Dear Lactnetters
I have recently joined Lactnet and really enjoy the discussion.  I've been
sort of out of the breastfeeding scene for a while due to an international
move (South Africa to Ireland) and so I am wondering  whether the following
news has reached some of you.   If not, I'm sure you will agree this is a
step forward - if it is indeed old news to you, forgive me!

It is from a newsletter for US federal employees that was passed on to me
via one of my husband's colleagues.   As it is a long newsletter, I deleted
all the irrelevant parts and copy here just paragraph 7.

How to go about putting pressure on the different federal agencies to
consider implementing The Office of Personnel Management's recommendations?
Any federal employees on Lactnet with ideas? (I am the spouse of a federal
employee at the US State Dept, but will do my bit for what it is worth)

Maryke Barclay
LLL Leader and student IBCLC exam 99
Dublin, Ireland

"Subject: Breastmilk Programs: US Federal Employees
               FEDweek Newsletter, Wednesday May 1999 Issue

  The FREE Weekly Newsletter for Federal Employees

 at: http://www.fedweek.com. FEDweek is the fastest growing
 newsletter in the federal government.

...7. OPM Promoting On-Site Breast Milk Programs The Office of Personnel
 Management says that in keeping with President Clinton's "family
friendly"
 workplace policies, federal agencies should set up programs that allow
 mother's to produce breast milk while at work.  Here's what OPM says:
"Not
 long ago breast-feeding was considered a private affair, solely carried
 out in the home. But today, many mothers are choosing to continue
 breast-feeding after they return to work. In order for mothers to keep
 producing ample supplies of milk, so they can avoid using formula
 supplements, nursing mothers need to pump their milk during the workday.
 Because of the large numbers of mothers choosing to do this, many
 corporations and federal agencies are beginning to offer lactation
 programs to working mothers who return to the job after being on leave
for
the birth of a child. It doesn't require a lot of money to set up a
nursing mothers program. At a bare minimum, all that is required is a
room
with an outlet, refrigerator and chair that can be used as a pumping
station."

FEDweek
Publisher, Don Mace ([log in to unmask])
Subscriptions, Kevin L. Couch ([log in to unmask])
Website: http://www.fedweek.com
Published weekly by FEDweek LLC -
Putting Federal Employees and Retirees First"

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