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FEDERAL SOUP
	Federal Soup 2.0 This forum allows you to offer feedback, suggestions, and overall thoughts of this Web site	86	1067	Microsoft VBScript runtime error... By oktoots 13 May 2012 at 8:49pm
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AGENCIES/ORGANIZATIONS/MILITARY
	ARTs Air reserve technicians, commonly referred to as ARTs, are civil servants who help Air Force Reserve Command units transition from a peacetime to a wartime environment.	96	3765	ARTS IN UNIFORM By Milgl Today at 9:55am
	DoD Department of Defense	995	9144	Working For DCMA? By Trey Today at 6:57pm
	DOI Department of the Interior	43	222	BSEE Special Investigator By cpt biggs 14 May 2012 at 5:56pm
	DOJ Department of Justice	56	770	DEA Special Agent By IRSCID-hopeful Today at 11:11am
	DOL Department of Labor	68	422	Investigator (Labor) By af_50 14 May 2012 at 1:42pm
	DOT Forum for those in US Dept of Transportation	5	27	Why this delay ? By eieiowe 01 May 2012 at 3:07pm
	FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation	553	24304	FBI Intelligence Analyst April... By konstelas Today at 8:55pm
	FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	3	9	FDIC hiring spree By Big Sarge 01 May 2012 at 7:16am
	GSA U.S. General Services Administration	7	37	Property Disposal Specialist By bozo 02 May 2012 at 10:03am
	HHS Department of Health and Human Services	70	482	HHS Application Updates By Seeker177 10 May 2012 at 1:41pm
	HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development	8	172	How Federal Budget Affects Start... By Fed99 16 Apr 2012 at 10:11am
	Intelligence Community Coalition of 17 agencies/organizations within the executive branch that gather the intelligence necessary to conduct national security activities Sub Forum(s): CIA, Dept of Treasury, DEA, DHS, DIA, DOE, DOS, Military Intelligence, NGA, NSA	759	19535	NORs for Immigrations Services... By pl418 Today at 9:24pm
	IRS - Internal Revenue Service Calling all agents and want-to-be agents, here is a forum topic just for you	1009	63408	IRS Entry Level Revenue Agents... By IRSnewb Today at 8:58pm
	Military Post your thoughts and opinions here about current US military news topics	282	2542	Military Buy Back - non retiree... By bozo 11 May 2012 at 10:27am
	Postal Employees Post your thoughts and opinions here about current postal employee topics	5642	62187	Thursday, May 17..Plant Day of... By CSRS ET Today at 8:13pm
	SSA Social Security Administration	104	982	Social Social Security Benefits... By Angel1955 08 May 2012 at 12:39pm
	USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture	111	1132	USDA and Recent Fair Hiring Focus... By mushroom Today at 3:35pm
	VA Department of Veterans Affairs	289	2411	Sick/Annual Leave By scrapiron Today at 11:58am

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CAREER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
	BRAC - Base Realignment and Closure Base Realignment And Closure is the process DoD uses to reorganize its installation infrastructure to increase operational readiness and efficiency. Share your experience.	91	499	BRAC what a sham! By rabbitdog99 03 May 2012 at 7:11am
	Federal Career Planning and Development If you are looking to get promoted, change careers, or freshen up your skills, join this active discussion with others climbing the same federal ladder	8059	78067	Notice of Results - Makes Sense?... By Emerald Today at 9:36pm
	New Hire (or looking to be hired) Here is a forum for those new to the federal workforce or thinking of joining	4521	53060	Applying to Jobs and Announcement... By woowoo Today at 9:05pm
	Relocating Are you considering relocating your federal career - either by your choice or by Uncle Sam? This forum will all you to seek other's advice on whether to make the move or not.	417	3142	Job Swap? Italy vs US By fcarver Today at 8:01am
	Security Clearance This forum will allow the exchanging of information and experience regarding attaining and maintaining a security clearance.	2643	16372	"Non-Sensitive High Risk" By glacierlakes Today at 3:51pm
	Training and Certification Open discussion on how training and certification can help one's career.	173	1231	Masters in Law Enforcement Intelligence... By gz390 Yesterday at 7:55pm

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CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENTS
	Federal Contractors A place where contractors to the government can share and discuss.	164	882	Usis By JR1215 Today at 2:02pm
	Procurements Almost all purchasing decisions include factors such as delivery and handling, marginal benefit, and price fluctuations.	4	23	Question re: Federal Contract... By kimba 28 Feb 2012 at 9:49am

