Federal Report
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How are the feds you know discussing the vaccine mandate?
October 19, 2021 -
When choosing when to retire, employees often fall into two groups, one federal benefits expert said. So where do you sit?
October 15, 2021 -
While certainly relief to Social Security recipients, that big adjustment is a sign of a scary economy.
October 15, 2021 -
A cost of living adjustment this size carries a double message. First, that inflation is back, and second, that not everybody will get the full increase. Some will even get nothing, meaning even more belt-tightening!
October 14, 2021 -
For the vast majority of feds still on the payroll, plus a growing number of those already retired under the newer Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), big COLAs mean fiscal heartburn.
October 13, 2021 -
Will the vaccine mandate provide the push for thousands of workers to retire or quit either because they don’t want the shots or are reluctant to return to the office after 12-to-18 months of working at home?
October 12, 2021 -
Come Jan. 1, health insurance plans must treat emergency services performed out-of-network as if they were done in-network. The new rules apply to almost all major public and private health insurance plans, including the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
October 11, 2021 -
Yes, the details of the federal employee vaccine mandate are foggy, but maybe they have to be,
October 08, 2021 -
While the number of federal-military personnel participating in the federal 401k plan increased slightly between June and September, most account balances — at every level — were down slightly.
October 07, 2021 -
If your retirement nest egg is invested in the stock market you probably know that after a very long winning streak September was not too nice.
October 06, 2021 -
Has your home to work commute returned to pre-pandemic levels? Have you gone from happy home-bound worker to wretched rush hour victim?
October 05, 2021 -
Next year's premium rate increases under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) are on the modest side, at least compared to recent years. But the pandemic continues to make the business of predicting future trends difficult, to say the least.
October 04, 2021 -
Thousands and thousands of words in two important executive orders fail to add up to clarity.
October 01, 2021 -
When the COVID pandemic hit, many predicted that premiums in the giant federal employee health benefits program would skyrocket.
September 30, 2021 -
Most federal workers have college degrees. Most Americans don’t. While that doesn’t automatically mean anything, it’s something to consider when taking stock of your cash value.
September 29, 2021