Other agencies receiving the award included the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The annual campaign benefits more than 3,000 charities that employees may elect to contribute to through payroll deductions. More than 4,000 federal employees are taking advantage of the public transportation subsidy that began in October. The cards are good for Metro rail as well as van pools and bus companies listed in the Metrochek brochure. To avoid lines, the Office of Employee Relations suggests employees pick up their cards during the afternoon.
Cards are available for two days every two months.
Employees can also pick up an application at the Office of Employee Relations, Room H-236, SA1. Supervisors need to authorize the form before it's dropped off or faxed to the Office of Employee Relations. Encouraged Federal employees facing the loss of their excess annual leave after Jan. 1 can donate it instead and make someone's holiday a little brighter. Normally, federal employees can't carry over more than 240 hours of annual leave into a new leave year. They forfeit excesses without any form of credit.