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
	Government 2.0 New technology and Web tools are affecting how Government is performed as well as perceived	8	69	Blocked Email? By Angel1955 08 Feb 2012 at 11:08am
	Information Security Protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access and misuse	22	249	2210's come to Ft Sill! By SF18C 20 Apr 2012 at 6:32pm

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NEWS & GENERAL TOPICS
	Disability (Rehabilitation Act) Forum about disability-related information, services, general experiences	90	557	Video Depositions of USPS management;... By datbehard 13 May 2012 at 9:54pm
	Federal Employees: You be the Judge Get real-life reviews of key court cases involving federal employees. Share your opinion on the outcomes of these cases, or participate in other discussions about workplace issues that may impact your job.	1355	14200	Regulation for mandated action... By BleedRedWhiteBlue Today at 1:47pm
	General Conversations Some conversations or questions may not clearly fit into one of the other forums. So, pull up a chair for some federal related general conversation.	2499	33232	Did anybody take the TSA Airport... By ThereThere Today at 7:46pm
	Inside the News Post your thoughts and opinions here about current federal employee news topics	951	8242	Update on the Pathways Program... By scrapiron Today at 11:14am

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PAY & BENEFITS
	Federal Employees Benefits Q & A Have a question regarding your federal employee benefits or retirement? Ask the FederalSoup Q & A expert for the answer!	3656	9955	Retirement benefit to handicapped... By Ed Zurndorfer Today at 6:00pm
	Federal Workers' Compensation Here is a forum for members to share and exchange experiences regarding to workers' compensation related issues.	884	6305	USPS life insurance cancelled By patcassidy Yesterday at 10:21pm
	Financial Discussion Salary. Benefits. Investments. This area will allow for discussions on how to make the most of one's financial situation.	433	3475	Financial Arrangements By northpuget Today at 7:31am
	Medicare and Health Care This forum will allow members to share their experience with medicare and seek advice on certain medicare-related situations. Sub Forum(s): FEHB, Open Season 2011	259	2435	QLE documentation By HoosierDaddy 14 May 2012 at 1:00pm
	NSPS - National Security Personnel System NSPS is the Department of Defenses (DoD) flexible and responsive civilian management system. This forum will allow for discussion of pros and cons as well as share questions and experiences. Sub Forum(s): NSPS to GS	408	2619	NSPS to GS Class Action Lawsuit... By TeresaME Yesterday at 10:33pm
	Reemployed Annuitants Reemployment in the Federal Government can affect a retiree's annuity. This forum allows for members to help other members by sharing their experiences and knowledges and allow for those thinking of reemployment to ask questions.	167	629	Reemployed with the state Educ... By Stormbringer 03 Feb 2012 at 7:22am

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RETIREMENT
	Disability Retirement The federal government allows employees who are unable to work to retire under a disability retirement.	1139	7866	NEWLY UPDATE INFO: How to check... By ndarmy Yesterday at 5:56am
	Federal Retirees Those approaching retirement and those already retired, here is a forum to share ideas and thoughts as well as exchange questions and answers.	1148	12085	Annuity and life insurance By MEL2345 Today at 9:05pm
	Retirement Planning Whether you are close to federal employee retirement or just starting out in your career, this is the place to share ideas with your federal colleagues on planning for your retirement.	2930	19735	RETIREE HEALTH CARE COSTS SURGE... By OUtside Today at 9:01pm

Latest Forum Posts
Topics	Last Post	Forum
Notice of Results - Makes Sense?	By Emerald, Today at 9:36pm	Federal Career Planning and Development
NORs for Immigrations Services Assistant in NYC	By pl418, Today at 9:24pm	DHS
Annuity and life insurance	By MEL2345, Today at 9:05pm	Federal Retirees
Applying to Jobs and Announcement Numbers	By woowoo, Today at 9:05pm	New Hire (or looking to be hired)
RETIREE HEALTH CARE COSTS SURGE	By OUtside, Today at 9:01pm	Retirement Planning
IRS Entry Level Revenue Agents - Nationwide	By IRSnewb, Today at 8:58pm	IRS - Internal Revenue Service
FBI Intelligence Analyst April 2012	By konstelas, Today at 8:55pm	FBI
Notice of Results - Makes Sense?	By ebgard15, Today at 8:48pm	Federal Career Planning and Development
Scheduled Airport Assessment.	By ThereThere, Today at 8:42pm	DHS
FBI Intelligence Analyst April 2012	By datapatrol, Today at 8:26pm	FBI

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