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A 38-year retirement: Can you handle it?

Planning for retirement isn’t rocket science, but in some ways it is more challenging because ultimately you’ll be riding that rocket however long it takes.

Federal Report

First Look

DHA set to takeover all military hospitals by end of 2021, even after transition halt during pandemic

Defense

How the pandemic has affected the medical research agenda at Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs

Supply remains VA’s biggest hurdle in vaccinating broader veteran population

Veterans Affairs

GAO finds flaw in VA’s community care contracts

Veterans Affairs

Legal group files lawsuit challenging disability retirement for Sailors and Marines

Benefits

Office that oversees congressional employee rights having a busier new year than normal

Congress

Civil service modernization is essential — here is one way to make it happen

Commentary

FILE - This June 21, 2013, file photo, shows the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. In a federal lawsuit filed this week, U.S. Navy veteran from South Carolina says he ended up with “full-blown AIDS,” because government health care workers never informed him of his positive test result in 1995. He says the test was done as part of standard lab tests at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Columbia, South Carolina. A V.A. spokeswoman says the agency typically does not comment on pending litigation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Oversight offices see glimmers of progress in DoD, VA electronic health records

Tests on VA’s new system showed more than 500 serious problems as recently as last summer. The department managed to resolve or work around almost all…

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Nostradamus and your TSP?

What do you think you would have done had your crystal ball been working a year ago? Better yet, what will you do the next time?

Federal Report

Business, Technology, Internet and network concept. Young businessman shows the word: Employee benefits

The most sought-after benefit for feds during a pandemic

Federal Report

Leave has been a hot commodity for federal employees in the pandemic. Congress has made a handful of attempts to add, preserve or clarify paid leave for feds during the health crisis. Now, there’s a new effort.

A 38-year retirement: Can you handle it?

Austin orders new steps to curb sexual assault while panel studies the problem

Cash flexibility in retirement: Pros and cons of the TSP

USPS 10-year plan looks to redefine ‘unachievable’ service standards

DHA set to takeover all military hospitals by end of 2021, even after transition halt during pandemic

How the pandemic has affected the medical research agenda at Veterans Affairs

Supply remains VA’s biggest hurdle in vaccinating broader veteran population

GAO finds flaw in VA’s community care contracts

Legal group files lawsuit challenging disability retirement for Sailors and Marines

Office that oversees congressional employee rights having a busier new year than normal

Civil service modernization is essential — here is one way to make it happen

Oversight offices see glimmers of progress in DoD, VA electronic health records

Nostradamus and your TSP?

The most sought-after benefit for feds during a pandemic

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