Benefits

Windfall/Offset repeal, COLA reform: Now or ever?

Bills to reform the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offsets have been reintroduced to Congress many times. Now a bill to reform the…

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How COVID-19 impacted staffing at the military’s hospitals and clinics

Defense

How FRTIB wants to improve service to Thrift Savings Plan investors

TSP

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Transportation Security Administration officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Department of Homeland Security directed the acting head of the TSA to come up with a plan within 90 days to raise the pay of the screeners and expand their rights to collective bargaining. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

House advances bill to boost pay, benefits for TSA employees

Pay & Benefits

TRICARE expanding services for new and pregnant parents

Defense

DOL to expedite claims filing process for 15,000 federal firefighters

Benefits

Army

Army implements sweeping parental, pregnancy, postpartum policies

Army

Two Secure Act provisions alter TSP age requirements

The age requirement for starting TSP retirement distribution would increase under the Securing a Strong Retirement Act

TSP

FILE - Voters arrive to cast the their ballots on Election Day at City Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in Alexandria, Va. The first major election day following a year of relentless attacks on voting rights and election officials went off largely without a hitch. The relative calm was a relief to those who oversee state and local elections, but election experts say that might not matter to the millions of Americans who now believe in conspiracy theories trumpeting rampant electoral fraud. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Federal employees can now take paid leave to vote and work at the polls

In today’s Federal Newscast: Federal agency CIOs are finalizing plans to create and fund a zero-trust architecture. A former head of the TSA has died….

Federal Newscast

VA seeks higher pay caps for more health care workers to address high turnover rates

Veterans Affairs

The Department of Veterans Affairs, faced with thousands of job vacancies and a high rate of turnover among its health care workforce, is calling on Congress to set higher pay caps for more occupations, and permanently ease onboarding requirements.

Benefits

Windfall/Offset repeal, COLA reform: Now or ever?

How COVID-19 impacted staffing at the military’s hospitals and clinics

How FRTIB wants to improve service to Thrift Savings Plan investors

House advances bill to boost pay, benefits for TSA employees

TRICARE expanding services for new and pregnant parents

DOL to expedite claims filing process for 15,000 federal firefighters

Army implements sweeping parental, pregnancy, postpartum policies

Veterans Affairs takes on a new scam: pension poaching

Republicans want to know the cost of inflation on 2023 Defense budget

When should you retire? Turns out, it pays to be strategic

How (and why) to avoid probate: A slap at your family!

Two Secure Act provisions alter TSP age requirements

Federal employees can now take paid leave to vote and work at the polls

VA seeks higher pay caps for more health care workers to address high turnover rates