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Misnomers and the OPM’s Disability, Reconsideration & Appeals Division

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The problem with misnomers is not just the inaccuracy of designation which is either explicitly or implicitly conveyed, but the unintended consequences of the string of reactions and responses which can occur as a result thereof. Sometimes, interpretive mistakes occur purely on a subjective basis; in which case it is not truly a case of a misnomer, but rather merely the misunderstanding by the recipient of the information. Other times, a word or designation can be open to multiple meanings, […] Read More …

Disability Retirement from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management: Expunging the Chatter of Irrelevance

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The bombardment of information is a constant and persistent drone; what constitutes newsworthy items, priority of information, and sifting through the quantitative morass of irrelevance, is a daily toil which requires expenditure of human stamina and sheer […] Read More …

Federal Gov. and USPS Disability Retirement: Information Overload

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Before we even became comfortable with the assignation of the term, “information age”, we were informed that we have already entered into the “post information age”; one has no idea where one stands today because of the lightning speed of our times. Whether human nature […] Read More …

Medical Retirement for Federal Workers: The Unknown Resulting from a Partial Answer

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If a question is not fully answered, is it a lie or a mere oversight? If one places reliance upon a partial answer, was it because the question was not properly posed, or the answer only fragmentally provided, or as a result of a deliberate attempt to mislead? Everyone […] Read More …

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement for Federal and USPS Workers: Informational Perspectives

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As a general maxim, it is true that not all information is equal; that the qualitative reliance of a given source of information, based upon consistency, accuracy, credibility, etc., should be viewed […] Read More …