Federal Report
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Big changes are coming to the Thrift Saving Plan. Kim Weaver, director of External Affairs for the TSP, joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to talk about the changes, which include making it easier for participants to make withdrawals from their accounts. May 23, 2018
May 21, 2018 -
If any of the Trump administration’s proposals to overhaul the federal pay and pension plans make it through Congress, thousands of federal workers might have to extend their tours of duty by as much as a decade to maintain their standard of living.
May 21, 2018 -
The Professional Managers Association is telling fed-postal-retirees to stay alert as federal retirement contribution changes are proposed by the Trump administration.
May 18, 2018 -
The Trump administration's plan to totally eliminate inflation protection for federal retirement, while requiring workers to pay more for smaller lifetime retirement benefits, is the ultimate deal-breaker for most people.
May 17, 2018 -
When it comes to the federal Thrift Savings Plan, financial planner Arthur Stein says the average doesn't tell you everything because TSP stock funds do not have many "average" years.
May 16, 2018 -
COLAs are based on the rise in inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index-W, from the third quarter year over year. It's possible the January COLA will be less if living costs drop, but that is unlikely given the year-long rise in oil-prices, one of the chief drivers of inflation.
May 15, 2018 -
Republicans who want to stave off a midterm majority-party defeat might want to run some numbers on fed voters in their districts.
May 14, 2018 -
If you live and work in Washington long enough, you start running taking people’s — especially politicians', lawyers' and talking heads' — statements, actions and facts through your own filter.
May 11, 2018 -
Some politicians think the at-will hiring system is so good and works so well they want to extend it to federal civil servants in the executive branch.
May 10, 2018 -
The White House has revived old proposals to make feds pay more for, and get less from, their retirement package while also eliminating a gap payment for workers who retire before age 62, even if they are required to do so.
May 08, 2018 -
NARFE president Richard Thissen and Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko join host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to discuss proposed changes to the federal retirement system and the odds that any of them will become law this year. May 9, 2018
May 08, 2018 -
So let’s take a break from bureaucrat bashing as Public Service Recognition Week runs now through Saturday.
May 08, 2018 -
Observers are casting their bets on which city will be chosen for Amazon's coveted HQ2 facility, and the jobs that come with it.
May 07, 2018 -
The federal family of working civil servants, retirees, spouses, friends and family is old enough to vote, and with many good reasons to vote.
May 04, 2018 -
Upon learning how the semi-automatic 3 percent within-grade increases work, one top outsider assigned to White House government overhaul is said to have referred to them as “zombie pay raises.’’
May 03, 2018