Commentary
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Many of you are the reason for the special passes which often allow you, on behalf of us, to go into harms’ way every day, as part of the job.
May 28, 2020 -
Given the impact of the pandemic on the economy, and on prices, it is unlikely that retirees who get cost of living adjustments most years will be getting a COLA in January 2021.
May 27, 2020 -
Before the coronavirus, teleworking in the federal government, after more than a decade of steady growth, hit a major speed bump -- the Trump administration!
May 26, 2020 -
The rapid surge in remote work due to the current pandemic is putting a spotlight on the need to make the transition to cloud happen much more quickly.
May 25, 2020 -
According to last week’s Wall Street Journal, the top-stock buyer for the government of a very oil-rich Middle Eastern nation has been scooping up multiple shares of Marriott and Boeing (Disney World and the airliner)…
May 20, 2020 -
How to balance profit motive and public health is a big question the nation faces in a big way.
May 19, 2020 -
They say that the coronavirus is a threat to all of us regardless of who we are and where we live - we are all in the same boat. But are we really?
May 19, 2020 -
Many factors point to fraud emerging as one of the top “second-wave” challenges in the months following the initial battle to contain the coronavirus.
May 18, 2020 -
“Due to the current COVID-19 situation, [Employer Name] has postponed all recruitment of interns until further notice.” This message has become all too common as students who were expecting to gain experience in a 2020…
May 15, 2020 -
GSA has an opportunity to take the Multiple Award Schedule program to the next level, bringing 21st-century solutions to the federal customer and reforming a policy that is stuck in the 1980s.
May 15, 2020 -
Although looking back on the first couple of months of 2020 might seem like the Good Old Days, benefits expert Tammy Flanagan said, “It was already destined to be pretty rocky” being an election year and all. But, then, of course, came the coronavirus pandemic.
May 14, 2020 -
For obvious reasons, nobody has a handle on where cost of living adjustments or health care costs/insurance premiums will end up.
May 14, 2020 -
Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset cost millions of federal and public employees even more millions in dollars of benefits.
May 13, 2020 -
In the face of the coronavirus and the multiple compounding crises connected with this pandemic, how could a failure to meet financial obligations affect your security clearance?
May 12, 2020 -
Do you find yourself wistfully looking back to the good old days of 2008-09? If so, welcome to what may be a fast-growing club.
May 12, 2020