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		<title>2010 Federal Personnel Handbook</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This comprehensive handbook explains the very latest information on federal appointments including temporary, term, career and career-conditional appointments, probationary period, performance appraisals, transferring to other federal jobs, reinstatement rights, reductions in force (RIF) rules, the rights of military personnel, employment of Military retirees, Senior Executive Service, workers&#8217; compensation, ethics regulations, and more!]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Federal Benefits Handbook</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This unique handbook, written for active federal employees, covers everything you need to know about your federal pay and benefits, such as the different pay schedules, base and locality pay, overtime pay, compensatory time off, relocation and retention bonuses, performance awards, holidays, all the various leave benefits, the federal student loan repayment program, Employee Assistance [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.federalhandbooks.com/?page_id=74"><img class="alignleft" src="http://federalhandbooks.com/pics/home1.gif" alt="" width="96" height="123" /></a>This unique handbook, written for active federal employees, covers everything you need to know about your federal pay and benefits, such as the different pay schedules, base and locality pay, overtime pay, compensatory time off, relocation and retention bonuses, performance awards, holidays, all the various leave benefits, the federal student loan repayment program, Employee Assistance Programs, Alternative Work Schedules and more! <br/> <a href="http://www.federalhandbooks.com/?page_id=66"></a> <a href="http://www.federalhandbooks.com/?page_id=148"><img title="downloadpdf" src="http://www.mybluestarflag.com/militaryhandbooks/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/downloadpdf1.jpg" alt="downloadpdf" width="143" height="30" /></a><a href="http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/federal-benefits-handbook/10901727"><img title="Buy a printed copy of this handbook" src="http://www.federalhandbooks.com/images/buybook_btn.jpg" alt="Buy this handbook" width="143" height="30" /></a> </p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A college degree has become the essential tool to unlock doors for future success. This handbook contains all the latest information about getting a college degree, including: types of higher education, resources for finding the right college, entrance exams, financial aid resources, paying for college, applying for federal student aid, Pell Grants, Direct and Federal [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This handbook contains all the latest information about the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program! It has everything you need to know about eligibility, enrollment, finding a plan, coordinating benefits, cost, leave without pay, termination and conversion of coverage, annuitants and compensationers, military service, family members, former spouses, and health care flexibility spending accounts and more! ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inside this truly unique Long-Term Care (LTC) handbook, you&#8217;ll find everything you&#8217;ve ever wanted to know about LTC coverage, including an explanation of how LTC insurance really works, the costs and payment options, benefits, tax issues, options other than LTC coverage, things you should consider before choosing a policy, and how the Federal Long-Term Care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Federal Travel Handbook</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This handbook contains all the latest information about what you need to know when traveling on official Government business. It covers temporary duty travel allowances, transportation expenses, airline travel, train travel, travel by ship, local transit systems, using government vehicles, per diem expenses, emergency travel, travel by employees with special needs, making arrangements and paying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Federal Retirement Handbook</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planning for your retirement is getting much harder. That&#8217;s why we published this highly detailed handbook &#8211; giving you the ins-and-outs of your federal retirement including all the latest federal changes, COLAs, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Liability Insurance, Family Benefits, Survivor Benefits, Social Security, Medicare, TSP, FERS and CSRS, and Retirement Resources. It also gives [...]]]></description>
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