Federal Daily - October 10, 2008

FLETC Seeking to Hire Annuitants, Offers Waivers

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) on Oct. 8 announced it is seeking to hire recently retired federal employees with law enforcement experience as training instructors. As part of the program, former feds who are hired will receive a dual compensation waiver. That means that those hired will receive their full salary and their annuity—retirees would not lose any of their retirement pay, FLETC said. The waiver is approved through Dec. 31, 2010, but could be extended, FLETC said. Applicants who served on active military duty and were honorably discharged may be eligible for veterans’ preference. (Veterans’ preference is not a factor for Senior Executive Service jobs or when competition is limited to status candidates.) For further details, visit the OPM Web site at www.usajobs.opm.gov/ei3.asp. FLETC is looking for applicants with experience in behavioral sciences, firearms, marine operations, enforcement and investigative operations, and counterterrorism. Applicants must choose an employment preference from facilities in Glynco, Ga., Charleston, S.C., Cheltenham, Md., Artesia, N.M., or Washington, D.C. To see more, go to: www.fletc.gov/news/press-clips/fletc-seeking-reemployed-annuitants-for-instructor-positions.html.

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IRS: Stimulus Payment Deadline Looms for Disabled Vets, Retirees

The IRS on Oct. 8 reminded qualified disabled veterans and retirees that Oct. 15 is the deadline to file the tax paperwork to get economic stimulus checks authorized by Congress for the 2007 tax year. The IRS also reminded retirees and disabled vets that money received from the stimulus payments generally will have no impact on income eligibility limits for Medicare, Medicaid or other benefits. The latest IRS estimate indicates that as many as 4.3 million recipients of certain Social Security and veterans’ benefits may be eligible for the payments—but have not yet claimed them. Most qualified individuals who have not yet received checks are those who are not normally required to file a tax return. Generally, filing a tax return to receive a stimulus payment does not mean that a filer will have to start submitting tax returns again, the agency said. Eligible individuals are receiving up to $600 ($1,200 for married couples filing jointly) plus $300 for eligible children younger than 17. “This really is the last chance for people to still get their stimulus payments this year,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. To see more, go to: www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=187602,00.html.

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VA Awards $364.9 Million Hospital Contract, Richest Ever

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced this month that it has awarded a $364.9 million contract for the construction of clinical facilities and a 90-bed inpatient hospital in Las Vegas. It is the largest construction contract VA has ever awarded, the agency said in a statement. VA previously awarded contracts for site preparation, construction of a 120-bed nursing home and an energy center, the agency said. The medical center, which will be part of VA’s Southern Nevada Health Care System, will provide medical, surgical and mental health care, as well as ambulatory care. The new facility—whose services will include radiology, magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear medicine and education—will include a pharmacy, laboratories and diagnostic/treatment clinics, VA said. The center will be built on a 150-acre campus near Nellis Air Force Base on a parcel of land transferred from the Bureau of Land Management. The new facility supplements existing inpatient services for Nevada’s estimated 246,000 vets in facilities at Reno and in a shared space at Nellis. VA also operates 10 outpatient clinics in Nevada, four of them in Las Vegas. VA expects the center to open by September 2011. To see more, go to: http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1591.

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