Friday, June 29, 2012

Special hiring authorities to deal with emergency situations

Title: Hurricane guidance issued to federal workers, agencies

Article Snip: "...Special hiring authorities to deal with emergency situations allow agencies to shortcut the often lengthy standard federal hiring process, to create temporary positions, and to rehire federal retirees without the usual reduction in pay to offset the value of their annuities...."

Reference: www.washingtonpost.com

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Applying for immediate retirement under the Federal Employees Retirement System

Title: Applying for immediate retirement under the Federal Employees Retirement System

Article Snip: "...Applying for immediate retirement under the Federal Employees Retirement System is a Paperback book from the U.S. Government. Get it now. Find out how to apply for retirement, when to apply for retirement, ..."

Reference: federalretiree.blogspot.com

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Unemployed Forced to Early Social Security

Title: Forced to Early Social Security, Unemployed Pay a Steep Price

Article Snip: "...Keany lives in a tiny mobile home, barely getting by on little more than $1,082 a month from Social Security..."

Reference: socialsecuritynewsgroup.blogspot.com

Friday, June 8, 2012

Estimate the amount of the special retirement supplement

Title: Special retirement supplement

Article Snip: "...You can estimate the amount of the special retirement supplement by using the following formula..."

Reference: federaltimes.com
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Friday, June 1, 2012

OPM contractor mails federal retirees post cards with social security numbers visible

Title: OPM contractor accidentally exposes retirees' Social Security numbers

Article Snip: "...OPM realized what had happened Oct. 29 and began trying to recover them. Because of other errors in the data files, the postcards were mailed to government agencies — and not to the retirees, as intended — in 150-card stacks. The IG report said that all but 650 postcards were found at those agencies...."

Reference: www.federaltimes.com