Benefits

  • This week, Mike Causey talks with Dan Adcock, legislative director of the National Active Retired Federal Employees, about where legislation is in the House that would allow you to move unused annual leave into your TSP after leaving federal service. Then, Randy Erwin of the National Federation of Federal Employees talks about why some in Congress are keen on freezing federal pay and benefits. Encore presentation

    June 30, 2010
  • Interviews from AFGE Authors Night featuring: Chuck Hobbie Deputy General Counsel Bill Fletcher Field Services and Education Department Director Tim Shorrock Contract Analyst Also hear from Deanna Zandt

    June 23, 2010
  • One of the nation\'s most popular financial planners is trying to find out a way to get into your Thrift Savings Plan. So who is he and why is the TSP his favorite investment option? Checkout Senior Correspondent Mike Causey\'s Federal Report today.

    June 23, 2010
  • So who are the smartest TSP investors in government? Are they rocket scientists, economist, medical researchers or postal employees? Take Senior Correspondent Mike Causey\'s TGIF quiz to test your investment smarts.

    June 18, 2010
  • Guess how many of your fellow feds have TSP account balances worth a million bucks or more. If you said 75 you are on the right track and there\'s even one person with a $3 million account. So how do you get there? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has some suggestions.

    June 17, 2010
  • What\'s the difference between the F fund and the I fund? How do you get an update on that loan you took out through the TSP? Who can you talk to about a transfer that doesn\'t look quite right? The DorobekInsider talks with Penny Moran, director of the Office of Participant Services for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, who answers all of those questions for us.

    June 14, 2010
  • Jim Dean Chair, Democracy for America Nan Grogan Orrock Georgia State Senator, District 36 David Neiwert Managing Editor,CrooksAndLiars.com Eric Lotke Research Director, Campaign for America\'s Future

    June 09, 2010
  • A recent study by the Office of Personnel Management shows that women and minorities participate less in the Thrift Savings Plan than their white, male counterparts. Tom Trabucco of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investments Board explains what they\'re doing to try and close the gap.

    June 07, 2010
  • When it comes to investing, many of us do it as if we are driving across country using only the rearview mirror. The past can be prologue, but with something like the TSP\'s C and I-fund, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you never really know.

    June 07, 2010
  • WFED\'s Max Cacas reports

    June 04, 2010
  • May was a pretty rough month for those with money in the stock market, even through the TSP. Arthur Stein takes a look at what\'s ahead.

    June 04, 2010
  • May was a terrible month for most TSP investors as the Dow had its worst month in 70 years. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has six suggestions that are almost certain to calm you down and increase your net worth. The trick is figuring out which of the six works for you.

    June 03, 2010
  • Former U.S. Rep. Bob Edgar (D-Pa.) President and CEO, Common Cause John Threlkeld AFGE Legislative Representative Isaiah Poole Executive Editor, OurFuture.org

    June 03, 2010
  • May was a devastating month for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which suffered its worst losses in May since 1940. Tom Trabucco, Director of External Affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investments Board, breaks down the numbers for each TSP fund for us.

    June 02, 2010