April 5, 2014 / by Admin
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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April 5, 2014 / by Admin
Making sure you maintain up-to-date contact information with your employer is incredibly important.
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March 31, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
~~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...
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March 26, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
~~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...
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March 22, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
~~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...
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March 14, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
~~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...
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March 7, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
~~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,...
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February 28, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
Social Security Newsletter Social Security is more than just a retirement program. It provides benefits for disability to individuals with little income and limited resources. Social Security also provides benefits to children and support for your family in the event...
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February 21, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
FEDERAL WORKERS MATTER The federal workforce, including the postal service is said to represent a population of about 2.1 million strong, the largest workforce in the world. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that approximately 30% of the federal workforce...
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February 14, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
~~ NEWSLETTER WEEKLY- CLASS IS IN SESSION We talk a lot about what needs to be done so that you can retire well. We recommend a whole battery of things to do, a laundry list of sorts, because we embrace and share...
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February 8, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
~~NEWSLETTER WEEKLY – WINTER RETIREMENT SUMMIT I had the wonderful opportunity to receive an invitation to attend and cover for this newsletter the 2014 Winter Retirement Summit sponsored by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the American...
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February 1, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
FEGLI: CELEBRATING A LIFE WELL-LIVED As I thought of our discussion about FEGLI, LIFE insurance coverage for federal and postal employees, the word LIFE kept jumping out at me. Although many of us think of life insurance primarily as death...
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January 25, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
RECAP – FEHB AND MEDICARE We have discussed a sizable amount of information on the Federal Employees Health Benefit (FEHB) plan and its parallel to Medicare. The FEHB plan covers the largest number of individuals in the world, including active and...
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January 17, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
I started doing retirement seminars Many years ago when I started doing retirement seminars for federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), I thought it would be a simple journey. I...
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January 15, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
What Medicare Myths Federal and Postal employees and retirees should be aware of how to find the truth
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January 10, 2014 / by Dianna Tafazoli
Anticipating Retirement There is one question that stands out in the minds of every single person anticipating retirement – Will I Have Enough Money to Manage My Expenses and Maintain My Life Style? Retirement is almost certain to mean for...
