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ODAM, WHS staffs conduct personnel accountability exercise

Monday through Wednesday this week all ODAM and WHS personnel are required to report to their supervisor by 8:30 a.m. whether they are: present for duty (including teleworking); absent, sick (defined as being in a sick, leave status, sick in quarters, care of family member, or hospitalized); or absent for other reasons (defined as being TDY, on official leave, or other compensatory time off, etc. Supervisors should report the collected information in accordance with their Directorate policies. Read more on Continuity of Operations (COOP).

Long-Term Care Provider Sends Wrong Info to FLTCIP Enrollees
Some enrollees in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program will be getting even more time to make changes in their LTC plans after the company that offers the insurance found calculation errors in letters it had sent to thousands of plan enrollees. Read more

Troops in Anbar Prepare for Iraqi Election
As U.S. troops in western Iraq help to prepare for national elections in January, an American commander in the former insurgent hotbed of Anbar province said any potential uptick in violence is unlikely to derail the balloting. For the past two weeks, some of the 5,000 troops of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade, under the command of Army Col. Mark Stammer, have been working alongside Iraqi counterparts in Anbar to secure positions and checkpoints for the election. Read more