European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and Ruyun Buchwald nobody knows How Many there there could be hundreds even thou they Are members of reagans transition and they Are sweeping through government trying to find ways to Cut out waste and sloth in the it int an easy but it has to be As soon As word is passed that a transition team is on the every bureaucrat rushes to his or her desk and gets to bureaucrats have been through it All and the transition people in most babes in the this is How it goes a transition team member stops by a what Are you doing he asks the Buim working on these authorization papers for my where is your supervisor he took Holiday leave and i believe he is in new Hampshire skiing with his May i see these authorization papers of As you will in the first 40 the authority concurs with the regulations As Laid Down by the Secre the next 32 pages Deal with the Impact and this bound which is was done by an outside consulting we still have one More study to come which was done by another consulting checking out the findings of the first Consul Ting by the i voted for what exactly Are you authorizing funds for deregulation of the Clamdit Ging Why do you need Money to deregulate an Industry if you read the youll see that it takes As much Money to deregulate an Industry As it does to regulate my father and Mother were both were looking Forward to Cut out waste and sloth in do you have any ideas can i speak sir Ive been working on this problem secretly for seven but no one will listen to that Why my wife also voted for we have to set up an Adoc committee on waste and which would create a department Independent of the inspector generals this department would be staffed and housed in its own building so that it would not be contaminated by the people who Are throwing the taxpayers Money Down the i have the plans Here for the new building if you would like to see its a very Large when youre looking for waste and sloth in the you cant operate on a once we get the department in i suggest we turn it into an Independent which would report directly to but in Only on the transition i dont believe ill be around after january 20 that a it was your and you cant see it can i have your sir id like to Tell the president elect youre the most valuable transition team person Ive talked its Melvin Elrod of okla its an Honor to meet my name is Harvey my supervisors name the one who is skiing in new Hampshire is Garfield what kind of supervisor is he a very Fine you can go into his its the one that has a personally autographed photo of president Carter on the c los Angeles times Syndicate greek civil servants Welcome 5day week Athens up More than civil servants made the most of an extra Days Leisure now that the greek govern ment has introduced the five Day i celebrated with two Days skiing on mount Parnassus with the said Aristides a transport ministry one real Benefit of join ing the Greece introduced the five Day week to coincides with its entry into the european common Market dec the move was designed to bring greek administrative practice into line with the other nine com Mon Market the private sector in Greece is not expected to lag far Banks and foreign companies already work Only five but state school on strike for almost three weeks in still work six letters to the editor enlisted warrant pay benefits in writing to state what 1 believe arc pay and allowance Levels Between specific tween trades e8 Ini w2 the reason or not to accept a warrant or a commis n Tito att him  hoc i Cuil 111 rent Tyi Roll Scales receives Al ensure in 14 a month for separate rations lower pay based on rates at time of a whereas a w2 receives a Basic per a Basic allowance for be recent pay which has based upon the 27 Issue of the army another in referring to the new via for High Cost conus bad with dependents for an e8 is and a w2 with dependents receives Given the same Circum and living in the same conus the e8 in a number of conus High Cost areas receives a higher total housing allowance than the the following example is based upon the rates published in the army times and multiplier e8 total allowance w2 total allowance to is an asinine situation taking in consideration that there int much Dif Ference in the Basic pay Scales and the Taxa Tion is greater for the housing Cost is the regardless of Henry Hobdy Germany editors note a Usa eur spokesman replies whether or not comparisons of total in some of the pay raises in the 1960s a portion of the Bas amounts were included in Basic pay in different amounts for officers and in rates Over the past few years have been set based on the previous years figure plus the annual percentage the longer straight percentage increases Are the greater will be the differences Between the Bas rates which were different at the there comparisons Between current officer and enlisted Bas rates Are not meaning 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Spain Madr d Civ 2057546 or Torreon air base Mil Turkey Istanbul Civ 664372 telex 26174 sans United kingdom Greenham common Civ Newburg 0635 military Newbury 0635 46263 by Louise Cook associated press writer its time to take Stock of yourself and your employers will distribute w2 forms this income tax packets will arrive in the and millions of americans will Start poking through drawers and Clos ets for the information they need to claim a refund or figure out How much Thev a Little organization can make lire a lot the first step is to throw things youre probably keeping More papers than you the Only cancelled checks you really need to keep for any length of for Are those related to expenses that Are deductible on your income tax review your cancelled Check file every three months and get rid of the Nonessen copies of Federal income tax returns and the documentation to Back up your claims should be kept for three that How Long the internal Revenue service has in which to audit your the limit does not in unusual there is no limitation at for if you filed a fraudulent re weekly or monthly paycheck stubs should be kept Long enough to be checked against your w2 if there is no throw them prepare a personal you can buy special forms for assets and liabilities or you can simply get a Loose Leaf notebook and design your own include personal information like your Date and place of military service social Security number and Legal make a list of the location of important documents birth marriage divorce health and life insurance Stock the names and addresses of family members should be written Down in the inventory As should credit card and Bank account record your assets Auto insurance savings and checking and your liabilities or outstanding economists at the nations second largest commercial Bank also advise everyone to prepare a formal letter of instruction in Case of a death or serious the letter does not serve As a substitute for a which has the Force of Law behind the letter simply helps an executor do the Job according to your it should Tell the executor where to find your personal papers or your inventory if you have be say exactly where you put things in the Bot Tom lefthand drawer of my for sex once the letter is Send one copy to your lawyer or clip another to your copy of your will and leave the Origi Nal in the spot your family will turn to first in an Divide the papers listed in your inventory into two categories replaceable and in the items that you cant get copies of or that would be very expensive or difficult to duplicate should be stored in a Safe Deposit before you rent a find out what regulations Are the rules vary from state to Many people As sume that if a Safe Deposit Box is held jointly and one of the holders the survivor will be Able to remove necessary documents this is not always Divide your remaining financial papers into three piles dead storage and throw a government keeping household records what to offers some guidelines on which papers fit in each for a free write to consumer information As a general the Active file should include current tax forms and pending employment and education health Benefit recent Bank insurance product warranties and family health