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our building covering three city blocks on Constitution Avenue, in
Washington, D.C. We instituted a number of energy saving projects, which

saved the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars each year and continue
to do so to this very day. When I was in a General Services Administration
operated building in Denver, we asked the tenants which bulbs to remove.

They told us to take out 20 percent and we saved on electricity. In winter, we
warmed the building in the morning and then the building stayed heated with
body heat the rest of the day. We put motion sensor lights in all the restrooms

and hallways, and turned out the lights in three levels of garage space from 9
p.m. till 5 a.m. In the summer, we cycled the circulating fans off every 20
minutes instead of running them all constantly. All of these actions left the
building operating efficiently, the tenants satisfied, and the taxpayers saving

money!

I am Barbara Sido, the current Executive Director for the National Active

and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) in the United States
and U.S. Territories. As a Federal Manager, I served in the Department of
Labor, in the Employment and Training Administration. Under my
leadership, teams have developed award-winning websites and training

programs to assist Americans across our nation. I have also served at the
executive level in the private sector. I earned the Certified Association
Executive credential, having demonstrated through my vast experiences to

have mastered best practices in association management.

I am James I. Walsh and I served in the Departments of Labor and

Commerce. My duties as an Economist included forming and the
administration of Task Forces to resolve various disputes between private
trading firms, longshoremen organizations, and government agencies. I was

an Administrative Judge, pro tem, in court cases involving tariff and other
trade questions. In addition, I was involved in trade negotiations, e.g. Tokyo
Round. My duties included explaining recent changing trade policies to very
different audiences including trade associations and chambers of commerce,

both foreign and domestic. I also was a visiting professor at several foreign
and domestic universities where many said my work at task forces contributed
to better understanding and better trade relations. Excellent in-house classes

helped me develop decisions and summary reports, which resulted in positive
citizen responses to government trade policies.

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