Post Office Offers $15,000 Retirement Incentive Now!

USPS Offers $15,000 Retirement or Resignation Incentive
The United States Postal Service is offering a $15,000 Retirement or resignation incentive to certain employees. The first installment will be $10,000 in November 2009 and the other $5000 will be one year later. Mailings will go out in the next few days to eligible employees. Stay tuned for more details. Update coming soon. The Postal Newsgroup

Do members of Congress pay into Social Security?

Article Title: Eating Crow……..Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken!
Snippet of Article: "...Members of Congress began paying into Social Security in 1983..."

Source: www.jacksonville.com

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No cost of living increase for Social Security

Article Title: No cost of living increase for Social Security
Snippet of Article: "...For the first time in a generation, the trustees who oversee Social Security are projecting there won't be a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for the next two years. ..."

Source: www.digitaljournal.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a Computer Matching Program

Article Title: Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a Computer Matching Program
Snippet of Article: "...The DoD, as the matching agency under the Privacy Act is hereby giving notice to the record subjects of a computer matching program between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and DoD that their records are being matched by computer. The purpose of this agreement is to verify an individual's continuing eligibility for VA benefits by identifying VA disability benefit recipients who return to active [Page Number 39648] duty and to ensure that benefits are terminated if appropriate...."

Source: callcenterinfo.tmcnet.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

Federal Employee Furloughs

Article Title: Can Obama Order Federal Furloughs?
Snippet of Article: "...15 days without pay to turn that money back to taxpayers' use, because they're getting laid off, they're getting cut back, there are no jobs out there," Daley said earlier this month...."

Source: washingtonpost.com

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Obama labor relations proposal draws praise

Article Title: Obama labor relations proposal draws praise
Snippet of Article: "...Dougan said he thought including two more federal employee unions on the council would be productive, because they would broaden the cross-section of front-line employees represented...."

Source: www.govexec.com

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New USPTO head faces rocky seas ahead

Article Title: New USPTO head faces rocky seas ahead
Snippet of Article: "...Only the recent passage of H.R. 3114 -- emergency legislation approved by Congress before they left town for August recess, and signed by President Obama -- gave the patent side of PTO temporary authority to borrow as much as $70 million from the trademark side. That action staved off the prospects of layoffs. ..."

Source: www.federalnewsradio.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

National Labor Relations

Article Title: Obama Follows Clinton's Lead On Creating Labor Council
Snippet of Article: "...create agency-level forums charged with identifying and correcting federal workplace problems, provide for the involvement of employees and union representatives in decisions before those decisions are final, and develop an evaluation process to document "progress and improvements in employee satisfaction and organizational performance."..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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2008 Federal Employee Salary Search

Article Title: 2008 Federal Employee Salary Search
Snippet of Article: "...Enter a name, or select an agency, job title or location to begin your search. Not all fields need to be filled out. The results will show the adjusted base salary and any merit award from federal fiscal year 2008. On the results page, you may click on a column heading to sort the results.
Employees involved in security work, the FBI, CIA, Defense Department, nuclear materials, IRS, and jobs essential to national security are excluded...."

Source: app.com

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Your Social Security retirement or disability benefits may be reduced

Article Title: Your Social Security retirement or disability benefits may be reduced
Snippet of Article: "...The Windfall Elimination Provision primarily affects you if you earned a pension in any job where you did not pay Social Security taxes and you also worked in other jobs long enough to qualify for a Social Security retirement or disability benefit. For example..."

Source: www.ssa.gov

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

2010 Federal Retiree COLA

Article Title: CAUSEY: Retirees won't get COLAs next year
Snippet of Article: "...COLA!

Monthly payments to the millions under Social Security, federal civil service or military retirement plans will be the same next year as they are right now. However...."

Source: www.washingtontimes.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

Protect America, Stop Obama's Defense Cuts

Article Title: Protect America, Stop Obama's Defense Cuts
Snippet of Article: "...protect America by:
* restoring missile defense funding,
* giving our troops the equipment they need to complete their missions, and,
* not including war funding, maintain a minimum defense budget of 4% of GDP...."

Source: www.heritage.org

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

Federal Employees give career advice

Article Title: [PDF] Federal Employees give career advice
Snippet of Article: "...summarized what Federal employees perceive to be important career accelerators in the accompanying table. These accelerators provide practical strategies for employees to explore in terms of how to advance their careers, as well as identifying roles supervisors can play in helping them...."

