Benefits
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The Senate has confirmed Eugene Scalia, son for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to serve as the next Secretary of Labor.
September 27, 2019 -
TRICARE enrollees will have an opportunity to change their plans from Nov. 11 to Dec. 9.
September 26, 2019 -
Certain pieces of the federal retirement process can leave you feeling uneasy. There are a few steps you can take to make the process smoother though.
September 24, 2019 -
With only a few more months left for some service members to transfer GI Bill benefits to dependents, a trio of Senators want to put a halt to the change.
September 23, 2019 -
Because of the 2017 tax law, many were surprised to learn that it no longer paid to itemize deductions that had been important in the past.
September 18, 2019 -
Bills, budgets and proposals to whack federal retirement benefits used to be the stuff of nightmares for both workers and retirees under FERS and CSRS.
September 17, 2019 -
Shannon Sartin earned a SAMMIES nomination as one of the people driving the expansion of online services at CMS.
September 13, 2019 -
Active and retired federal-postal workers, and their survivors have some of the best health insurance in the nation.
September 12, 2019 -
The Department of Health and Human Services is cancelling many of its interagency agreements with DoD, affecting 18 separate shared services including the Employee Assistance Program.
September 10, 2019 -
Hundreds of federal and postal workers become retirement eligible every day. Although most don’t retire at the first opportunity.
September 09, 2019 -
Being a federal/postal worker can be satisfying and challenging at the same time. Being a married federal/postal worker can be doubly so.
September 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, after just over a year into the job, Holly Greaves is leaving the EPA.
September 05, 2019 -
The dominant Federal Employees Retirement System covers most working feds. It’s good but it has several moving parts.
September 04, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Customs and Border Protection detailed its preparations for the pass-through of Hurricane Dorian.
September 03, 2019 -
While you were away, here’s what happened on the job front — spoiler alert, not much!
September 03, 2019