Welcome to our website! We are Woodbridge Chapter 1270 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association – NARFE. With nearly 800 active members, we serve eastern Prince William County, including the communities of Dumfries, Triangle, Montclair, Lake Ridge, Occoquan, and Woodbridge. Our goal is to provide value to members through advocacy with our State and Federal legislators to influence important issues impacting active Federal employees and retirees and their families and survivors, and to disseminate information on these same issues. We address a wide array of issues and concerns, including employee compensation, retiree annuities, health benefits, health care reform, and other benefits. Considering our country's current budget situation and the fact that civilian federal employees and retirees may be targeted to help control the deficit, NARFE is actively working on its membership's behalf. With the recent two-year pay freeze on Federal employee pay, along with a 5-year, non-security discretionary spending freeze on federal spending, Federal employees, retirees, and their families and survivors are clearly at risk, as the United States government struggles to curb the huge U.S. budget deficit. As Joseph A. Beaudoin, NARFE's National president, stated recently, “We understand the purpose of shared sacrifice. But federal employees and their families once again are being singled out. This action comes at a time when the federal government can ill afford to put recruitment and retention at risk. Indeed, freezing or cutting pay sends the wrong signal to the best and brightest workers federal agencies will need in these difficult times." However . . . “In light of the growing number of critical challenges being shouldered by federal workers, the government cannot afford to make substantial reductions to the earned compensation of individuals who have dedicated their careers to public service. For that reason, we urge the president to reconsider this ill-conceived decision.” Since its inception in 1921, NARFE, representing 5 million current employees and future federal annuitants, spouses, and survivors nationwide, has been an aggressive advocate for safeguarding already earned rights and benefits and maintaining or improving them for the future. Fight back against attacks on your benefits and reputation. Click here to sign a petition to Congress oposing a degradation in your earned rights and benefits as a current or retired Federal employee.

Congratulations to Joyce Pieritz, Jim Little, Darwin Ransom, and John Lange who were reelected to their previous positions as President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, respectively, for calendar year 2012. We appreciate their willingness to serve in these important positions. This year will be an exciting and challenging one as we all fight to defend all of our earned rights and benefits.

While fighting for our constituency's well-being is our number one goal, we are also dedicated to raising funds to fight and to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease through annual and on-going fundraising events. Check out our Alzheimer's Research tab and Photo Gallery on this website to learn more about our efforts to raise funds to combat Alzheimer's. To learn more about our chapter's other activities, click on the Learn More tab below for a brief PowerPoint presentation.

Please join us at our monthly meetings which are now being held at the Holiday Inn Quantico Center located at 3901 Fettler Park Drive in Dumfries, just a short drive from our previous location in Montclair, right off of I-95 and Route 234/Dumfries Road. Reservations can be made by contacting Betty Koger by email at eaktfk@comcast.net or by phone at 703-499-8902 by noon Friday the week before the meeting. Directions to the Holiday Inn can be found on MAPQUEST by clicking here. Click on the calendar tab on this website for our meeting schedule and to find out about other upcoming events. Learn more about the National NARFE organization by clicking here, and about the Virginia Federation of NARFE Chapters by clicking here. Make sure you check out other parts of our website to be informed on what this organization has to offer. Thanks for your interest in Chapter 1270! If you have any questions, please contact us at 703-680-1749. We hope to meet you at our next meeting!