Commentary
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If white collar feds get a pay raise in January, pat yourself on the back — if you're a member of a union, managers group or retiree association, that is.
October 22, 2018 -
The General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service has its own opportunity to go back to the future via the single schedule concept, as the current schedule structure limits flexibility, says guest commentator Roger Waldron.
October 19, 2018 -
Do you wish you could switch retirement plans with some of the younger or older people in your office. If so don’t worry about it. It’s probably safe to say that many if not most feds under the old Civil Service Retirement System envy their colleagues who are in the Federal Employees Retirement System.
October 19, 2018 -
If Uncle Sam had a special open season when you could change retirement plans, would you pick the old Civil Service Retirement System program or the Federal Employees Retirement System that replaced it in the 1980s?
October 18, 2018 -
Last week’s $1.3 trillion "paper" loss gave a lot of people the jitters, but this is not an unusual amount of volatility.
October 17, 2018 -
A long running federal conference not only changes venues, it sports a whole new format.
October 16, 2018 -
The U.S. stock market was down 4.21 percent last week or about $1.3 trillion. If you are invested in the Thrift Savings Plan’s C and S funds, that means you, too.
October 16, 2018 -
The administration's proposal to revamp OPM would not be the death-knell of the Civil Service. In fact, Commentator Jeff Neal said let's try the approach. If it doesn't work, it's up to Congress to fix it.
October 15, 2018 -
Thanks to the diet COLA rule, people who have already retired under FERS will be limited to a 2 percent COLA in 2019.
October 15, 2018 -
The 2.8 percent cost of living adjustment coming this January for millions of retirees will be the biggest catch-up-with-inflation increase in years.
October 12, 2018 -
CPB hasn't rested on its laurels with Global Entry and trying to speed up Customs declarations and passport control.
October 11, 2018 -
Last week a reader who plans to retire in 2022 asked for some TSP investing help so we passed the buck to you for the wisdom of the crowd. Here’s what you advised.
October 11, 2018 -
For many people age 40 seems to be the not-so-magic number. If you buy that, be advised that the Civil Service Reform Act is turning 40 this Saturday.
October 10, 2018 -
The number of feds who have account balances ranging from $750,000 to $999,000 rose between 2016 and this year. Now the largest balance is more than $6 million.
October 09, 2018 -
John Shoraka, managing director GovContractPros and a former SBA executive, describes why recent procurement actions don’t bode well for small firms.
October 08, 2018