Mike Causey

While it is okay to have fun, we should also recall that it is a date to honor those who have served and died for their country — our country.

Thanks to years of enforced belt-tightening at the Internal Revenue Service, life is getting less stressful for folks who are seriously tired of helping foot the bill.

The slight upward creep in living costs in the first four months of this year points to a modest January 2020 cost-of-living adjustment.

Job hunting can be difficult for someone in a mobile military or federal relationship. Resume Place president Kathryn Troutman has some tips that could help.

For Medicare eligible individuals, there is an option that works for lots of people. Suspend Federal Employees Health Benefits coverage, enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan and pay for Medicare Part B.

Most investors in the Thrift Savings Plan know they are in it for the long haul. So what’s the best route for your endgame?

Just about everybody should be unhappy when they learn that a lot of U.S. government contractors who take money from agencies who go brain dead April 15.

May 13, 2019, was the day we learned, after a 10-year bull market, that the stock market had a paper loss for the day of approximately $800 billion.

When it comes to employer-backed 401k plans, most experts say that the federal Thrift Savings Plan, with its 5% match and super-low administrative fees, is the best deal around. At the end of March, the…

Most feds have since recovered from the record 35-day government shutdown that ended in late January. But not everyone has, or will.

The TSP is the envy of many investors because of its low administrative fees and federal oversite of the fund.

The most recent record 35-day government shutdown is now just a painful memory for many fed families, but it is still very real for some.

Folks who track their stock market investments on a hourly basis sometimes need nerves of steel. And a forgiving job that gives the time to monitor markets and pundits as Wall Street reacts various promises…

The good news for most long-time federal and postal workers, is that in retirement, you may be better off than many of your private sector neighbors.