Commentary
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Although FASA’s implementation started out with promise, 27 years on we have witnessed regulatory, operational and procedural steps backward.
September 16, 2022 -
For a huge chunk of the U.S. population, the big deal is that more than 73 million people will soon be getting their biggest catch-up with inflation increase in four decades.
September 14, 2022 -
In many ways, the way you handle your final affairs will determine how your family and friends remember you. So it’s important to get it right.
September 13, 2022 -
As threats rapidly evolved over the last two years, the Biden administration declared that the federal government must execute a massive shift in cybersecurity strategy with aggressive timelines.
September 12, 2022 -
In the fall of 2021, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14042, which, among other things, directed federal agencies to require federal contractors and subcontractors to mandate that most of their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.
September 09, 2022 -
For some, TSP (with its generous government match) will provide one-third to as much half the money they have to spend in retirement. Regardless of the percentage, it’s a lot. So how do you become a TSP millionaire?
September 06, 2022 -
The new lineup of endangered-because-of-their-job species includes such unlikely individuals as paper conservator at the National Archives, almost any IRS, Social Security or Defense Department employee, even down to child care professionals at (any) federal day care center.
September 05, 2022 -
Although mobile apps benefit government work in terms of convenience, efficiency and communication, privacy and security risks grow in parallel.
September 05, 2022 -
If you have a simple exit strategy that provides the best deal for you in retirement, there is a good chance it may be wrong. Or at least not very simple.
August 30, 2022 -
The federal government has been working toward information technology modernization for decades. While several agencies have made significant progress, many systems today are still unable to support one of the most vital innovations to federal systems transformation: artificial intelligence.
August 25, 2022 -
Picking the “best” of the 50 states, tax-wise, can mean hundreds of thousands extra dollars that will be yours, not the Great State of Whatever, for as long as you are retired.
August 25, 2022 -
Many investors know the conventional thing to do, when times are good. But when things go south, which they do regularly, the fight-or-flight instinct kicks in. Times like now.
August 24, 2022 -
Congress is considering bills that would preserve the merit-based civil service as part of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. There are at least two approaches being considered — one that originated in the House, and another that originated in the Senate.
August 23, 2022 -
Last year the Biden administration issued two executive orders (EOs 13985 & 14058) seeking to increase participation in government assistance programs, primarily by advancing racial equity and improving overall service. A new analysis of TransUnion data provides a glimpse into how government agencies might fulfill those orders.
August 22, 2022 -
Jeff Neal writes that the more civil servants see attacks by political appointees and politicians on their skills, work, integrity and even their patriotism, the more likely it is that they will not stay and that it will be even harder to find qualified replacements.
August 18, 2022