Federal Report
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Over the past 11 years just about everybody and his brother has predicted that the record-long bull market couldn’t last forever.
March 24, 2020 -
Federal News Network has heard from many federal employees this week, many of whom say they're still coming into the office for work, even as state governors close schools, restaurants, bars and most other businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic.
March 23, 2020 -
If you're gonna have to telework, you might as well do it right.
March 20, 2020 -
Long shot legislation to eliminate or modify Social Security benefits of several million retired federal and public sector employees or their surviving spouses, is almost certainly dead, for now.
March 19, 2020 -
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