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Some good articles at Govexec.com.
Government News, Research and Events for Federal Employees - GovExec.com


The links below will not work so go to the above link for Govexec and then click on those links.


Panel Recommends Scrapping Current Military Pension System
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Commission proposes a 'blended' approach to retirement benefits as well as ... January 29 13 Comments

Beware the Unwitting Insider Threat
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Employees who click on dubious email attachments, plug in unsecured storage devices or leave laptops ... January 29 Leave a comment

Is FERS Better? Readers Weigh In
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Reaction to last week’s column on how the two federal retirement systems stack up. January 29 19 Comments

Joint Chiefs Warn Against Sequestration, Again
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Like a tragic Greek chorus, the Joint Chiefs again warned of the dire consequences of ... January 29 4 Comments
 
Re: GET READY FOR ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

This roller coaster ride has forced me to go out and buy a new pair of sticky pants. The old pair has worn out to the point I had to start holding on to the safety bar. What fun is that? If you're faint of heart, keep your hands and arms safely inside the car.

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'Rude' Postal Employees Could Cost USPS $300 Million This Year
By Eric Katz February 10, 2015 14 Comments

'Rude' Postal Employees Could Cost USPS $300 Million This Year - Management - GovExec.com


"“Rude” employees at U.S. Postal Service locations could cost the cash-strapped agency nearly $300 million in fiscal 2015, according to a report..."

"The American Postal Workers Union, cited directly in the report, said the customer service problem is not that employees are rude or misplaced, but that there are simply not enough of them..."

Is the Union saying that there aren't enough rude employees? I doubt it, but maybe you could read it that way.

The problem I have found, sometimes when I go to the post office there is a long line and only one window open but you see 3-4 employees walking around in the back and you have seen them up front from previous visits. I have never had a rude encounter fortunately.

The comments are interesting.
 
Some may find this interesting.

Spaceweather.com
SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids

EXPLOSION ON THE SUN: Yesterday, Feb. 24th at approximately 11:00 UTC, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a spectacular eruption near the sun's southeastern limb. The blast was rooted on the backside of the sun, but some of the explosion's debris fell back to the sun on the frontside. Play the movie. Earth was not in the line of fire. Solar flare alerts: text, voice
 
Some headlines from GovExec.com The links don't work so go to the GovExec website.

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Government News, Research and Events for Federal Employees - GovExec.com

Ted Cruz's Mission for NASA: More Space, Less Earth
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The new space subcommittee chairman thinks the Obama administration has the agency ... February 24 9 Comments

Mitch McConnell Announces a Vote on a Clean DHS Funding Bill Is Coming
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The Senate minority leader is making his move to try and prevent a ... February 24 9 Comments

VA Secretary Says He Never Misrepresented Military Service In Bio
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Bob McDonald says misstatement about serving in the Special Forces ... February 24 3 Comments
 
FRTIB has posted the January meeting minutes. Here is the link; http://www.frtib.gov/MeetingMinutes/2015/2015Jan.pdf

Below is an excerpt I found interesting.

"Ms. Weaver concluded by informing the Board of at least four bills that, if
passed, would preclude members of Congress from participating in the Federal
Employee Retirement System (FERS) defined benefit plan; however, they could
continue participating in the TSP."
 
nasa1974 said:
FRTIB has posted the January meeting minutes. Here is the link; http://www.frtib.gov/MeetingMinutes/2015/2015Jan.pdf

Below is an excerpt I found interesting.

"Ms. Weaver concluded by informing the Board of at least four bills that, if
passed, would preclude members of Congress from participating in the Federal
Employee Retirement System (FERS) defined benefit plan; however, they could
continue participating in the TSP."
Click to expand...
H.R. 507: Congress is Not a Career Act
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr507
H.R. 1054: To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the basis for the denial of retirement credit, for service as a Member of Congress, to include ...
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr1054

Are two of them.
 
Re: GET READY FOR ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

On other folks threads there has been some chatter about the "I" fund and I think that it is due for a rally. But with that said I am 99% sure that before noon I will be going to the "S" fund. Anyway, I found this article interesting and it makes some sense why the "I" fund hasn't just taken off yet. MoneyShow.com: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - INVESTOR - Euro vs US Dollar: Where Are We Going?

Jim Jubak, Senior Markets Editor of ManeyShow MoneyShow.com has an interesting therory;
"What it looks like people are doing, looks like what the smart money is doing is buying into Europe but hedging it, hedging the currency. If you want to do that, if you want to follow that strategy, there are a number of hedged European ETFs that will give you exposure to the European market."

I also went back and looked at how CSI have performed in March and "S" has been the better fund.

So that's all I have.

Good luck everyone.
 
Re: GET READY FOR ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

You're absolutely right. My favorite way to play the European markets is with an ETF that hedges against the weakening Euro/stronger dollar. HEDJ has done very well in this environment.
 
I jumped 100% "S" fund. I still think the "I" fund will rally but it looks like it may be later this Spring. Just my opinion. :D
 
Well the first trading day of March was interesting. Do we call it a lion or a lamb? It looks like my IFT Friday paid off. I still have my two IFT's for the month if I need them. Positive gains for everyone this month. Good luck.
 
Below is the first paragraph from a letter to all NASA personnel from Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator.

"Today marks a special anniversary for the NASA family. It was 100 years ago, on March 3, 1915, when Congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the organization from which NASA was created in 1958."

Here is a link to some intersting information. Enjoy.
Celebrating the NACA: 100 Years of Aeronautics and Aerospace Research | NASA
 
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