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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, just cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Everyone knows the tech industry is big, but it can be challenging to get your head around just how big it is. At least until you look at it from a different angle and realize that Apple makes more money in a day than 2500 average U.S. households can expect to see in a year. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) — Tech_Companies_Money_Facts_51953

Retirement

Retirement planning enters era of renewed inflation

With the era of near-zero inflation over, retirement planning has taken on new urgency, because a fixed income and rising prices don't make a good combination.

TSP

A slightly-past-mid-year review of your Thrift Savings Plan investment returns

Commentary

Economic stress calls for government agencies to engage at-risk constituents now

Off the Shelf

Inflation: How is it affecting contractors?

Tom Temin Commentary

What exactly is a federal job worth, anyhow?

Acquisition

Things seem settled in Washington, but federal contractors are still uneasy

Acquisition

GSA surged resources to meet inflation-related schedule modifications, now onto longer term improvements

Army

Defense

Service members see a 12% boost in housing allowance

Federal Newscast

Small businesses get some inflation relief from the SBA

Head shots of Cook and Sisti

Off the Shelf

The latest developments in key acquisition policy programs

Jason Workmaster

Off the Shelf

Legal and policy trends in government contracting

Amtower Off-Center

Top contracting issues in FY 2023

Head shot of Jason Miller

Off the Shelf

A procurement potpourri

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Contracting

Contractors nervous as Congress hints at a government shutdown

Defense

Pentagon to boost housing stipends in areas where rental costs have ballooned

Federal Acquisition, GSA

Acquisition Policy

GSA makes inflation adjustments a bit easier for contractors

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Federal Newscast

Bill Shackelford prepares to take the helm at NARFE in January

defense budget

Defense News

Pentagon planning new guidance to help contractors squeezed by inflation

Gerry Connolly

Federal Newscast

Rep. Connolly demands to know if the DHS IG is under investigation

TSP errors

Federal Report

The third deadly sin and your TSP

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Federal Newscast

Millionaire status is fleeting for thousands of TSP participants

FILE - Framed by the Manhattan skyline, electricians with IBEW Local 3 install solar panels on top of the Terminal B garage at LaGuardia Airport, Nov. 9, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. President Joe Biden is promising “strong executive action” to combat climate change, despite dual setbacks that have restricted his ability to regulate carbon emissions and boost clean energy such as wind and solar power. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Hiring/Retention

Environmental spending bill tees up multi-year federal hiring, training investments

An aerial view of the Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia.

Federal Newscast

Inflation expected to hit government contractors hard, Pentagon comptroller says