Host Bob Leins, CPA® welcomes John Jilek, CFP®.

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Host Bob Leins, CPA® welcomes Karen Schaeffer, CFP® and Megan Schaeffer, Estate Planning Attorney. 

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Host Bob Leins, CPA® and cohost Ray Kirk, Ph.D., welcome Phil Gardner, Federal Benefits Specialist.

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Host Bob Leins, CPA® welcomes Joe Sullender, CFP® to talk about Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs).

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Host Bob Leins, CPA® welcomes Tom O’Rourke, Counsel.

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Host Bob Leins, CPA® and co-host Karen Schaeffer, CFP®, welcome Kay Bransford, Daily Money Manager, Professional Financial Advocate & Fiduciary, MemoryBanc.

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Host Bob Leins, CPA® welcomes Karen Schaeffer, CFP®, and Kaitlin Schaeffer Yardley, CFP®.

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Our guest today will talk about cash flow planning and debt payoff strategies for Federal employees and retirees. 

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Host Bob Leins, CPA® welcomes Marc Levine, Esquire, to talk about Health Care Directives.

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Host Bob Leins, CPA® welcomes Herb Casey, Federal Benefits Specialist.

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Host Bob Leins, CPA®, welcomes Bob Braunstein, Federal Benefits Specialist. 

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Host Bob Leins, CPA® welcomes Marc Levine, Esquire. 

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Host Bob Leins, CPA® welcomes back our original program guests Tammy Flanagan, NITP Senior Benefits Director, Karen Schaeffer, CFP®, Marc Levine, Esquire, and Tom O’Rourke, Counsel.

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In today's Federal Newscast, after fake notifications were sent out, the Army reiterates, despite rising tensions with Iran, there are no plans to initiate a draft.

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Visitors will find it easier to search, learn and act on the news and information that regularly helps them navigate their dynamic environment.

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The last thing the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) needs is new employees who have a substance use disorder or or felons with access to VA pharmacies. But the agency lacks a consistent procedure for finding out about such people from the Drug Enforcement Administration. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the VHA, in fact, hired thousands of people who might have drug-related convictions.

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Tom Temin, current managing editor and anchor is retiring in April 2025 after 17 years of leading the program and more than 45 years in journalism.

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CBP agreed to enact a new policy presuming pregnant officers can continue to serve in their positions, rather than being systematically placed on light duty.

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told employees that it had saved enough money to keep the agency open instead of having to do a one-day furlough.

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The EEOC disputes House Republicans’ claims that the budget problems were avoidable or they didn’t do enough to address their current funding situation.

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"If they actually have an ownership stake in the enterprise when you're going into work, it's your business, not the boss's business," James Hasik said.

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"DCSA plays a critical role in executing Trusted Workforce 2.0 objectives as the largest provider of personnel vetting services," Heather Green said.

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The goal of the new interim rule is to create an efficient, expedited appeals process, while addressing “potential flaws” in prior regulations, MSPB said.

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By the end of fiscal 2025, MSPB expects to fully eliminate the remaining federal employee appeals cases that built up during the five-year lack of quorum.

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About 8% of the State Department’s full-time Foreign Service officers have at least one disability. So does approximately 17% of its civil service workforce.

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Amid growing tensions, an employee group is urging DOJ leadership to ramp up its response to online threats many career federal workers continue to face.

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"We made two recommendations to the IRS to improve its oversight over conflicts of interest," Kris Nguyen said.

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While there have been some improvements, OPM continues to face the challenge of addressing customer service satisfaction in federal Retirement Services.

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The Office of Personnel Management retirement backlog saw a decline in claims received and processed in September.

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"This is the time of year you don't want to wait until the last minute to put your application in," said Tammy Flanagan.

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Funding shortfalls will have serious consequences in the final quarter of this fiscal year because of unexpected bills related to security at the Capitol, National Guard officials warn.

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DoD's Transition Assistance Program aims to prepare service members for life outside the military. But for members whose final duty station is small or rural, the benefits of TAP are fairly limited.

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House appropriators want DoD to deliver new information on how it plans to deliver career technical education and recruit and retain personnel into STEM fields.

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DoD has funding for only five positions through 2023 for its new IP cadre. And the temporality of the jobs is an impediment to hiring the long-term experts DoD needs, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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Government attorneys appealed a Texas judge's finding that the Navy's strict religious accommodation process violates the religious freedoms of 35 sailors who refused the vaccine.

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While the Biden administration is asking for $773 billion for 2023, that number may not go as far as hoped. DoD says it finished up its planning for 2023 before inflation rates rose and before Russia invaded Ukraine causing oil prices to spike.

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This week on Fed Access, Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch to give us an update on how the security clearance process is being affected by the federal restrictions put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Matthew Daniels of the Institute of World Politics, and Anthony Jones of Howard University, join host Derrick Dortch to discuss a new initiative the created to teach the digital generation about the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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National Defense Magazine Managing Editor Jon Harper joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss President-elect Joe Biden's defense spending priorities and how they will impact the Department of Defense.

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This week on Fed Access, host Derrick Dortch talks to Camille Cosgrove, Intelligence Analyst for the Extremism Team at The Counterterrorism Group about domestic terrorism and the threat it poses to this week's Presidential inauguration.

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What will the clearance jobs market look like in 2021? Find out from Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, as he joins Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access.

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Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, executive director of Women of Color Advancing Peace & Security, talked about the organization's mission, and projects the group is pursuing to address national security and international affairs issues.

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Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the clearance jobs market, including the ability of some cleared professionals to work remotely from home.

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Jon Harper, managing editor of National Defense Magazine, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss the Department of Defense’s space efforts and new developments being announced at the 36th Space Symposium.

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Fed Access host Derrick Dortch moderates a wide ranging discussion on the importance of teaching Dr. Martin Luther King’s principles of nonviolence to students in the U.S., and institutionalizing a MLK curricula into schools.

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Becca Stewart, an intelligence analyst and special teams manager at The Counterterrorism Group, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss the situation with Ukraine and Russia, the prominence of Islamist terrorism within Africa, and the rise of incel extremism.

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Marina Tovar, counterintelligence and cyber team lead at the Counterterrorism Group, joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss how cyberwarfare is being used in the war in Ukraine, and the rise in ransomware attacks around the world.

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Stew Magnuson, editor in chief of National Defense Magazine, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss developments in the US Special Operations Command and topics discussed at the recent 2022 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC).

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Stacey Casas and Savannah Fellows, counterterrorism intelligence analysts at The Counterterrorism Group, join host Derrick Dortcch on this week's Fed Access to discuss terror threats in the US, including threats against law enforcement, the increased threat environment because of Roe Vs. Wade, and recent mass shootings.

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Savannah Fellows, Daniel Brown and Rhiannon Thomas, counterterrorism intelligence analysts on the NORTHCOM Team at The Counterterrorism Group , join host Derrick Dortch to discuss terror threats in the US.

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