Federal Employee Long Term Care Insurance Open Season

Article Title: Open Season for Federal Employee Long Term Care Insurance
Snippet of Article: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is announcing an Open
Season for the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP). All
eligible individuals who are not currently enrolled in FLTCIP may apply
for coverage, including employees, annuitants, and other members of the
Federal family. Active workforce members, their spouses, and same-sex
domestic partners of civilian active workforce members will be subject
to abbreviated underwriting. The addition of same-sex domestic partners
of civilian active workforce members as a new type of qualified
relative eligible to apply for FLTCIP coverage is pursuant to the
President's Memorandum of June 17, 2009 on Federal Benefits and Non-
Discrimination which requested that OPM, in consultation with the
Department of Justice, extend certain benefits that can be provided to
same-sex domestic partners of Federal employees consistent with Federal
law. All other qualified relatives will be subject to the Program's
standard requirements for full underwriting of applications.

DATES: The Open Season will run from April 4 through May 27, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please call
1-800-LTC-FEDS (1-800-582-3337) (TTY: 1-800-843-3557) or visit http://
www.ltcfeds.com.

Source: Federal Register

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

Bachmann would cut veterans' disability benefits

Article Title: Bachmann plan would cut veterans benefits
Snippet of Article: "...Bachmann’s idea of cutting costs by reducing veterans’ disability compensation by the amount received in Social Security Disability Income..."

Source: www.airforcetimes.com

[tag]veterans' disability benefits [/tag]

Federal Employees to Vote to Decide Union Representation

Article Title: Small agency prepares for a big vote on union choice
Snippet of Article: "...a tiny agency, just 134 employees. Yet its role in what is the largest labor organizing effort among federal employees gives the department an opportunity to punch well above its weight. ..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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

Postal Employee Reduction in Force (RIF) and Voluntary Early Retirements (VER)

Article Title: Postmaster General plans to streamline management, match workforce to workload
Snippet of Article: "...This could include the closure of some 10 districts nationwide and the elimination of about 7,500 positions through attrition, as eligible workers retire. “As we continue our redesign, we anticipate that Reduction in Force and Voluntary Early Retirement processes will..."

Source: usps.gov

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

Possibility of Federal Furloughs, a longer pay freeze and benefit cuts for Federal Workers

Article Title: Two GOP freshmen to handle federal worker issues
Snippet of Article: "...the bipartisan deficit commission and several Republican lawmakers want to use a three-year pay freeze, furloughs and attrition to cut the government's payroll by billions of dollars in the next decade. ..."

Source: washingtonpost.com

[tag]Federal worker pay freeze [/tag]

Rep. Giffords in Critical Condition After Being Shot in the Head at Public Event

Article Title: Rep. Giffords in Critical Condition After Being Shot in the Head at Public Event
Snippet of Article: "...Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is in critical condition after being shot in the head at close range by a lone gunman Saturday morning while holding a public event, Fox News has confirmed...."

Source: www.foxnews.com

[tag]safeway shooting, congresswoman shot, Arizona shooting [/tag]

Are you a military veteran with a real combat story to share?

Article Title: Share your story with 'Real Combat Life'

In 2007, OPM stated "26 percent of federal employees were veterans." With that being said, there are many military veterans working for the federal government with a story to tell about 'Real Combat Life' ...visit the 'Military Veteran News' to learn more about helping other veterans by sharing your story, while reading the stories of other veterans. Thanks for sharing! Thanks for your service in the military, as well as your current federal service.

Source: Military Veteran News

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

Maryland closes government mailrooms statewide

Article Title: Maryland closes government mailrooms statewide
Snippet of Article: "...Matt Gallagher, chief of staff to Gov. Martin O'Malley, notified Cabinet secretaries in a terse e-mail. "Please direct your administrative staff to cease mail delivery and processing," he wrote, "and close and secure all mailrooms until further notice and direction."..."

Source: baltimoresun.com

[tag]order to cease mail delivery and processing, [/tag]

Salaries for Federal Employees: Search by name, organization or location

Article Title: Federal Employee Salary Search

Want to know how much your fellow federal employee gets as a salary? Want to know what your federal employee salary is? You can search for federal employees by name or you can look at the names and salaries for each federal worker by location or organization. Take a look by clicking the title of this article.

Source: DataUniverse

[tag]Federal Employee Salary Search [/tag]

New Pathways to Federal Service

Article Title: New Pathways to Federal Service
Snippet of Article: "...The White House last week issued an executive order ending the controversial Federal Career Intern Program and replacing it with a more streamlined, transparent and uniform hiring process for students and recent college graduates. ..."

Source: nextgov.com

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