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This issue of NewsWatch is provided by NARFE, a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the earned pay, retirement and health care benefits of federal employees, retirees and their survivors. Please join today!
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The U.S. Postal Service has a newly designed postal stamp for Alzheimer’s awareness, now available for purchase. NARFE member Kathy Siggins worked tirelessly to bring this stamp to fruition. The design depicts a woman with Alzheimer’s disease being comforted by a family member, friend, caregiver or health care professional, touching her on the shoulder. The stamp can be purchased at many post offices, online at usps.com or toll-free by calling 800-STAMP-24. Proceeds from the stamp will be distributed to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for more Alzheimer’s research.
Missed the announcement of the stamp in the March 2018 issue of narfe magazine? View the article here.
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Federal News Radio
The Office of Personnel Management stepped up its game in March, processing 13,262 retirement claims, the highest amount for a single month in years. That, combined with significantly fewer federal employees filing for retirement in March, led to the biggest reduction in the backlog since at least October 2014.
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FEDweek
Hitting age 65 brings several important changes for federal retirees that are worth knowing and planning for, even for those still some distance from that age. Typically at age 65 you become eligible for health benefits coverage under Medicare. Contact your local Social Security Office and apply for Medicare. If you are eligible for Medicare but you do not apply, you will pay a Medicare penalty from the time you do apply for Medicare until you die.
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Federal News Radio
The program that allows hundreds of thousands of federal employees to work from home is highly popular with the hundreds of thousands of federal employees who are allowed to work from home. But what about with feds stuck in the office? And what about the customers that civil servants — both teleworkers and the office-bound — are there to serve? Does it benefit them, and what does it do, if anything, to the relationship between office-workers versus stay-at-home workers?
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The Washington Post
The Trump administration has big plans to completely overhaul the civil service system, a herculean task that would affect 2 million federal employees, from hiring to firing. In a YouTube video with the newly installed director of the Office of Personnel Management, Jeff T.H. Pon, and deputy director Michael Rigas, Pon said President Trump “had been voted in as a mandate to change certain things across our government.
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WebMD
Medical care costs in the United States can be so overwhelming that Americans fear the cost of treatment more than the illness itself, a new poll shows. "It's shocking and unacceptable that medical bills strike more fear in the hearts of Americans than serious illness," said Shelley Lyford. She is president and CEO of West Health Institute, a San Diego-based research group that teamed up with NORC at the University of Chicago to conduct the nationwide poll.
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TravelPulse
Keeping up with your routine and staying fit while traveling is easier said than done. Fortunately, there are several items you can bring along to ensure you don't miss a beat on your next trip.
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They're back! One of our most popular releases is the One-Ounce Silver Franklin Proof, featuring the same design as the 2018 $100 note. Every intricate detail is there, struck in a full ounce of 99.9% fine silver. This is a limited release, so visit GovMint.com and secure yours now!
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HealthDay
Staying physically fit can help ward off heart trouble, even if your genetics put you at higher risk for clogged arteries, a new, large study suggests. The researchers looked at nearly 500,000 middle-aged and older adults and found those with higher fitness levels were less likely to develop heart disease over six years. And that was true even for people who carried gene variants that raise the odds of heart problems.
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CNBC
Difficult conversations are all part and parcel of working life. From asking for a promotion to dealing with a frustrating colleague, we're each bound to face countless tricky discussions throughout the course of our careers.
But instead of avoiding those moments, learning how to tackle them head-on can be one of the best ways to advance your career, according to the British Council Professional Development Centre, which runs training courses on workplace communication.
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TheStreet
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