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A group for all Federal retirees and those close to retirement who would be willing to share knowledge and expertise, provide advice, and help one another.

Who's in Charge?

This looks like a group with potential to have a lot of activity, but I see we have a manager who has not had any recent activity on EONS and no moderators. Anybody willing to step up? With everyth... | posted by Suzz1

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health benefits

Can anyone tell me whether or not it is to our benefit to take Medicare B and pay that extra premium or just keep our federal benefits and take Medicare A which is free? | posted by woodsmom

10 replies - last reply: "I have been retired and had only... more" ~ pjride

Screwed Again!

Hey all, I just received my "official" packet from my VERA retirement from the USPS. My last day there was 12/19/08. Not only does it take them 7 months, but they reduced my High 3 base pay $35,288... | posted by k9smom

15 replies - last reply: "My CSRS retirement went very... more" ~ SANATM

Grrrr!

I will be 62 on Nov. 14 and eligible for a deferred CSRS pension (20 Years service). The OPM web site says to send in paperwork 60 days before your 62nd birthday. So I submitted it on Sept. 11. Sin... | posted by Suzz1

1 reply - last reply: "Probably due to the backlog they... more" ~ Franko51

Talk about screwed!

I was Metamoramama and my entire profile was either lost or discontinued by mgmt. Anyway - my late husband was postal service - I think he was FERS - I know he wasn't union or a carrier and now I a... | posted by promoqueen

2 replies - last reply: "promqueen...... what year did he... more" ~ Improvable

Hi Everyone!

It's been quite awhile since I've visited eons and this group. I've been retired from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service since January 3, 2008, where I worked for about 15 years. Prior to that, I... | posted by pjbotch

4 replies - last reply: "I retired in Feb 08. I agree that it... more" ~ southerner15

Feberal Retiree

I retired in Jan 2006 from DoD after 35 years. I loved my job and worked with a great group of people. I wish now that I would have stayed longer and you can not beat working for the Federal Govern... | posted by Lindy12

10 replies - last reply: "Hi everyone......thanks for posting... more" ~ Lindy12

I'm new to this group

Hello everyone. I am new to this group and to EON in general. Neat idea - this way of connecting. I retired from the USPS in 2002 at age 55 with 30 yrs. I was lucky to have started young. I worked ... | posted by JeanYoung2

2 replies - last reply: "I am not "a conservative" per se...... more" ~ Improvable

Census Bureau Jobs

I hear the Census Bureau is starting the hiring process for the 2010 Census. Does anyone know . . if a federal retiree takes one of the part-time temp jobs as a census taker, will there be a penalt... | posted by LadyDiy

5 replies - last reply: "That is exactly how I looked at it.... more" ~ JeanYoung2

DoD retired civilian employees ID card

For those of you who are retired from the DoD, just wanted to let you know, if you don't already, that the Department of Defense has authorized retired DoD civilian employees an identification card... | posted by LadyDiy

6 replies - last reply: "Lady Di I am a retired Navy... more" ~ HansellSchaefer

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