Retirement Planning: How Federal Employees Set Financial Goals
How do we set goals when we can’t predict what is going to happen in the next few minutes much
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Spending Log
Most of us would be surprised about how much money we spend and how we spend it.
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Weekly Newsletter-HOW ARE WE DOING?
~~Weekly Newsletter – HOW ARE WE DOING? Weekly Newsletter: We just finished our taxes, most of us, and discovered whether we owed or were owed or if we broke even. If you broke even, then you are probably doing pretty good managing your taxes and your money. If you owed taxes, then it’s back to
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Weekly Newsletter: U.S. Postal Service and LiteBlue
Weekly Newsletter: USPS and LiteBlue Weekly Newsletter: Women’s History Month technically ended on March 31, 2014, but since the United States Postal Service has been the forerunner of placing women in the upper chambers of operations, we thought it noteworthy to dedicate our Newsletter Weekly to the United States Postal Service’s progressive and forward movement
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Buyback Leave – Postal Employees
Let’s give Buying Back Leave top billing in this post. Buying Back Leave or what is commonly called Leave Buy-Back comes under the provisions of the Injury Compensation Program.
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Annual Leave and Death – Postal Employees
What happens to the annual leave that an employee has accumulated if he or she dies in service?
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Annual Leave Sharing (ALS)
The Postal Service offers a number of ways to help their employees assist each other and transition from the workforce to retirement.
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Flexible Spending Account Through LiteBlue
The Postal Service offers Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) to their employees. The FSA program is administered by United Healthcare for the United States Postal Service.
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Annual Leave Exchange (ALE) Program – Available through LiteBlue
Did you know that the United States Postal Service has an Annual Leave Exchange (ALE) Program available through the LiteBlue website?
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LiteBlue Program: Log On 3
In addition to an explanation of benefits, LiteBlue offers a Monthly Planning Calendar that contains pay periods and pay dates and holidays.
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LiteBlue Program: Log On 2
Logging on to LiteBlue brings you into contact with My Benefits. Under the LiteBlue ‘My Benefits’ tab Postal employees can access and understand all the benefits offered to Postal employees.
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USPS LiteBlue: Stay Connected With LiteBlue
The United States Postal Service has one of the most efficient ways to stay connected with its employees through Liteblue. It is fast and packed with the kind of information employees need as they plan their careers with the Postal Service.
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Weekly Newsletter – TAX DAY
~~WEEKLY NEWSLETTER – TAX DAY Weekly Newsletter: April 15, 2014 got here too soon for a lot of us. We were still digging out from under the snow in most places across the nation and just like every year April 15th is here and many of us are scrambling to get our papers in order
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How To Bid Assignments / Routes on USPS LiteBlue
The process is, now, entirely automated, from the creation of the route posting to the award (by seniority) and then ultimately to the necessary personnel actions.
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USPS LiteBlue – Change of Address for Postal Employees
Making sure you maintain up-to-date contact information with your employer is incredibly important.
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Weekly Newsletter-NO BURIAL COVERAGE
~~Weekly Newsletter – DEATH WITHOUT BURIAL COVERAGE This weekly newsletter details a story of a death with no burial coverage. Everyday somewhere in the world, somewhere in the United States a child is born and someone passes away. There are costs involved in coming into the world and in going out. How we prepare for
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Weekly Newsletter-OUR DUTY
~~Weekly Newsletter: OUR DUTY TO THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE Many of my weekly newsletter posts are born out of questions presented to me in various retirement forums or via email questions. Most recently a young woman who separated from the federal service, but did not retire had come to a place where some critical decisions had
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OPM and the Future – Weekly Newsletter
~~NEWSLETTER WEEKLY-OPM AND THE FUTURE The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has a number of projects under way that could bring about changes in the way federal employees view their retirement options. The federal government seems to have double and competing goals – right size the federal workforce and anticipate future drains on institutional knowledge.
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Weekly Newsletter-FINDING A PLACE FOR MOM
~~NEWSLETTER WEEKLY -FINDING A PLACE FOR MOM -A Real Life Family Journey Listen to the newsletter story of Dorothy and Dan, two young kids, who married and made a life in the city that never sleeps, New York. Dorothy and Dan had three kids – Anna, Frank and Paula. Dan made a career in the
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Financial Weekly Newsletter – The Right Fit
~~Financial Newsletter– THE RIGHT FIT Is there any other workforce like the federal workforce? They are the most unique workforce in the world with a benefits package that is equally as unique. As the world becomes more and more complicated, federal workers need to form partnerships that might not have been essential to them retiring
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