Retirement
When or if you make it to retirement, a little advance planning could be worth its weight in gold. Federal benefits expert Tammy Flanagan joins host Mike Causey to discuss what you should be doing now to guarantee the best deal in retirement. January 6, 2016
January 05, 2016-
Randy Silvey, president of Silverlight Financial, makes the case for more training that happens earlier in a federal employee’s career and then more intensified training as the employee gets closer to retirement age.
January 04, 2016 -
Despite an across-the-board positive increase at the end of October, all but one of the Thrift Savings Plan funds posted lower numbers in December, marking two consecutive months of losses for the TSP.
January 04, 2016 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey's Federal Report is one of our most popular features. Here are the 10 most popular Causey columns from 2015.
December 31, 2015 -
Here’s another in our series on longtime feds who are retiring soon. Everybody’s got a different story. Some of them are fascinating, some funny, some kind of sad. Or a combination of all three - which, maybe, is life …
December 31, 2015 -
Another year is approaching and another opportunity for hundreds of thousands of feds to consider retiring. But you don't just toss your access card on the guard's desk and walk out; it takes planning, especially financial planning. And now's the time to do it. National Institute of Transition Planning Benefits Director Tammy Flanagan shared with Federal Drive with Tom Temin some retirement planning tips.
December 30, 2015 -
Congress is giving more money to the Department of Veterans Affairs, while also requiring the beleaguered agency to report more frequently to the House and Senate appropriations committees.
December 28, 2015 -
Working for the Internal Revenue Service takes a special kind of person. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey found an about to retire self-styled tough old revenuer who tells all.
December 28, 2015 -
Federal News Radio counts down the 10 most popular commentaries we published in 2015.
December 24, 2015 David Snell, director of retirement benefits at NARFE, joins host Mike Causey to discuss the new self-plus-one health care option for federal employees, and the backlog in processing retirement applications. December 16, 2015
December 15, 2015-
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board predicts it will have 500,000-750,000 new participants to the TSP by 2019, one year after major changes to the military retirement and pension system go into effect. The 2016 National Defense Authorization Act requires new military members participate in the TSP starting in 2018.
December 14, 2015 -
OPM made little progress in chiseling away at its backlog of retirement claims, but it made good progress in processing applications within 60 days or less during the month of November.
December 04, 2015 -
Defense experts urge the Senate Armed Services Committee to consider adding more flexibility to current promotional structures for military and civilian personnel. The Defense Officer Personnel Management Act, which Congress passed in 1980, is too outdated, they said.
December 03, 2015 -
Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Dec. 1 introduced a bill that would give federal retirees and Americans receiving Social Security benefits a one-time cost-of-living adjustment in 2016 equal to a 3.9 percent increase for most recipients.
December 03, 2015 -
Thrift Savings Plan returns for the end of November were lower than a month before, but most of the funds remained in the positive.
December 01, 2015