Re-posted from My Federal Retirement http://www.myfederalretirement.com/public/196.cfm
Union Plus now offers the new Union Plus Mortgage Veterans Grant to provide qualified union member veterans with a $1,000 grant that never needs to be repaid to help offset the costs of a down payment.
To be eligible for a grant, members must meet the following qualifications:
Finance their mortgage of their primary residence through the Union Plus Mortgage program on or after November 1, 2014
Be an active or retired union member of a participating union
Be a veteran of the United States Armed Services
City of Chicago residents can get voter registration info at http://www.chicagoelections.com/page.php?id=170
Cook County: http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/elections/Pages/default.aspx
DuPage county: http://www.dupageco.org/Election/Voters/37059/
Lake county: http://countyclerk.lakecountyil.gov/ElectionInfo/Voter-Services/Pages/Voter-Registration.aspx
Will county: http://www.thewillcountyclerk.com/connect/site/index.jsp?menuItemId=75
Kane county: http://www.kanecountyelections.org/VoterRegistration/registration.asp
The Social Security Administration has closed 80 field offices in the past few years, and it has big plans for closing even more. Click to download a shocking graph of closures: Graph of Office Closings FY-10-14
In-person service is critical to ensuring complex questions are answered and that customers receive the benefits they earned. That’s why over 43 million Americans visited SSA field offices last year. Do your part to stop office closures – write your members of Congress today!
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is in the process of creating new rules that may determine how open the Internet will be, who will profit most from it and whether start-ups will face new barriers that will make it harder for ideas to flourish.
Hey AFGE Local 1395 members, let’s MOBILIZE! Representatives Gerry Connolly and Jim Moran of Virginia recently introduced an AFGE-backed bill that would give federal employees a 3.3% raise in 2015. The increase would apply both to General Schedule employees and hourly workers. Call your U.S. Rep and ask him/her to sponsor The Fair Act – H.R. 4306. We need sponsors from Illinois!
