Retirement
Are you having recurrent nightmares about your Thrift Savings Plan? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the bad news is that you aren't dreaming.
September 09, 2015Are you having recurrent nightmares about your Thrift Savings Plan? Financial planner Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey to discuss investment strategies for your TSP account. September 9, 2015
September 08, 2015-
The Office of Personnel Management made a small dent in its retirement claims backlog in August. The inventory dropped from 16,455 claims last month to 16,350.
September 04, 2015 -
Only the G Fund, which buys nonmarketable Treasury security, posted positive returns for August. The remaining Thrift Savings Plan funds posted negative numbers across-the-board.
September 04, 2015 -
Veterans Benefits Administration Under Secretary Allison Hickey told Federal Drive with Tom Temin that roughly 98,000 claims that are older than 125 days have been reduced to about 91,000. a sub-100,000 case milestone reached in late August.
September 03, 2015 -
NARFE's John Hatton and Katie Maddocks from the Federal Managers Association, join host Mike Causey to talk about some of the issues that Congress will tackle when it returns from its summer recess. September 2, 2015
September 01, 2015 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has been checking the congressional calendar and he doesn't like what he sees.
August 31, 2015 -
Randy Silvey, wealth adviser and president of Silverlight Financial, contends federal employees don’t take enough control of their retirement planning and that impacts their future.
August 25, 2015 -
How you'll handle your retirement, and how your agency will handle it, depends where you're retiring from. The Housing and Urban Development Department, for example, is the first major agency to offer a phased retirement program. But the Social Security Administration is opting out of the program altogether. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director for the National Institute of Transition Planning, tells In Depth with Francis Rose about a quiz that will help you decide whether you're ready to retire.
August 21, 2015 -
Unless your plan is to live off the land, you’ll probably need more money in retirement than you think, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
August 20, 2015 -
For people in, or going into the military, the benefits programs — while excellent in some cases — are a mystery. Many people don't realize that members of the uniformed military services are eligible for the government's long term care insurance program.
August 19, 2015 -
After seemingly hibernating in the land of the lost, Uncle Sam's phased retirement program is popping up all over, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
August 18, 2015 -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is the first major agency out of the gate to offer a phased-retirement program. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks, what does that mean for other agencies?
August 17, 2015 -
Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources Reginald Wells of the Social Security Administration said his agency opted not to pursue a phased retirement program.
August 14, 2015 -
When will the government's long-awaited phased retirement program begin? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's likely to be approved and announced before the end of Donald Trump's first term as president.
August 14, 2015