Federal Report
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For the second year in a row more than a million feds aren’t sure if they’ll be forced to come to work or be locked with or without pay over the holidays.
December 09, 2019 -
The end of the federal health insurance open season is just days away but by now most people in the 30-plus plans and options have made their decision.
December 06, 2019 -
Does your bucket list include actively participating in the annual federal health insurance open season? Probably not.
December 05, 2019 -
The money you save, without losing any benefits or coverage, could be enough to buy you a new car next year — half a car, anyhow.
December 04, 2019 -
Officials considering federal telework program changes first might want to check the press clippings about the Social Security Administration’s decision, or read results of a survey of Education Department workers.
December 03, 2019 -
You can’t be covered by any of the FEHBP plans unless you were enrolled in one — as in paying premiums — for the five years prior to retirement.
December 02, 2019 -
Health premiums can be hefty. Yet with all the choices in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program there is no reason someone should pay more than necessary.
November 29, 2019 -
If you're working, those of us who are off say thanks. We may not know what you are doing, or where you are doing it, but we’d almost certainly know the downside if you weren’t on the job.
November 28, 2019 -
Interested in a health plan that would give you $1,000 to $2,000 a year for staying healthy?
November 27, 2019 -
If there is an electrified third-rail within the nation’s largest employer, Uncle Sam Inc., it is teleworking.
November 26, 2019 -
With 10 working days to go until the health insurance open season ends, the $2,000-to-$3,000 question to ask is are you in the right Federal Employees Health Benefits Program plan?
November 25, 2019 -
Could the next government shutdown end the record 10-year bull market and trigger another recession? It may not be long until we find out.
November 22, 2019 -
The federal government’s half-million telecommuters are watching, many in horror, what is happening at the Social Security Administration where 11,000 teleworkers have been ordered back to the office.
November 21, 2019 -
Don’t be wedded to your current, traditional plan just because you’ve been with it for years.
November 20, 2019 -
Savvy single federal workers looking for both love and a low-cost health plan can kill two birds with one stone during the health insurance open season. With careful planning and a little luck, they may…
November 18, 2019