What does 2012 hold, both in terms of policy and politics, for the developing relationship between public-sector workers and taxpayers? What does a proactive reform agenda for 2012 look like? Is a pro-reform platform a winning issue for reformers or their opponents? This event will address these and other questions in two panel discussions.

An expert panel will discuss the impact of proposals to restructure FEHBP and what they imply for both the survival of the program and the broader health system under the president’s health care reform.

Using fair-market valuation, Nevada PERS’ unfunded liabilities would rise from about $10 billion to almost $41 billion. Shifting PERS to a defined-contribution, 401(k)-type structure would ensure that benefit obligations are fully funded going forward and that everyone is clear regarding the pensions promises the government has made and its ability to fulfill them.

Many fights on public-sector pay are yet to come in states around the country. Taxpayers and their advocates need to be ready to counter poor studies and false claims about government pay.

Although federal workers earn higher wages and benefits than comparable private workers, the state-local situation is more complicated.

Total job package for Wisconsin public employees tops that of public workers by 10% and in some cases even more.