Federal Report
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Remember the Pony, Puppy, or Python that you wanted but never got for Christmas? Year after year you were disappointed even after you had given it a name and set aside a special place for…
June 23, 2009 -
Guests - Tom Trabucco, Director of External Affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board; Certified Financial Planner Rebecca Schreiber
June 17, 2009 -
When will the just-approved Roth option be available to federal and postal investors in the Thrift Savings Plan? Will members of the uniformed military services (as in Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard)…
June 17, 2009 -
Despite gavel-to-gavel coverage of Congress and the media microscope on government operations, much of what happens here in Washington is under the radar. Hearings, at which news is sometimes made, are held. It gives the…
June 16, 2009 -
Permit me to start today’s column with my granddaughter’s favorite joke. It goes like this: “Horse walks into a bar. The bartender says ‘why the long face?'” Get it? Long face! Horse. Get it? Now,…
June 15, 2009 -
Guests - Dan Adcock, legislative director of NARFE, and financial planner Allan Roth
June 10, 2009 -
Vanilla is the most popular flavor for ice cream. But even so, only 29 percent rate it the best. Chocolate is rated number two with 8.9 percent of the people polled (who figures these things…
June 10, 2009 -
Guests - Scott Burns, Chief Investment Strategist, AssetBuilder, Inc. & Jessica Kelment, Federal Managers Association
June 03, 2009 -
Guests - Andrew O\'Keeffe, author \"The Boss\" and Ed Zurndorfer, Registered Employee Benefits Consultant
May 27, 2009 -
Editor’s note: Mr. Causey is under the weather. The following is mostly from a column originally published on April 16, 2009. If April showers bring May flowers, Mayflowers bring pilgrims and post-nasal drip. Get well…
May 27, 2009 -
The stock market is down about 40 percent from its 2007 high point. But you probably knew that. While it is perfectly human to personalize things, especially when we take a hit, the fact of…
May 26, 2009 -
Forty one years (and about 41 pounds) ago, a teenage soldier took part in ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery honoring the unknown soldier from the Korean War. That kid, if he was a lot skinnier…
May 25, 2009 -
Starting a federal career could soon become an even more attractive prospect for college graduates facing a very tough, and shrinking private sector job market. The government is considering a plan that, if adopted, would…
May 21, 2009 -