Benefits
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Automation can help VA process survivors claims when a veteran passes away, which currently takes more than two months on average.
June 14, 2022 -
When Congress created the Federal Employee Retirement System in the ‘80s, one of the most notable changes was that future retirees would get smaller cost of living adjustments than participants in the old Civil Service Retirement System. CSRS and Social Security beneficiaries get COLAs that match inflation; FERS retirees get a smaller adjustment. That hasn’t been a big deal over the past decade of low inflation, but obviously circumstances have changed.
June 10, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bill passes the House giving federal workers who get injured on the job better access to workers' compensation.
June 10, 2022 -
Food insecurity affected one in five military families as of 2021 — up from one in eight in 2019 — according to the Military Family Advisory Network.
June 08, 2022 -
The IRS outlined “pass-through” provisions of its 2022 National Agreement with the National Treasury Employees Union, which apply to agency managers and non-bargaining unit employees.
June 08, 2022 -
Congress — at least the House side of it — is closer than ever to giving the green light to repeal or reform WEP and GPO, the so-called “Evil Twins” that eat into, or eliminate, the Social Security benefits of hundreds of thousands of former government employees or their widows.
June 02, 2022 -
Most senior leaders at TSA are white and male, despite the agency having one of the most diverse workforces in government.
May 30, 2022 -
Like every other industry, the government has a continuing need for new talent. For some new ideas on how the federal government can stay in the competition, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to Bill Eggers, the executive director of Deloitte center for government insights.
May 27, 2022 -
Bills to reform the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offsets have been reintroduced to Congress many times. Now a bill to reform the FERS "diet COLA" joins them.
May 24, 2022 -
During the COVID-19 pandemic, staffing the nation’s healthcare facilities has been a challenge pretty much across the board. But the military’s hospitals and clinics faced special circumstances.
May 13, 2022 -
The people behind the TSP, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, have a strategic plan for now through 2026.
May 13, 2022 -
The bill would bring 60,000 TSA employees, including transportation security officers, under the same personnel system as other federal employees under Title 5 of U.S. Code.
May 12, 2022 -
Lactation services and doulas will now be covered under a new pilot.
May 03, 2022 -
The Department of Labor establishes a special claims unit for federal firefighters, complemented by House legislation looking to expand the list of illnesses covered by workers’ compensation.
April 22, 2022 -
The new Army directive brings together a group of decentralized policies and adds six new ones for soldiers.
April 21, 2022