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• GAO: Defense lost track of 72,000 combat medical records 11/20/09 Missing post-deployment health questionnaires help identify issues that emerge over time.
• Mental and physical health conditions get equal out-of-network coverage 11/20/09 Starting in 2010, insurers will eliminate differences in co-payments and lift a restriction on number of visits.
• Most TSA employees are in line for performance-based payouts 11/20/09 Unions say the system is arbitrary, however, because the quality of work required for a given raise fluctuates.

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  The debate over adding a mutual fund option to the federal retirement investment plan heats up.
  Government Executive 10/1/09

• Rule could slow Pentagon's revolving door 11/20/09 Senior officials now will need approval from an agency ethics officer before taking a Defense contractor job.
• Impending federal retirements could spur agencies to reassess needs 11/19/09 Supervisors require new skills in a changing workforce, report says.
• House panel approves domestic partner benefits 11/18/09

• Employees raise concerns about USDA reorganization 11/17/09
• TSP launches campaign to boost employee participation 11/16/09
• Armed Services panel delays briefing on Fort Hood incident 11/16/09
• Poll: Americans have lackluster view of government 11/16/09
• Maryland lawmaker tries to ease federal employees' fears about health care 11/16/09
• Insurer sends wrong benefit information to long-term care enrollees 11/13/09
• Army combat stress is up Afghanistan, down in Iraq 11/13/09
• Appeals judges deny request for locality pay 11/13/09
• Agencies begin implementing veterans hiring directive 11/12/09

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