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Federal Agency Offices to Start Reopening this Summer

06/29/2021
Agencies have until July 19th to submit reopening plans; hybrid of telework and in-office work could be a mainstay, with agencies expected to use it as a recruitment tool. Complimentary Webinars for Feds White House employees are expected to start ... Read More
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Federal Employees Got Friday, June 18th Off with New Holiday

06/24/2021
On June 17th, “Juneteenth” became the 11th federal holiday. With June 19th falling on a Saturday this year, Feds got a day off on the 18th. Complimentary Webinars for Feds The first federal holiday to be added since 1983, when ... Read More
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Student Loan Repayments Will Resume on October 1st

06/15/2021
Ed Zurndorfer goes over the Student Loan Repayments that Resume on October 1, 2021 There are many federal employees who graduated from colleges and universities within the last 5 to 10 years and have student loans they are currently paying ... Read More

Public Service Recognition Week 2021 Comes to an End

05/07/2021
Agencies, unions, and lawmakers were encouraged to celebrate the work of public servants from May 2 – 8 No Cost Webinars for Feds For the first week in May, public service workers for the federal and local Governments are recognized ... Read More

FEDLIFE PODCAST: Key Things To Consider Before Refinancing Your Mortgage

04/30/2021
In this episode, Dan Sipe and Ed Zurndorfer discuss the key factors that should influence your refinancing decision and help you identify mortgage financing tools that best fit your financial situation. Episode 48: Key Things to Consider Before Refinancing Your ... Read More

Recent Removals and Demotions at the EPA and DOI

04/26/2021
The First Chief-of-Staff of the DOI under Biden quickly lost her new role. At the EPA, more than 40 science advisors were purged. No-Cost Webinars for Federal Employees With the new President moving in, a lot of executive actions from ... Read More

FDA Scientists: The Lowdown

04/12/2021
STWS takes a look at prominent jobs of the Federal Government. This week: Scientists at the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) No-Cost Webinars for Federal Employees Being an FDA scientist can be broken down into three broad categories: The Researcher ... Read More

Understanding Coronavirus-Related Distribution and Repayment Options

03/17/2021
Ed Zurndorfer explains coronavirus-related distribution income inclusion and repayment options Edward A. Zurndorfer – Although coronavirus-related distributions (CRDs) are no longer available as of Dec. 31, 2020, those employees and annuitants who took CRDs during 2020 now face a decision ... Read More

The Other “FCC”: Furlough Cheesecake

03/11/2021
thefurloughcheescake.com On Friday, December 21st of 2018, as a long holiday weekend and new year approached, the President, after publicly stating that he would sign a stop-gap measure to fund the Government for another two months, abruptly changed his mind. ... Read More

FDA Issues Statement on COVID-19 Variant that Emerged in the UK.

01/13/2021
B117, a COVID-19 variant, is not being detected by all tests, FDA reports, but the impact is “not significant.” Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 or SARS-COV-2 was renamed to COVID-19 at the onset of the outbreak. This was done because ... Read More