Source: www.mspb.gov

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Former AMCOM Employee Claims He Paid the Price for Exposing Fake Degrees

Article Title: Former AMCOM Employee Claims He Paid the Price for Exposing Fake Degrees
Snippet of Article: "...Maxey filed a grievance against AMCOM and was represented by the American Federation of Government Employees Union... stated in the grievance that "Major General Pillsbury has a problem for his AMCOM representative to the U.S. Ambassador, the Office of Military Cooperation Commander, and the Egyptian government is an employee... with known bogus credentials." Pillsbury denied the grievance and his decision was final....."

Source: www.whnt.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

Postal Service Layoffs?

Article Title: Stopping Saturday mail delivery could mean layoffs for USPS
Snippet of Article: "...layoffs are a possibility, a top USPS official acknowledged to House lawmakers on Thursday.

"I can't say or guarantee that there wouldn't be layoffs," said Jordan Small, USPS acting vice president..."

Source: www.govexec.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

Grand Opening: Our Amazon Federal Employee Book Store

Article Title: Grand Opening: Our Amazon Federal Employee Book Store

We offer the BEST PRICES on Amazon books. Additionally, you can order with the confidence that you are ordering through Amazon 'secure servers' for your safety. Please help support the Federal Newsgroup by purchasing through us. We truly appreciate your support! Take a look at our current offering here.

Source: Federal Employee Books

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2010 Retiree COLA: 0% through June

Article Title: 2010 Retiree COLA: 0% through June
Snippet of Article: "...There was again no projected accumulation toward the 2010 retiree COLA following the BLS release of the June 2009 CPI on July 15...."

Source: www.nalc.org

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

FBI Support Services Technician Position Hiring

Article Title: FBI Support Services Technician Position Hiring
Snippet of Article: "...The FBI Support Services Technician position is a great place to start with the FBI. ..."

Source: federalemploymenttips.blogspot.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

bailout: Social Security?

Fortune's Allan Sloan takes a look at the troubled retirement program, why it's more important now than ever - and how lawmakers can repair it.
Article Title: The next great bailout: Social Security
Snippet from Article: "...According to the Tax Policy Institute, five out of six U.S. workers pay more in Social Security tax (including the employer's portion) than in federal income tax -- something that makes it especially important (and only fair) to preserve the program for lower earners, who get old-age benefits of up to 90% of their covered wages, while I get only 28%...."

Source: money.cnn.com

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Cyber Security Market: US Federal Government Will Invest $55 billion over Next 6 Years

Article Title: Cyber Security Market: US Federal Government Will Invest $55 billion over Next 6 Years
Snippet from Article: "...Persistent weaknesses in cyber security policies and practices continue to threaten the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of critical information and information systems used to support the operations, assets, and personnel of most federal agencies. Recently reported incidents at federal agencies have placed sensitive data at risk..."
Source: www.24-7pressrelease.com

More Reading: Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations

Senators seek to add workforce provisions to Defense bill

Article Title: Senators seek to add workforce provisions to Defense bill
Snippet from Article: "...move federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S. territories from cost-of-living-adjustments to the locality pay system that applies to workers in the contiguous United States. It also would let civil servants in the Federal Employees Retirement System count unused sick..."
Source: www.govexec.com

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Little Hope for Pay Parity in 2010, but the Fight Continues

Article Title: Little Hope for Pay Parity in 2010, but the Fight Continues
Snippet from Article: "...More likely for civilians in 2010 is the 2.9 percent cost-of-living increase the Senate Appropriations Committee approved last week. That's certainly better than the 2 percent raise President Obama proposed..."
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

House financial services' oversight and investigations subcommittee told that federal employees, officials profit from insider trading knowledge

Article Title: House financial services' oversight and investigations subcommittee told that federal employees, officials profit from insider trading knowledge
Snippet from Article: "...laws should be tightened to keep federal employees and members of Congress from profiting from information they get on the job, a congressional panel was told on Monday. ..."
Source: www.cleveland.com

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Senate committee endorses 2.9 percent federal pay raise

Article Title: Senate committee endorses 2.9 percent federal pay raise
Snippet from Article: "...approved a 2.9 percent pay increase for federal civilian employees in fiscal 2010, a bigger raise than that approved by the House..."
Source: www.govexec.com

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