley CFCs plus ten counties not previously covered by a CFC.

South Central Texas CFC Zone (Z019) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: San Antonio Area CFC, Central Texas CFC, Ft. Hood CFC, Greater Southwest Texas CFC, and Greater Temple Area CFC; plus 21 counties not previously covered by a CFC.

Mississippi Delta/Gulf Coastal Plains CFC Zone (Z020) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: Greater New Orleans Area CFC, CFC of Greater Arkansas, Greater Texarkana Area CFC, CFC of the Mid South, Greater Mississippi CFC, and CFC of Warren County.

Southeast Tri-State CFC Zone (Z021) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: CFC, Southeast Tri-State Region, East Alabama CFC, Central Alabama CFC, South-west Alabama CFC, Northwest Florida CFC, Northeast Florida—Southeast Georgia Re-gional CFC, and Southwest Georgia CFC.

South Florida/Puerto Rico CFC Zone (Z022) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: Sunshine CFC, Central Florida CFC, Southwest Florida CFC, and Puerto Rico CFC.

Peachbelt CFC Zone (Z023) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: Great-er Atlanta—Athens CFC, Central Savannah River Area CFC, Middle Georgia Area CFC, and Coastal Georgia CFC.

Greater Tennessee Valley CFC Zone (Z024) - This CFC Zone comprises the following for-mer CFCs: Tennessee Valley CFC, Muscle Shoals Area CFC, Tennessee Regional CFC, Greater Chattanooga Area CFC, Johnson City–Mountain Home CFC, and Smoky Mountain Region CFC; and one county previously not covered by a CFC.

Carolinas CFC Zone (Z025) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: South-eastern North Carolina CFC, CFC of Western North Carolina, Onslow County CFC, Cherry Point CFC, Greater North Carolina Area CFC, Rowan/Iredell CFC, Coastal Carolina CFC, and Palmetto State CFC; plus three counties previously not covered by a CFC.

National Capital Area/Northern Virginia CFC Zone (Z032) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: CFC of the Na-tional Capital Area, Potomac CFC, and CFC of the Northern Shenandoah Valley.

South Central Virginia & Albemarle Bay CFC Zone (Z033) - This CFC Zone comprises the following former CFCs: South Hampton Roads CFC, Virginia Peninsula CFC, Central Virginia Area CFC, CFC of Southwestern–Central Virginia, and Thomas Jefferson Area CFC.

PRESIDENT NOMINATES OPM DIRECTOR, DEPUTY

President Trump recently announced two nominations to the leadership of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)—George Nesterczuk of Virginia, as the next Director of OPM, and Michael Rigas of Massachusetts as its next Deputy Director. Mr. Nesterczuk is an OPM veteran and has over 30 years of experience working for the Federal government. He currently leads Nesterczuk and Associates in provid-ing management consulting services to public sector institutions and private en-terprises. He served at OPM on two previ-ous occasions, including as Senior Advisor to the OPM Director for the Department of Defense from 2004 to 2006. He is a strong leader and understands OPM’s shared values and goals and the challeng-es that our Federal workforce faces in the 21st Century. Mr. Rigas currently serves as the Chief of Staff for the Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services. His responsibilities include overseeing operations and staff whose mission is to advocate for nearly a half-million veterans and their families. He has over 20 years of professional experi-ence in the private, public, and non-profit sectors, with a record of improving organi-zational performance and streamlining operations. He served in President George W. Bush’s administration as an Associate Administrator in the General Services Ad-ministration where he successfully im-proved operations. Under the current leadership of Acting Director Kathleen McGettigan, the OPM family is committed to working diligently to ensure these gentlemen will have all available resources for their confirmation hearings and a smooth transition to lead OPM.

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Office of Combined Federal Campaign

2017 CFC APPLICATION REVIEWS

For the first time ever, all CFC appli-

cations were submitted via a secure,

online system. This allowed for a

streamlined process to receive and

review applications. Thank you to all

application reviewers for your dili-

gent effort to ensure that CFC-

approved charities meet eligibility

requirements.

Zones that have not completed re-

viewing applications assigned to

them should contact their Regional

Representative to provide an up-

date. OPM is in the process of send-

ing out approval notifications with

instructions on how to enter listing

information. Denied charities will

receive notifications with instruc-

tions on how to submit an appeal.

All appeals will be reviewed by OPM.

CFC Newsletter

ISSUE 1—July, 2017

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Beginning with the fall 2017 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) period, all Federal employees

participating in the CFC will be directed to a single giving system. Consistent with new regula-

tions at 5 CFR 950, OPM has contracted with The Give Back Foundation (also known as the

Central Campaign Administrator or CCA) to develop and deploy a new web-based system that

will replace manual processing, electronic CFC modules in myPay and Employee Express, as

well as a variety of local systems, such as CFC Nexus. This rule change also means Federal

shared service and payroll providers will disburse funds to one organization instead of over 120

organizations required under the old regulations.

Employees using the new system will find that this centralizes the CFC donation transaction in

a similar fashion to how most other Federal employee benefits are handled through national

web sites. The new CFC system will continue to allow all employees to give via convenient pay-

roll deduction, credit/debit cards, and e-check options. Effective this year, cash will not be ac-

cepted for CFC and special events will be focused on education of employees; not cash fund-

raising (such as bake sales).

Use of paper pledge forms will be phased out over the next five years. Procedures for handling

paper pledges will be released later this summer. Any pledge changes or cancellations also will

be completed via the OPM web site rather than through the customer service representative

(CSR) network.

2017 CAMPAIGN AND PLEDGING