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45,000 feds sign up for long-term care benefit Sep 22, 2011 More than 45,000 federal employees, spouses and same-sex domestic partners signed up for the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program during the open season period earlier this year. Read Comments (5) Recommend (2) Long-term care open season starts today Active federal employees and their spouses, as well as same-sex domestic partners, are able to enroll in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program with abbreviated underwriting beginning Monday. (4) Federal benefits extended to same-sex partners President Obama signed a memo June 2 extending child care, employee assistance, credit union membership and other benefits to gay and lesbian federal employees' same-sex domestic partners and their children. (1) Gay, lesbian partners eligible for long-term care coverage Gay and lesbian federal employees and retirees will be able to add their same-sex domestic partners to their long-term care insurance policies beginning July 1. (2) New OPM task force to study pay gap The Obama administration's personnel chief has assigned a task force to come up with "ironclad" data showing that feds do not earn far more than their private-sector counterparts. (4)		Federal Times Video Most Popular Federal Stories Today Past Week Past Month OPM speeds up retirement claims processing, but backlog grows (889) Bill would prohibit step increases for rest of year (816) House passes bill proposing BRAC-like process for excess federal property (440) Agencies on track to cut or avoid $50 billion in improper payments (407) Trump will develop Old Post Office into luxury hotel (356) Bill would prohibit step increases for rest of year (17362) Senators propose civilian pay freeze through 2014 (14435) CBO: Feds out-earn civilians; report fuels push for extended pay freeze (5731) When can agencies monitor your email? FDA case sparks debate over policy (5390) Pentagon plans for five years of reduced raises for civilian employees (5351) Proposed pay raise draws ire from all sides (34003) Pentagon plans for five years of reduced raises for civilian employees (30977) Panel chair introduces bill to reduce pensions (25553) Details coming soon on TSP's planned Roth fund (17403) Bill would prohibit step increases for rest of year (17364) Tell Us About Labor-management partnerships What changes, good or bad, do you foresee from President Barack Obama’s executive order to re-establish labor-management partnerships? Send your comments to Staff Writer Stephen Losey.
	Life / Long-Term Care Insurance News 45,000 feds sign up for long-term care benefit More than 45,000 federal employees, spouses and same-sex domestic partners signed up for the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program during the open season period earlier this year. (5) Long-term care open season starts today Active federal employees and their spouses, as well as same-sex domestic partners, are able to enroll in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program with abbreviated underwriting beginning Monday. (4) Federal benefits extended to same-sex partners President Obama signed a memo June 2 extending child care, employee assistance, credit union membership and other benefits to gay and lesbian federal employees' same-sex domestic partners and their children. (1) Gay, lesbian partners eligible for long-term care coverage Gay and lesbian federal employees and retirees will be able to add their same-sex domestic partners to their long-term care insurance policies beginning July 1. (2) New OPM task force to study pay gap The Obama administration's personnel chief has assigned a task force to come up with "ironclad" data showing that feds do not earn far more than their private-sector counterparts. (4) More Headlines Another deadline extension for long-term care enrollees Search the Life / Long-Term Care Insurance Archives for more News