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FILE - In this June 15, 2018, file photo a canning jar filled with currency sits on a shelf in East Derry, N.H. An emergency fund doesn’t have to be wishful thinking when you’re building your financial life. Start small to build a habit, use windfalls to kick-start your fund and have a plan for irregular expenses. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

What the payroll tax deferral means for your wallet — and what you’ll pay back in 2021

Federal News Network has created a calculator to help you estimate how much you’ll receive in deferred payroll taxes between September and the end of the…

Pay

Returning to fight coronavirus as a reemployed annuitant? Here’s what you need to know

Your Turn

For feds, 2020 pay raise depends a lot on your location

Pay

With the 2-year budget deal signed into law, what’s next for federal employees?

Budget

The path forward for Trump’s proposed federal retirement cuts in 2020

Explainers

Is securing a new federal locality pay area worth it?

Explainers

When to telework or take a snow day under OPM’s dismissal rules

Workforce

By the numbers: How much money is the shutdown costing fed families?

Government Shutdown

Shutdown FAQs: Pay, benefits and retirement questions answered

Government Shutdown

Government shutdowns: Once ‘incomprehensible, inconceivable, unthinkable,’ now the norm

Government Shutdown

A furloughed federal employee’s guide to filing for unemployment during the shutdown

Government Shutdown

The Capitol is seen at twilight in Washington, Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. The fight over President Donald Trump's $5 billion wall funds deepened Monday, threatening a partial government shutdown in a standoff that has become increasingly common in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pay, leave and other questions answered ahead of Friday’s potential partial shutdown

The Office of Personnel Management has updated guidance on what federal employees impacted by a potential partial government shutdown should expect over…

Government Shutdown

5 questions about TSP’s new withdrawal options, answered

The agency that administers the Thrift Savings Plan is planning to implement new withdrawal options for its participants by next September. Here’s what…

TSP

To tell the truth: What current and hopeful federal employees should know about polygraphs

Explainers

Federal security clearances may grab headlines, but the polygraph portion has gone virtually unchanged for decades. Now they’re getting a closer look.

What the payroll tax deferral means for your wallet — and what you’ll pay back in 2021

Returning to fight coronavirus as a reemployed annuitant? Here’s what you need to know

For feds, 2020 pay raise depends a lot on your location

With the 2-year budget deal signed into law, what’s next for federal employees?

The path forward for Trump’s proposed federal retirement cuts in 2020

Is securing a new federal locality pay area worth it?

When to telework or take a snow day under OPM’s dismissal rules

By the numbers: How much money is the shutdown costing fed families?

Shutdown FAQs: Pay, benefits and retirement questions answered

Government shutdowns: Once ‘incomprehensible, inconceivable, unthinkable,’ now the norm

A furloughed federal employee’s guide to filing for unemployment during the shutdown

Pay, leave and other questions answered ahead of Friday’s potential partial shutdown

5 questions about TSP’s new withdrawal options, answered

To tell the truth: What current and hopeful federal employees should know about polygraphs

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