Pay and Benefits News

• Bill to eliminate pay cap for VA’s top healthcare workers passes Senate

  In today’s Federal Newscast, the Competitive Pay for Leaders in Veterans Health Care Act will correct an unintended consequence from a 2010 bill that was supposed to help Veterans Affairs Department fill Senior Executive Service positions.

  Federal Newscast
  January 22, 2020
• Headed for the door? Or working longer? Tell us about your federal retirement plans

  Have you delayed your retirement to keep working longer? Or are you ready to leave the day you’re eligible? Tell Federal News Network about your retirement plans with this anonymous survey.

  Retirement
  January 21, 2020
• TSP thermometer: 2018 bad, 2019 good, 2020?

  The S and I funds of the TSP had bad years in 2018 but bounced back big time last year. Mike Causey asked financial planner Arthur Stein why?

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  January 21, 2020
• The millionaire in the mirror

  While there is a lot of interest in those who are self-made Thrift Savings Plan millionaires, the fact is most investors will never hit seven-figure status.

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  January 20, 2020
• Recent paychecks are smaller for some feds due to National Finance Center error

  The most recent paychecks for some federal employees are incorrect, potentially by hundreds of dollars, due to a processing error by the National Finance Center.

  Pay
  January 16, 2020
• After TSP changes, feds are pocketing more money for retirement

  In today’s Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Office found federal employees are contributing and saving more for retirement, due to two Thrift Savings Plan policy changes.

  Federal Newscast
  January 16, 2020
• Pension or annuity: Fighting words

  But the one way to anger many feds is to tell them or remark that they are lucky to have such a good pension — then stand back.

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  January 16, 2020
• Long term care: Time for the talk?

  Have you had the long term care insurance talk with your spouse or significant other, or your kids? How about with yourself, can you handle a reality check?

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  January 15, 2020
• The TSP’s fast-growing self-made millionaires club

  Thanks to the booming stock market the number of federal-postal workers with $1 million or more Thrift Savings Plan accounts jumped to 49,620 at the end of 2019.

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  January 14, 2020
• Census Bureau: Same work, different pay

  The Census Bureau pays enumerators less so for the work than for where they do the work.

  Tom Temin Commentary
  January 13, 2020
• Is your TSP portfolio too ‘safe?’

  Many people decided to ride out the Great Recession so they could miss the downside and return to the TSP’s C, S and I stock funds when things got better. Eleven years later, some still haven’t returned.

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  January 13, 2020