The history of executive orders that have given Federal Employees a half-day off for Christmas Eve when Christmas follows on a Friday Friday Christmases, a Federal History From 1948 to 2019, Christmas occurred on a Friday eleven times. 2020 will ... Read More

The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) sued the Trump Administration over an executive order they argue looks to reestablish a spoils system for Civil Service A recent executive order by the president has caused considerable commotion in several areas of ... Read More

An AAV Accident left 1 Marine Fired, 1 Marine Dead, and 7 others missing. A Navy Sailor also passed away in the accident. A July mission to transport military personnel turned disastrous in the Pacific Ocean. Little public details are ... Read More

Accompanied by 2 Russian Cosmonauts, Kate Rubins makes her second trip to the ISS, continuing a historic career as a scientist. On October 14th, three people were launched into space from Kazakhstan- NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins along with two Russian ... Read More

Serving Those Who Serve‘s Quarterly Newsletter- October 2020 In the Q3 Newsletter: The TSP & the Election by Jennifer Meyer, STWS Advisor From the FEDZONE, Ed’s article on Estate Planning Also, an article from the Coach’s Corner by Bob Oberleitner ... Read More

Jeanette Epps, who Earned Her Graduate and Doctorate Degrees at University of Maryland and Worked for the CIA, is Set to Become the First Black Woman to Live on the International Space Station (ISS) Jeanette Epps has been with NASA ... Read More

OPM Announced CFC donations can be made from September 15, 2020 to January 15, 2021. Despite reforms in 2017, donations have declined every year since 2009 The combined federal campaign (CFC) is a fundraising effort fueled by donations from Federal ... Read More

The Presidential Rank Awards were Canceled for only the second time in its 41-year-old history. The first time was in 2013 during a recession. The Trump administration canceled the Presidential Rank Awards for 2020 claiming that focus and resources were ... Read More

Serving Those Who Serve’s Quarterly Newsletter- July 2020 In The Q2 2020 Newsletter: A Look at some recent I.T. Contracts in the Federal Government The FEDZONE by Ed Zurndorfer, who is also featured in the latest Fed-Life Podcast episodes about ... Read More

DARPA is working on interesting projects for the military, and their RADICS project is simulating blackouts to test responses to a cyberattack on the Country’s power grid (Prototype of a mechanical spy android, disguised as a housefly) Getting Online The ... Read More