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Retirement
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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 The Defense Officer Personnel Management Act, which Congress passed in 1980, is too outdated, they said.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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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For a lot of feds this is Day Two of a 4-day Thanksgiving break. A good time to make pre-New Year’s resolutions, resolve to get back on that diet and exercise regime, and to pick your 2016 health plan.
November 27, 2015 -
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If you are a retired federal, worker there's a good chance you are in the wrong health plan. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells you how to get out.
November 25, 2015 David Snell, director of retirement benefits at NARFE, joins host Mike Causey to go through the pros and cons of different health plans are available for both retirees and working feds. November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015-
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If you're the belt and suspenders type, listen up. Thanks to the magic of Medicare, federal employees have the option of getting extra coverage after they retire. Federal benefits expert Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director for the National Institute of Transition Planning, explains to Federal Drive with Tom Temin some of the fine points of combining Medicare with your federal employee health benefits plan.
November 23, 2015 -
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A potential health and retirement roadblock is fast approaching that Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says will test the road warrior skills of government workers and retirees.
November 23, 2015 -
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Walton Francis, expert and adviser on federal health insurance joined Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey for an online chat about navigating FEHBP’s increases and plan eliminations for 2016.
November 19, 2015 -
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December and January are the most popular retirement months for federal workers. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says if you're planning on pulling the plug, let him know.
November 19, 2015 -
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Federal retirement information exists in a black hole. Little information escapes to inform and prepare federal employees about their retirement benefits. That's the claim from one expert who recently surveyed feds on what they know about their retirement plans. Randy Silvey, a federal retirement specialist and owner of Silverlight Financial, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what he called the disturbing if not anticipated results of the survey.
November 11, 2015 Bob Tobias, a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at American University, counts down the week's top federal stories with Francis Rose.
November 06, 2015-
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After two months of posting negative returns, the Thrift Savings Plan funds all posted positive numbers for the month of October.
November 06, 2015 -
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The Office of Personnel Management has new metrics for reporting its progress on monthly retirement claims. OPM also made a sizable dent in its retirement backlog in October, which dropped by about 2,000 cases.
November 05, 2015
