Retirement
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Congress has a lot on its plate to try to avoid a continuing resolution, including a host of appropriations bills.
August 18, 2022 -
Worried about how you will survive the next recession? While you’re at it, maybe you should worry about the recession-after-next. And the one that follows it.
August 17, 2022 -
IG offices now have the ability to use a new tagging option when publishing documents to Oversight.gov, to flag reports related to DEIA issues.
August 11, 2022 -
With so many feds retirement-eligible, many are likely crunching the numbers to decide if it is better to be retired from government than working for it. Both financially and emotionally.
August 11, 2022 -
Probate can be a lengthy and expensive process that takes months, even years in some cases, to determine how your estate will be split up. Learn what you need to legally protect your family/friends and be sure they get what you want them to get.
August 10, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Marine Mammal Commission has its ethics called into question, and GAO is concerned the Navy is trying to impede Congressional oversight.
August 09, 2022 -
Retiring from the federal government isn’t rocket science. And for some people it's even more complicated and baffling. So it helps to have a checklist to keep you on the right career path.
August 09, 2022 -
Average processing times continue to rise, which kept the backlog of retirements claims 29,224 in July.
August 08, 2022 -
Most feds under the old CSRS program are already retired. About 99% of the current workforce is under the FERS retirement plan, which has many moving parts, many options and puts you largely in the drivers seat.
August 03, 2022 -
All funds finished in the black as well, the first such time since April 2021.
August 01, 2022 -
The House's passage of a government spending package has a few key implications for federal agencies in fiscal 2023.
July 21, 2022 -
TSP investors who put money into any of the 5,000 new funds available in the federal 401(k) plan will do so for two basic reasons: money or passion.
July 14, 2022 -
OPM plans to release guidance encouraging agencies not to ask for applicants’ salary history, but some say more can be done.
July 11, 2022 -
OPM loses some ground on retirement processing times.
July 07, 2022 -
Many silver linings have a cloud. The annual COLA catch-up , the nation’s biggest raise for the most people, is no exception.
July 07, 2022