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Retirement
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Randy Silvey, president Silverlight Financial, explains some of the considerations federal employees to keep in mind as they decide when is the right time to retire.
November 21, 2016 -
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About 4,000 political appointees will leave the Obama administration in the next nine weeks. While conversations over policy, budget and organizational structure will take center stage, questions about your pay and benefits may not. Federal News Radio reviewed the Office of Personnel Management's transition guide in search of the answers.
November 14, 2016 -
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Experts in the federal community say President-elect Donald Trump's business acumen will likely factor into the future of the federal workforce during the next administration. Trump will likely play closer attention to measures that would hold poor-performers accountable. Though they may not agree on all the issues, some federal unions say they hope they can find common ground on proposals that would advance federal hiring reforms.
November 09, 2016 -
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Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks: What happens to federal workers' Thrift Savings Plan accounts if you-know-who-wins the election?
November 08, 2016 -
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Federal workers didn’t go into government to get rich, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says many civil servants have built up substantial estates and don't know the next step.
November 02, 2016 -
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In a major reversal of fortune, every Thrift Savings Plan fund, with the exception of the low-risk low-reward G fund, posted negative returns in October.
November 01, 2016 -
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Roughly 540,000 of the 1.9 million calls the Office of Personnel Management's Retirement Services received from federal annuitants in fiscal 2015 were abandoned, OPM's inspector general found. The IG also said Retirement Services is not meeting its goal to process all written inquires within 60 days or less.
November 01, 2016 No matter where you are in your career, even retirement, the critical decisions never seem to stop coming up. It's open season and long-time federal employees and retirees have to think hard about their options, and when to get into the Medicare. Insurance premiums are rising faster than salaries. For help sorting it out, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to retirement and benefits expert Tammy Flanagan.
October 28, 2016-
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In Washington, what's the difference between a total loser and a visionary? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's about 10 years, 15 tops.
October 28, 2016 -
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Why are so many long-time feds and retirees longing for the good old days? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it was a time of double-digit cost-of-living adjustments.
October 25, 2016 -
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The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is concerned about four agencies that had particularly high retirement processing error rates in September. The Social Security Administration and departments of Agriculture, Interior and Veterans Affairs topped the list. Congress now wants the Government Accountability Office to review the process that agencies and the Office of Personnel Management each use to review a retirement claim.
October 20, 2016 -
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Financial planner Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey to discuss asset allocation and what you can do to map out a much happier, less stressful retirement. October 19, 2016
October 18, 2016 -
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In investing, the mantra is "buy low, sell high," and Senior Correspondent Mike Causey stresses the importance of picking the exact right date to retire.
October 14, 2016 -
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If you’re expecting to lay on a big spread celebrating the January cost-of-living adjustment, forget about it, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey. It won’t be enough to feed a crowd.
October 13, 2016
