Social Security

Social Security establishes a new office just for native Americans

The Social Security Administration recently established an office for helping Native Americans. The agency, in its words, wants to elevate and centralize…

Workforce

What the government could do to mitigate identity theft

Cybersecurity

The government’s financial statements are out and they’re not pretty

Agency Oversight

The latest legislative attempt to get a better retirement deal for certain feds

Congress

House bill gaining steam to restore full Social Security benefits to certain feds

Federal Newscast

Social Security’s ‘Evil Twins’ are on House calendar for first time, for a possible first-ever vote

Federal Newscast

Tomorrow’s vote has a lot of nerves on edge on Capitol Hill

Congress

Feds nearing retirement: Is it always a good idea to pay off that mortgage?

Retirement

For 2023, federal retirees will see largest COLA increase in over 40 years

Retirement

Social Security makes some progress in reducing payments to dead people

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this May 14, 2013, photo, the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning. Twelve people, including three U.S. Army soldiers, are accused in a large-scale gun trafficking ring that prosecutors allege supplied nearly 100 guns to gang members in Chicago. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the indictment on April 1, 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

DOJ indicts 3 for impersonating federal employees in $7.5M phone scam

Federal Newscast

Bill to end Social Security’s ‘evil twins’ that cut benefits teed up for House floor vote

The Social Security Fairness Act now has more than 290 co-sponsors, more than enough to force a House floor vote.

Pay & Benefits

Social Security plans to expand workforce diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility

Also in today’s Federal Newscast, a commission to help agencies prevent and manage wildfires has its official members. And the Army kicked off a huge recompete…

Federal Newscast

This Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, photo shows a Social Security card in Tigard, Ore. Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a burst in inflation as the economy struggles to shake off the drag of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Social Security: On life support?

Federal Report

When Social Security was launched in 1935, the average life expectancy for men was 59.9 years and 63.9 for women. Full benefits started at 65, so do the math! It sounded almost like a safe, government-guaranteed Ponzi Scheme, minus the scheme part.