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Article Title: USPS VP: It’s Time to Implement Five-Day Mail Delivery
Snippet of Article: "...“We need to act as quickly as possible—we cannot afford to wait,” Pulcrano said. “The sooner we can get some relief will have some significant impact as to where we end up in that 10-year plan.”..."
Article Title: Navy Offers Four-Year NROTC Scholarships to Winners of Cyber Challenge
Snippet of Article: "...The Navy is establishing five annual four-year college Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarships for U.S. high school and college students who demonstrate advanced cyber security skills...."
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
Article Title: CPI-W for Feb. 2010
Snippet of Article: "...The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 2.8 percent over the last 12 months to an index
level of 212.544 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index was unchanged prior to seasonal adjustment...."
Article Title: National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
Snippet of Article: "...CCDC is a three day event and the first competition that specifically focuses on the operational aspect of managing and protecting an existing “commercial” network infrastructure. Not only do students get a chance to test their knowledge in an operational environment, they will also get a chance to network with industry professionals who are always on the look out for up and coming engineers. CCDC provides a unique opportunity for students and industry professionals to interact and discuss many of the security and operational challenges the students will soon face as they enter the job market...."
Article Title: Health Care Reform: Good For The FEHBP?
Snippet of Article: "..."Is their more detail about the 40 percent tax on 'cadillac' health plans? Specifically, will any fed health plans fall under that definition? If so, how will we be affected - bottom line - by the tax? In other words how much would the tax be for a typical family"..."
Article Title: 'Cadillac tax' on health plans would hit union and nonunion jobs equally
Snippet of Article: "...The tax would actually fall equally on nonunion plans. At least 80 percent of the workers whose plans would be subject to the tax in 2019 would be in nonunion jobs..."
Article Title: FERS Creditable Service
Snippet of Article: "...Federal “covered service”, that is, service in which the individual’s pay is subject to FERS retirement deductions, such as service under a career or career conditional appointment, Federal service performed..."
Article Title: Federal Employee's Guide to Reduction in Force Benefits
Snippet of Article: "...Only civilian service is creditable for severance pay. You will be entitled to 1 week's basic pay for each year of civilian service up through 10 years, plus 2 weeks' basic pay for each year of creditable service beyond 10 years. In addition, an age adjustment allowance of 2.5 percent is added for each full quarter of a year you are over 40 years of age. The maximum amount of severance pay is one year's salary (52 weeks). (This is a lifetime limitation. Thus, any severance pay you may have received in the past is taken into account when applying the limit.) Severance payments will be equal to your weekly pay at the time of separation and will be paid out at regular pay period intervals (usually biweekly) until the severance pay is exhausted. The only deductions made from severance pay are taxes, social security (if applicable), and Medicare...."
Article Title: Information About 2010 Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment
Snippet of Article: "...With consumer prices down over the past year, monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits will not automatically increase in 2010. The above link will provide more information..."
Here is a link to a very discomforting article: Layoffs in the future for Postal Employees? [click here for more] Now that is scary news. If the Postmaster of this great country is forecasting this kind of "doom and gloom" and pointing the finger at the American Postal Worker and their wages and benefits, as opposed to the outrageous mailing industry discounts afforded huge "junk mailers", well I guess we are all in trouble. It appears the blue collar worker is not the one that should take the hit, but maybe Postmaster Potter should be pushed off his post with NO GOLDEN PARACHUTE, as it appears he has taken plenty for himself already. When will the American Taxpayer get a bailout instead of big business and those raping the taxpayer? How does an individual running a failing organization rate such high pay while the working class continue to provide the same great mail service through dedicated work ethic. It appears the postal unions are begging to reduce costs and be able to reap a small benefit in income in return, but that would hurt the big mailers, huh? It's definitely time for change, but the USPS is taking a wrong turn.
Article Title: Postal Service expected to announce '‘significant changes'
Snippet of Article: "...end to Saturday deliveries, longer delivery times for letters and packages, higher postage-stamp prices that exceed the rate of inflation, and the potential for future layoffs...."
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Snippet of Article: "...The furloughed employees are at the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Research and Innovative Technology Administration...."
Article Title: Democrat TSA Shutdown | Wasted Union Dues: AFGE Silent on Democrat Attack on Unionized TSA Workers The disgusting AF...
