Federal Report
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If you had $105,000 in your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) on Valentine’s Day 2020, by St. Patrick’s Day it had dropped some $20,000, to about $85,000.
March 18, 2020 -
The one sure thing about stock market predictions, whether and when it will boom or bust, is that eventually you will be right.
March 18, 2020 -
Managed to finish two horror novels last Thursday. The bad news is they were both true, as near as we can tell.
March 17, 2020 -
The Office of Personnel Management can urge and encourage agencies to expand flexibilities, enter into ad-hoc agreements and use unscheduled telework during the coronavirus pandemic, but it doesn't have the authority to do much else.
March 16, 2020 -
Spreading crisis feels like a test for everybody, and feds, like all people, worry about the basics.
March 13, 2020 -
Whoever said timing is everything sure knew what she was talking about. Take teleworking, please!
March 12, 2020 -
With a month to go before April 15, and the COVID-19 scare stronger than ever, the hackneyed expression about “death and taxes” might be poised to make a comeback.
March 11, 2020 -
If you haven’t done your taxes yet, no problem. There's still plenty of time. If you are planning not to pay your taxes, that is a problem.
March 11, 2020 -
While there are still probably lots of self-made civil servant millionaires, the ranks of those who invested or saved their way into the 7-figure 401k club have definitely been thinned by the stock market's reaction to the coronavirus problem.
March 10, 2020 -
It took agencies an average of 98 days to hire new talent, according to the most recent data available from 2018.
March 09, 2020 -
When I made my stop-the-presses announcement that I’m moving into phased retirement, I found out a couple of things.
March 06, 2020 -
Well, it finally happened. After 10-plus years, the longest bull market in history, the stock market had an historic correction.
March 05, 2020 -
Experts from the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association said the election season will overshadow much of what should happen on Capitol Hill.
March 04, 2020 -
The Democratic presidential primaries are great drama this year and the coronavirus scare is super important. That said, until a lot more is known, life goes on.
March 04, 2020 -
Lobotomizing of federal telework programs could be happening for a couple of reasons but the coronavirus is presenting a new test of that trend.
March 03, 2020