• Prove there is wide support for these objectives by joining NAAUSA, and
• Pay NAAUSA dues to help defray the costs of advocating the interests of AUSAs before Congress.

During the current 110th Congress, NAAUSA is working on five initiatives affecting all AUSAs. These initiatives are to:

• Enact legislation that will provide AUSAs with the same retirement benefits as other members of the federal courthouse family - a benefit which will increase an AUSAs annuity by as much as 33 percent. Based on some concerns raised at the November 1, 2007 House Crime Subcommittee hearing, NAAUSA has been working with Congressional staff to make modifications to the legislation and will be meeting with staff in early March to discuss the proposed changes.
  
  
• Improve the security of AUSAs and their families through personal security training, providing government funded home security systems, ensuring secure parking, limiting disclosure of personal information about AUSAs and family members and allowing AUSAs who have the requisite training to carry firearms for their own protection when requested by the AUSA.
  
  
• Increase funding to the United States Attorney's Offices to fill vacant AUSA and support staff positions, allow promised pay increases to newly hired AUSAs to be approved and ensure that funding is available to hire new AUSAs, if needed, at greater than entry-level salary.
  
  In addition, NAAUSA will participate with other interested federal employee organizations in efforts to increase the limitation on the maximum pay of top level federal employees.