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DHS requires West Africa travelers to arrive at five airports

'...Customs and Border Protection within the department began enhanced screening – checking the traveler's temperature and asking about possible exposure to Ebola – at New York's John F. Kennedy airport on Oct. 11. Enhanced screening for travelers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea was expanded Oct. 16 to Washington's Dulles, Chicago's O'Hare, New Jersey's Newark and Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airports....'

Reference: www.usatoday.com
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CDC says health care worker with Ebola should not have been allowed to fly

'...Health care workers who had been exposed to Duncan were undergoing self-monitoring. They were allowed to travel but not on a commercial plane with other people, Frieden said....'

Reference: wqad.com
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Presidential Management Fellows program

'...Beginning this Wednesday, October 1, through October 15, students or recent graduates of advanced degree programs can apply to be Presidential management fellows. The program is open to people who will have received an advanced degree between October 1, 2012 and August 31, 2015. ...'

Reference: www.opm.gov
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flexible spending account (FSA) monies (limited amount) can be rolled over

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OPM: FSA participants can rollover $500 in unused funds

'...Federal workers who participate in the Federal Flexible Spending Account Program (FSAFEDS) will now be able to rollover up to $500 from one year to the next in unspent funds from their limited expense and health care flexible spending accounts (FSA) thanks to a recent decision by the Office of Personnel Managment. ...'

Reference: www.federalnewsradio.com
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2015 Federal Employee Pay Raise of 1% Would Prevent 'Automatic' Larger Increase

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Obama proposes 1 percent pay raise for federal workers in 2015

'...signaling that he wants to give the workers a salary bump while preventing the rates from automatically rising by a greater amount under the law....'

Reference: www.washingtonpost.com
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