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Title: Federal Ballpark E$timate®
Article Snip: "...The Federal Ballpark E$timate can be used by employees covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), CSRS-Offset, or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) who plan to retire under the voluntary age and service rules. The current version does not perform estimates for..."
Reference: www.opm.govTitle: House Republicans Attack Postal and Federal Retirement Benefits
Article Snip: "...The House of Representatives voted 243-193 on Dec. 13 to pass the so-called “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011,” which would cut take-home pay for postal and federal workers by increasing their contributions to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). The bill also would slash unemployment benefits, place unreasonable burdens on unemployed workers, and cut vital healthcare programs...."
Reference: www.apwu.orgTitle: New House Republican bill takes aim at fed pensions, pay
Article Snip: "...increasing the contribution federal employees pay toward their retirement, and reducing pensions for new employees...."
Reference: www.federaltimes.comTitle: Postmaster general: Retirement benefits bankrupting agency
Article Snip: "...requirement isn't sustainable. He's also seeking to move retirees to Medicare...."
Reference: Postal Early RetirementTitle: Lawmakers seek Social Security check protections
Article Snip: "...Fourteen Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee want more scrutiny of how the Social Security Administration oversees benefit checks..."
Reference: Social Security NewsgroupArticle Snip: "...With an efficiency renting for under $75 in 1964, Nalcrest [Florida] was nirvana for postal retirees. It remains a bargain: A one-bedroom rents for only $305, and dinners at Jay Bee's II, the town's only restaurant, average $6. ..."
Reference: nationalgeographic.comTitle: How the supercommittee’s failure will impact federal employees
Article Snip: "...Newly hired employees after the transition point would get only the defined contribution plan. That would be a very major change in federal retirement policy …..."
Reference: www.washingtonpost.comTitle: 11 tips for landing one of the more than 200 federal jobs advertised in Michigan
Article Snip: "...Even with the U.S. government laying off thousands nationally every week, the federal jobs website is still advertising 204 federal jobs in Michigan. ..."
Reference: www.mlive.comTitle: OPM: Problem of late pension payments getting worse
Article Snip: "...The Office of Personnel Management's backlog of pending retirement cases has grown 58 percent since Director John Berry first pledged to solve the problem more than a year ago...."
Reference: www.federaltimes.comTitle: Bishop signs letter saying post office faces big pension burden
Article Snip: "..."No other public or private business in America" except for the U.S. Postal Service must fund 100 percent of employee retirement and retirement health costs in advance. ..."
Reference: www.politifact.comTitle: U.S. Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Aug. Summary
Article Snip: "...the federal employee retirement thrift investment plan summary for Aug., according to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. ..."
Reference: www.bloomberg.comTitle: Federal government says its employees are 25 percent UNDERPAID compared to private sector workers
Article Snip: "...federal employees 26.3 percent underpaid compared to private sector workers in similar jobs. The gap has grown 2 percentage points since last year..."
Reference: www.dailymail.co.ukArticle Snip: "...If that CPI were already in use, military retirees, disabled veterans and social security recipients would be getting a 3.4 percent COLA in January rather than the planned 3.6 percent hike, government price data show...."
Reference: www.thenewstribune.comTitle: The Best Day to Retire From Now Until 2020
Article Snip: "...One of the biggest reasons that employees choose to retire around the end of the year is to cash in a large amount of use or lose leave. Assume we have an employee..."
Reference: www.fedsmith.comTitle: Everybody's got a price. What's yours?
Article Snip: "...Currently buyouts are available at Agriculture, Air Force, ATF, U.S. Courts, Education, FTC, GAO, GPO, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Library of Congress, the USPS, SBA, Smithsonian and the TSA. ..."
Reference: www.federalnewsradio.comTitle: The Worst Pension Gap
Article Snip: "...The Federal Employees Retirement System was created in 1986 to take the place of the old Civil Service Retirement System. Civilian federal employees hired prior to 1984 remained in the old system, while..."
Reference: www.governing.comTitle: Playing Russian roulette with your health plan
Article Snip: "...If you are a federal or postal worker who is close to retirement, thinking about taking a buyout, likely to be laid off or are involved in a shaky marriage, listen up: Your lifetime health insurance benefits may be in danger. ..."
Reference: www.federalnewsradio.comTitle: Federal retirees to get COLA increase
Article Snip: "...an increase of 3.6 percent for most, following the announcement Wednesday of Consumer Price Index figures through September...."
Reference: www.washingtonpost.comTitle: Social Security benefits to rise 3.6 percent
Article Snip: "...Social Security retirement benefits for about 55 million people will go up by 3.6 percent next year, the first cost-of-living increase since 2009, the U.S. Social Security Administration said on Wednesday...."
Reference: www.reuters.comTitle: Social Security: seniors to see COLA increase in 2012
Article Snip: "...The exact size of the COLA is yet to be determined, but it should be somewhere between ..."
Reference: www.csmonitor.comUS aid paying Ukrainian pensions Snippet of Article: "...Joe Biden stated that funding in a Ukrainian aid package, and later app...