Posted on Monday, 28th June 2010 by Dennis Damp

Changes to the Savings Bond Program OPM recently sent retirees a letter announcing the phasing out of paper savings bonds through traditional savings plans. If you have savings bonds withheld, they will be stopped automatically in October, the last month you will receive a bond. You can continue to purchase savings bonds through the Treasury […]

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Posted on Saturday, 5th June 2010 by Nancy Holston

Think you can’t afford a Hawaiian Vacation?  You might be surprised! Here you are sitting on Waikiki Beach as the sky is fading from the picture perfect blue to shades of yellow, orange and red.  The Palms overhead are swaying and you feel the trade winds in your hair and on your face while you […]

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Posted on Wednesday, 2nd June 2010 by Dennis Damp

The TSP and markets in general have been on another roller coaster ride AGAIN this past month or so.  I fortunately shifted all of my TSP account to the G Fund several weeks ago feeling that the market was overdue for a correction.  I discussed my intention to switch to the G Fund in my […]

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Posted on Friday, 30th April 2010 by Dennis Damp

Everyone, regardless of whether or not you’re retired, could use extra income to do with as you please. Several companies have posted new full and part time job opportunities on our career center recently at http://federalretirement.net/jobsboard.htm. You will find full time, part time, and work from home job vacancies and when you add in the […]

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Posted on Friday, 26th February 2010 by Dennis Damp

On our latest trip south this winter we discovered some really neat travel aids that helped make the journey enjoyable and safe.  Traveling in the winter months is always a concern and this year we used the web site http://www.trippish.comto determine the best day to leave based on the weather forecasts along the route. This […]

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Posted on Tuesday, 26th January 2010 by Dennis Damp

Thanks to the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act a number of retirement benefit changes were implemented that will help many federal employees and retirees.  Everything from some retirees being able to keep both their annuity and federal check if they decide to go back to work for Uncle Sam as a rehired annuitant , more […]

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Posted on Sunday, 24th January 2010 by Chuck Jumpeter

HAPPY NEW YEAR! It seems like just yesterday that we were all concerned about the “Y2K” bug and now, here we are, a full decade later and Y2K is nothing more than an old joke. We were also challenged with another bug, swine flu, and that too, while creating some problems, did not have the […]

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Posted on Wednesday, 2nd December 2009 by Dennis Damp

Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Clause. The signed National Defense Authorization Act permits FERS employees to apply their accrued sick leave towards retirement. However, the credit is phased in with a 50 percent credit for those who retire now and full conversion after January 1, 2014. OPM  is developing final regulations on this subject […]

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