Announcements

Meet Rowan Cornell, one of the WIFLE Foundation Scholarship Recipient in 2014.  Rowan is an outstanding recipient for the Scholarship.   Her pursuit of a career in law enforcement exemplifies the very reason that the WIFLE Foundation provides for scholarships.  Once awarded, a Scholarship is extended at the same amount for the following year thereby providing 2-years of scholarship money for recipients.

The WIFLE Foundation Scholarship Program is a 2-part program.  WIFLE offers a scholarship to a WIFLE Member or a Member-sponsored individual in addition to its regular Scholarship.

Visit WIFLE each February to download the application and instruction forms. 

Read about Rowan at http://www.northeastern.edu/cssh/sccj/spotlight/rowan-cornell/

The Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) partner Federal Employee Defense Services, Inc. (FEDS) is providing an Apple iPad to one donor who contributes $10 in support of the Bill Bransford Helping Hands Fund.  Your $10 donation will automatically enter you to win an Apple iPad through August 31, 2015.

• Download additional details at this link, FEEA_BillBransfordFundraiser.pdf

The U.S. Mint is Hiring!  Please visit their webpage to find out about their mission and distribution across the country.  http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/mint_police/

Get the word out - radio show on Monday (July 20 at 10 am) on the topic of law enforcement retirement benefits. 

Here’s a link and the description is below:  http://federalnewsradio.com/category/sponsored-content/for-your-benefit/  (If someone wants to listen, but can’t do it on Monday morning… the show is recorded and available “on demand”)

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus triples maternity leave for women in the Navy and Marine Corps from 6 weeks to 18 weeks.

http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/pay-benefits-watch/2015/07/big-changes-overtime-pay-maternity-leave-and-more/117283/?oref=govexec_today_nl

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/06/29/remarks-president-signing-defending-public-safety-employees-retirement

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 June 8, 2015.  The White House Office of Management and Budget has issued a memorandum requiring all public websites operated by the federal government to use Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) for their web browsing connections.  Link to WIFLE Material.

The Office of Personnel Management released information in response to the news yesterday about the cyber attack on its computer systems.  We have links to that release on the WIFLE Homepage www.wifle.org, on the WIFLE Announcements Board http://wifle.wildapricot.org/page-1484808, or at this link http://www.wifle.org/pdf/ReleasefromOPM_cybersecurityincident.pdf.

June 4, 2015.  Addressing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination in Federal Civilian Employment A Guide to Employment Rights, Protections, and Responsibilities.  Resource guide developed by the Office of Personnel Management, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Special Counsel, and the Merit Systems Protection Board.  Link to WIFLE Material.