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When will the just-approved Roth option be available to federal and postal investors in the Thrift Savings Plan? Will members of the uniformed military services (as in Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard)…
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…
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,…
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…
Congress is debating a measure that would force companies to offer up to seven days of paid sick leave. And that includes federal contractors. Specifically, this would apply to employers with more than 15 workers.…
Guests - Dan Adcock, legislative director of NARFE, and financial planner Allan Roth
The Transportation Security Administration’s Secure Flight program has been operational since the beginning of the year. The system screens airline passengers against the terrorist watch list. Cathleen Berrick is the managing director of Homeland Security…
Vanilla is the most popular flavor for ice cream. But even so, only 29 percent rate it the best. Chocolate is rated number two with 8.9 percent of the people polled (who figures these things…
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…
Guests - Scott Burns, Chief Investment Strategist, AssetBuilder, Inc. & Jessica Kelment, Federal Managers Association
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…
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…
You may know by now that President Obama signed a new law that puts more restrictions on credit card companies. It’s designed to eliminate sudden increases in interest rates and late fees, but how will…
The president has signed a law with sharper teeth to protect workers who expose fraud, waste and abuse in their companies. But others say it could hurt federal contractors. The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act…