military spouses
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Military spouses can now use their service member's residency when filing state taxes.
January 25, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the U.S. Postal Service's Inspector General revealed the agency only saved $91 million in 2016 and 2017 after consolidating more than 200 facilities, well below it's goal.
October 30, 2018 -
Exact numbers and specific challenges spouses faces can be fuzzy, but the Institute for Veterans and Military Families in partnership with Prudential Financial is trying to shed some light on the issues.
July 06, 2018 -
The Army is looking at new steps to boost military spouse employment, potentially including new authorities to hire them as civilian employees.
May 22, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Representative Lamar Smith is not satisfied with the answers he received from the Homeland Security Department on how they are making sure Kaspersky Lab products are out of federal networks.
February 02, 2018 -
The Military Spouse Employment Partnership's goal is simple. They want to eliminate one of military families' biggest problems: finding employment for the spouse of the service member. Because of frequent relocation, military spouses often face high unemployment rates and a significant wage gap in the jobs they do have. Through the initiative known as Joining Forces, 38 new organizations joined the Employment Partnership program earlier this month. Eddy Mentzer is the Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program manager. On the Federal Drive, he gave Tom Temin an update on the program and the companies involved.
December 12, 2014 -
A reality for military families is that when transfer orders come in, family members have very short notice to uproot their lives and move. For military spouses, that usually means leaving a good job. But…
August 12, 2009