Apr 27, 2012

TSA is on the job!


TSA Week in Review: Black Powder, Grenades, and Claymore Mines


'...Items Concealed in VCR: A checked bag at Newark (EWR) appeared to contain a VCR that had been tampered with. After TSA’s Explosive Detection Team cleared the bag to be searched, it was determined that the contents inside of the unit was a VHS tape along with 23 smartphones each individually wrapped in aluminum foil and taped to the unit. ...'


Reference: tsa.gov
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Apr 23, 2012

USPS Buy-out incentives


Congress to make key vote on post office closures Tuesday


'...money toward incentives for about 100,000 employees to retire in the near future. Some interested parties blame much of the Postal Service’s financial problems on a law that has required the USPS to pay for several decades worth of future retirement benefits over the course of a few years....'


Reference: www.mitchellrepublic.com
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Apr 3, 2012

Threatening a federal shutdown, "...There's never been anything like this," Bixby said


House approves Republican deficit-cutting plan


'...threatening a federal shutdown. And a payroll tax cut, extra unemployment benefits and a host of temporary tax breaks for businesses will all be about to expire. "You've got a budget just about to blow up. There's never been anything like this," Bixby said ...'


Reference: www.google.com
Tags: Federal Government Shutdown,