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Congress may be on the way to changing two laws that offset or eliminate benefits to public employees and their survivors.
If you choose the invest-for-the-long haul course you may, as 112,000 rank-and-file federal and postal workers have done, become a TSP millionaire. But the keys are long-term investing and doing what the proven winners have already done.
When will employees be told to come back to the office? And once we know that, will they do it?
A recent GAO report on the personnel mobility program highlights the challenges agencies have faced over the years bringing in scientific, technology and engineering expertise from the private sector.
Inflation, which is a new thing for younger feds, will heat up the debate over federal pay, pay parity and pay raises.
If you’ve got a truly insufferable, bad boss, hope they follow the news out of Washington, especially this week. And watch to see if they shape up, at least for a little while.
While probate can be a mystifying and grim subject, it is one you should be up on. Learn how to avoid probate, or navigate through it if that is the only option.
Do you actively manage your federal Thrift Savings Plan account, or do you leave it to the pros?
Just because they can send you email or phone you at all hours day and night doesn't mean you have to answer.
After every war, recession or natural disaster, politicians get together to decide who — other than them — was to blame. If the past is prologue, one of their first and primary targets will be the federal workforce.
Is it worth considering working longer to protect your buying power in retirement? Or is that too horrible a concept? Many will probably conclude it's worth putting it high up on their retirement planning checklist.
Current workers who are at or near retirement eligibility may have to decide whether they are better off retiring (to get higher COLAs) or hanging on in hopes politicians will see to it their pay keeps pace with the rising costs of just about everything.
The minimum wage for federal employees and contractors is now $15/hour, and the administration is calling it a victory for pay equity. But experts say there's a lot more work to do to, especially around equitable recruitment and hiring.
The Biden administration has a lot of labor itches to scratch, but they're not totally in control.