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Diane Braunstein is the associate commissioner of the Social Security Administration\'s Office of International Programs.
A list of federal agencies that considered or offered buyouts and early retirements in 2011.
The notice encourages comments that uses electronic responses or other methods that \"minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond.\"
In contrast to media reports predicting radical changes to military retirement, DoD said there are no immediate plans to change the retirement system.
What do you do when your paycheck comes up short, to the tune of 50 percent short. It\'s happening to some federal workers, but there is a life-line, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Last week, the number of interfund transfers jumped, said Tom Trabucco, director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
If you\'re a typical federal worker, your 401k plan balance is nearly $10,000 higher than your neighbor who doesn\'t work for Uncle Sam. So how did this happen, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wonders. Are you lucky, smart, or both?
Higher bills for long term care insurance are coming at just the wrong time. Advice to manage it all from Tammy Flanagan, Senior Benefits Director at National Institute of Transition Planning.
The Air Force announced a 90-day hiring freeze for civilian positions, and will also offer early retirement and voluntary separation.
The Government Accountability Office joins a growing list of federal departments and agencies that wants to offer early retirements and voluntary separations to its employees. GAO said the move is in anticipation of a smaller 2012 budget.
Facing a second year of losses totaling $8 billion or more, the agency also wants to pull its workers out of the retirement and health benefits plans covering federal workers and set up its own benefit systems. Congressional approval would be needed for these changes.
Getting and keeping a security clearance is vital in a growing number of federal jobs. And useful when feds retire and go into the private sector. But are those all-important clearances going to be harder to get, and keep in the future? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains. (This column was originally published on July 13, 2011.)