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The amount of money the White House is proposing to cut from federal workers' take-home pay and the future inflation protection benefits for retirees closely mirrors the balance of the F, I and S funds in the Thrift Savings Plan as of Dec 31.
Tracking the stock market and making long-term decisions based on day-to-day changes is not the way to build a retirement nest egg.
About half of all thrift savings plan account holders move their money to an outside IRA or other investment option when they leave federal service. So who is right, and what is your plan?
Despite their factions, Democrats and Republicans appear unified in their disdain for the latest Farm Bill.
The White House management agenda, which would trim take-home pay and eliminate inflation protection for retirees, could help union leaders recruit from workforce that has shifted.
Jeremy Wilcox, managing director for the federal public sector at ClearEdge Partners, Inc., makes the case for agencies to send a message to contractors about their plans to modernize.
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.
Thomas Jones, a federal systems engineer for Bay Dynamics, makes the case for agencies to define which assets are the most important to the mission.
The Veterans Affair and Defense department are taking on something that rarely succeeds — changing culture and technology all at once.
The Professional Managers Association is telling fed-postal-retirees to stay alert as federal retirement contribution changes are proposed by the Trump administration.
Congressman Phil Roe, the chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, said during an interview on the Federal Drive that veterans would receive better care in the private sector.
Jeff Neal, former DHS CHCO, looks at the recent proposals from OPM and OMB that would freeze federal pay for a year and decrease federal employee compensation.
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.
It's hard to find a program mission with more clarity than control of an invasive species like feral swine.