Commentary
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Nobody likes to think about dying. But it happens and if you don’t do some advance planning it can cause even more longer lasting pain and grief.
February 05, 2020 -
Prashanth Vijayaraghavan, technical architect at REI Systems, makes the case for federal agencies to get ahead of the curve by investing in augmented reality.
February 04, 2020 -
NARFE president Ken Thomas says last year's White House budget proposal “breaks promises to both current and future retirees."
February 04, 2020 -
Despite high returns for the TSP’s stock index funds last year, a majority of federal workers have most of their nest egg money in the G fund.
February 03, 2020 -
Mass and fake comments present two different problems for rule-making agencies.
January 31, 2020 -
After decades of watching as their annual pay raises shrink, including three consecutive pay freezes, white collar feds may have a reason to be hopeful.
January 31, 2020 -
There are some things, persons, places, food, sports teams etc., that people either love or hate. Take teleworking.
January 30, 2020 -
The decision to pull the plug depends on the job, your family situation, health, financial goals and, maybe, whether you’re a glass-half-full versus glass-half-empty type.
January 29, 2020 -
The Senate should have the chance to vote on Merit System Protection Board nominees.
January 28, 2020 -
Some experts in retirement planning believe that many feds with memories of the Great Recession of 2008-2009 are working longer than they have to.
January 28, 2020 -
The official taxpaying season kicks off today, and major companies in the debt business, either as collectors or consolidators, love it and are in full swing.
January 27, 2020 -
Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement pondered a law professor's denied request by GAO for documents in Overstock.com's pending protest over GSA's e-marketplace procurement.
January 24, 2020 -
The TSP option is a nice but not absolutely essential thing to have for those under the more generous CSRS retirement program with its higher benefit and full protection from inflation.
January 23, 2020 -
Starting in the mid-1990s various experts looked at the aging federal workforce and concluded that the end, for many of them, was near.
January 23, 2020 -
Why the Census is about more than congressional apportionment and aid distribution.
January 22, 2020