Benefits

After a long wait, federal benefits for more 9/11 first responders

“Anxiety and depression still haunt this population today, 23 years later,” attorney Michael Barasch said.

Benefits

Lawmakers file discharge petition, aiming to force floor vote on WEP, GPO bill

Congress

Tom Temin and Ken Dieffenbach, Executive Director of Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

How the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation plugged a hole in a relief program

Benefits

Derace Lauderdale/FederalNewsNetwork

Contracting FNN

Big or small business, ‘this’ type of federal contractor does the best job

Contracting

Amelia Brust, Federal News Network

Social Security, SSA, worker, telework, episodic telework

Social Security’s case backlogs are sliding the wrong way

Retirement

AP Photo/Jenny Kane

A Medicare card

Feds with Benefits: An introduction, and advice about Medicare Part B

Feds with Benefits

(Amelia Brust/Federal News Network)

Wow! Federal retirement, and protecting it, mean hard work!

Tom Temin Commentary

health care

The government’s flex spending account for employees seems to be getting safer from fraudsters

Federal Newscast

Workforce-in office

6 federal workforce bills to watch this fall

Congress

AP Poll IVF Personhood

DOJ employees detail ‘excruciating’ IVF costs, push for more FEHB coverage

Benefits

Thousands of Vietnam veterans are missing out on VA benefits

Veterans Affairs

FEHB, OPM, GAO costs, Stethoscope and money on wooden table representing health care, FEHB plans.

There’s a catch in USPS insurance program for Medicare-eligible retirees

USPS annuitants who opt out of Medicare Part D will lose underlying prescription drug coverage, according to OPM’s regulations.

Open Season

FSAFEDS, Flexible spending accounts

OPM to lift pause on FSAFEDS enrollments in August

FSAFEDS enrollees will also soon have to transition to Login.gov and complete an identity verification to continue accessing their accounts.

Pay & Benefits

VA, IT, data

VA ends mandatory overtime for most employees processing benefits claims

VBA has delivered record-breaking level of benefits to veterans for the past three years, and is on track to break yet another record this year.

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