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In most cases there are a number of “best dates” each year to retire. Even more importantly is picking the actual year itself. What’s best for you may not work for a colleague with the same service time and salary level. So how do you find that magic moment?
One long-time fed said I had made unfair (and unjustified) editorial comments about the impact and the need for the WEP and GPO.
Love it or hate it, but more federal employees are coming back into the office next month.
The newly seated board has a backlog of cases, but also some aids to help them get through it.
Many pundits have predicted that as COVID fades, most of the people who have been working from home on a temporary basis will be allowed to keep working from home, including the federal workforce. But the White House definitely has other ideas.
Whether you are (or should be) for Postal Reform or against the Windfall and Offset laws, help is coming. John Hatton, staff VP for NARFE, will discuss the status of these on Your Turn.
Are you ready to return to the office? What are your options? With tens of thousands of people eligible to retire, and labor shortages outside government, some people are expected to take a hike rather than go back to the way things were.
Here’s some food for thought, if the current smorgasbord of current events doesn’t already fill up your plate: Midterm elections take place this November.
Invasion prompts all-of-government response, but the effects are personal, too.
What can people do — either by working longer or delaying their Social Security — that will boost and maintain their standard of living when they do decide to retire?
For many feds, the money they have in their Thrift Savings Plan will provide anywhere from one-third to one-half of their income. Most know that knowing when to buy and when to sell is a crap shoot, at best.
If you had your choice, would you prefer a pay raise based on political and fiscal considerations or a cost of living adjustment based on the actual rate of inflation?
The IRS, SSA, State Department and other agencies face backlogs around citizen services, but returning to the office is not the best solution as some lawmakers believe.
As last Sunday's Super Bowl recedes into old news, I think there's a lesson for federal employees who work far below the political level.
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