Benefits
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Despite gavel-to-gavel coverage of Congress and the media microscope on government operations, much of what happens here in Washington is under the radar. Hearings, at which news is sometimes made, are held. It gives the…
June 16, 2009 -
Permit me to start today’s column with my granddaughter’s favorite joke. It goes like this: “Horse walks into a bar. The bartender says ‘why the long face?'” Get it? Long face! Horse. Get it? Now,…
June 15, 2009 -
If you love your family, fill out your TSP beneficiary forms (pdf). Arthur Stein joins us for our weekly talk with financial experts to discusses common and costly mistakes feds make with their TSP beneficary…
June 12, 2009 -
FedExperience launched last fall. It is a pilot project with the Department of Treasury, which is designed to help the federal government develop models to bring experienced talent into public service. Tim McManus is the…
June 05, 2009 -
By Max Cacas FederalNewsRadio The Office of Personnel Management is asking agency Chief Human Capital Officers, and their bosses, to take a second look at Recruitment, Relocation and Retention Incentive programs. In a memo from…
June 01, 2009 -
As FederalNewsRadio has been telling you, changes might be coming to your Thrift Savings Plan. As always, Tom Trabucco of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board joins us during our weekly chat with everything you…
June 01, 2009 -
TSP\'s Director of External Affairs explains why the TSP is such a good value.
May 27, 2009 -
By Max Cacas FederalNewsRadio The Office of Personnel Management has issued new guidance to all federal agencies designed to boost the number of feds eligible to telework. Included in that guidance is an idea that…
May 27, 2009 -
It’s near the end of the month. So, how did your TSP do? We turn to Tom Trabucco, Director of External Affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, who’s joining us on a Tuesday…
May 26, 2009 -
The stock market is down about 40 percent from its 2007 high point. But you probably knew that. While it is perfectly human to personalize things, especially when we take a hit, the fact of…
May 26, 2009 -
There are two types of loans you can apply for under your Thrift Savings Plan. Tom Trabucco of the TSP tells us all about them.
May 18, 2009 -
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The Federal Government could be hiring as many as 600,000 workers over the next four years. We learn more from Tim McManus with the Partnership for Public Service.
May 15, 2009 -
Click here to listen to Mike\'s interview with OPM Director John Berry on Your Turn.
May 13, 2009 -
The President’s recently released budget message maps out a number of his priorities for the coming fiscal year, among them, fixing the federal hiring process. A previous top fed at OPM has some advice for…
May 11, 2009