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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 -
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 -
The Office of Personnel Management is set to begin its latest Federal Employee Benefits Survey.
December 01, 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 -
Federal employees are frustrated by long wait times and poor communication about why it's taking so long to change benefits during Open Season.
November 16, 2015 -
After two months of posting negative returns, the Thrift Savings Plan funds all posted positive numbers for the month of October.
November 06, 2015 -
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board approved changes in how the TSP allocates investments in its lifecycle funds.
October 28, 2015 -
Just weeks after new federal employees began placing their retirement savings into Lifecycle Funds by default, the board that governs the plans is considering changing how it allocates investments in the funds. Kim Weaver, director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, the panel that oversees the TSP, talked to In Depth with Francis Rose about the L funds, and some of the changes the board is looking at.
October 28, 2015 -
The limit to how much federal employees can contribute to their Thrift Savings Plan will remain at the same level for Fiscal Year 2016, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
October 26, 2015 -
The Congressional Budget Office says the TSP G Fund investments will stop on Oct. 30 unless Congress can reach a deal, but feds won't see their savings dip.
October 19, 2015 -
You've got a federal Thrift Savings Plan account. The market tanks. What should you do? Senior correspondent Mike Causey says often the best thing to do is nothing.
October 14, 2015 Financial planner Arthur Stein will talk about the pros and cons of the TSP Lifecycle funds, when he joins host Mike Causey on this week's edition of "Your Turn". October 14, 2015
October 13, 2015-
Retirement, benefits and pay were hot topics discussed by Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Bill Moran this week while speaking on the Navy’s All Hands Radio podcast.
October 09, 2015 -
The defense authorization bill agreed upon by House and Senate negotiators would affect military pocketbooks in ways both big and small. It includes a 1.3 percent pay increase for uniformed service members but chips away at the military's pension system. In exchange for shrinking pensions, it encourages current troops — and mandates that future ones — invest in the Thrift Savings Plan.
September 30, 2015 Federal benefits expert Tammy Flanagan and Philip Gardner with the Office of Personnel Management joins host Mike Causey to answer your questions about retirement planning. September 23, 2015
September 22, 2015