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Even as the U.S. appears to be climbing out of COVID-19, millions of people are in a financial hole because they either lost their jobs, or their jobs just ceased to exist.
May 05, 2021 -
For some contractors a $15-an-hour minimum wage is a moot issue. For others, it would have a lot of implications for profits and competitiveness.
May 04, 2021 -
Every government employee gets a step-pay increase whether they deserve it or not. Supervisors say too many people aren't suited to their jobs or even unwilling to do them.
April 30, 2021 -
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour for federal contractors
April 27, 2021 -
Picking the right time to retire - day and month, not just year - could make a huge difference.
April 22, 2021 -
Thrift Savings Plan millionaires, many of whom never expected to make it there, provide some perspective.
April 20, 2021 -
In March of 2020, there were 27,212 individuals with $1 million or more in their Thrift Savings Plan accounts. One year later, the TSP millionaires club has grown to 84,808 members.
April 13, 2021 -
The issue of hunger in the military and service member families needing food stamps to get by is starting to grab the attention of high-profile lawmakers.
April 12, 2021 -
Want to have a million dollars, at least, in your federal Thrift Savings Plan when you retire? Abraham Grungold, a financial adviser and current federal employee, can help you reach that goal.
April 06, 2021 -
The Biden administration is expected to propose a 2.7% federal pay raise for civilian employees in 2022, well above the 1% bump workers received this year.
March 31, 2021 -
The Army saw a slight increase in its percentage of personally-procured PCS moves in 2020, even as pandemic-related travel restrictions constricted the total number of soldiers moving from one duty station to another.
March 24, 2021 -
The Veterans Benefits Administration said it can bring down its backlog of 212,000 pending disability claims to a more manageable level by the end of September.
March 23, 2021 -
The USPS 10-year strategy is designed to relieve the agency of $87 billion in net losses it has posted the past 14 years.
March 23, 2021 -
Some are feeling optimistic about how federal employees will fare during the Biden administration. But it is too early to guess how exactly that will pan out.
March 16, 2021 -
Financial planner Arthur Stein says that many feds don’t understand that their TSP retirement nest egg is not really an investment.
March 09, 2021