Congressional Research Employees Association

 
The CREA Scholarship and Loan Repayment Grant Committee is very pleased to report that every applicant in the latest round of the program has been offered funding.
Loan repayment grant recipients include Tony Andrews, Cheryl Beaver, Vanessa Burrows, Sam Garrett, Barbara Perkins, and David Pham.
Scholarship awards include $305 to David Pham for study at USDA [...]

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All CREA members are eligible for and invited to apply for the CREA Scholarship and Loan Repayment Grant Program.
Deadline: Friday, March 4, 2011
If you have outstanding student loans, or wish to pursue career-related education, please consider applying for support from the CREA Scholarship and Loan Repayment Grant Program. Guidelines and applications are available at the [...]

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The President of IFPTE has sent a letter to Members of Congress urging them to oppose the Spending Reduction Act of 2011 and other legislation recently introduced in the House.
The various pieces of legislation include these provisions:
* Extend the current freeze in federal workers’ pay
* Require a 2-week furlough of federal workers
* Cut the federal [...]

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CREA is pleased to announce that in keeping with the membership’s wishes, the following donations were made in lieu of a catered holiday party.
$333 to the Capital Area Food Bank
$333 to the Community Services Agency of the Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO
$334 to the Marines’ Toys for Tots program
Thanks to all who came to the special [...]

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The results of the Holiday Party Survey are in. Eighty-three members responded. The full results are presented here. Given the final results, which were quite definitive, the Board of Governors voted to forego the traditional Holiday Party this year and, instead, make a donation to an appropriate charitable organization. CREA will keep everyone informed about [...]

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