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Federal Home Loan Bank Announces Nearly $4M in Funding to Assist First-Time Homebuyers and Special Needs Households

Posted by admin in Finance Sunday, 27 March 2011 03:53 No Comments

Federal Home Loan Bank Announces Nearly $4M in Funding to Assist First-Time Homebuyers and Special Needs Households
DALLAS — The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas is pleased to announce it is making additional funds available for its Homebuyer Equity Leverage Partnership and Special Needs Assistance Programs for 2011.

Via:Read more on GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance


Red Bank land swap gets federal OK

Posted by admin in Finance Saturday, 19 March 2011 07:18 No Comments

Red Bank land swap gets federal OK
Years of bureaucratic twisting led Red Bank City Manager Chris Dorsey to compare the quest for a new middle school to “a roller coaster.”

Via:Read more on Chattanooga Times Free Press


What is difference between the TSP and FERS federal retirement plans?

Posted by admin in Finance Friday, 18 February 2011 09:36 2 Comments

What is difference between the TSP and FERS retirement plans? On my federal paycheck, they deduct for both, separately!

Thanks for clearing up the confusion!


Fleischmann hopes to use committee posts to help business fight “burdensome federal government”

Posted by admin in Finance Thursday, 3 February 2011 19:23 No Comments

Fleischmann hopes to use committee posts to help business fight “burdensome federal government”
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., announced today that he has been assigned to the two subcommittees of the House Committee on Small Business.

Read more on Chattanooga Times Free Press


Putting a face on the federal government: Jim Lewis bows out of congressional service with U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee

Posted by admin in Finance Sunday, 30 January 2011 14:23 No Comments

Putting a face on the federal government: Jim Lewis bows out of congressional service with U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee
Just hired from a Saginaw business college, Jim Lewis became the district director for former U.S. Rep. Jim Barcia, D-Bay City, and faced a test unlike any other he had encountered.

Read more on The Flint Journal


St. John’s businessman targeting federal seat

Posted by admin in Finance Friday, 28 January 2011 08:28 No Comments

St. John’s businessman targeting federal seat
A St. John’s business operator wants to run for the Conservative Party in the next federal election.

Read more on CBC Newfoundland and Labrador


Can US and Canadian federal retirement benefits be combined?

Posted by admin in Finance Tuesday, 25 January 2011 06:23 2 Comments

If I have worked in both countries, can I use the retirement account in one to add to the other. Specifically: if my SSI in the states does not have enough work units accumulated, can I add to them from my Canadian retirement account?


How can a business owner advocate the federal government to expand the SBA Community Express Loan program?

Posted by admin in Finance Monday, 27 December 2010 22:09 2 Comments

This loan program is a “pilot” meaning that the number of loans that can be made are limited a percentage of the total SBA loans approved. My business assists small business owners and this is an excellent program to get credit to business owners but it doesn’t have a champion!


Moved from Virginia prior to final federal retirement effective date – is last pay subject ot VA tax?

Posted by admin in Finance Thursday, 23 December 2010 10:24 1 Comment

I moved from VA a few days prior to my official retirement effective date. I receive a final pay, including substantial leave cashed out after I moved. Is this subject to Virginia tax? All preretirement pay, including this shows up on my W2 with VA as the state reflected on it.


What states do not tax federal retirement income?

Posted by admin in Finance Saturday, 18 December 2010 02:26 3 Comments

I receive a retirement annuity from my service in the federal government and would like possibly to move to a state which does not tax the annuity income.