Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

​In this week’s Federal benefits news, we look at how recent executive orders may affect Federal unions, get a diagnosis on the financial health of Social Security and Medicare, follow the continuing saga of proposed changes to your benefits, and briefly sigh with relief at what OPM’s Director has to say about your pension. Let’s get started.

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, we look at what’s really in those new Executive Orders from the President, learn that there’s a benefit that already can be cut (if you’re not careful), follow up on the TSP new withdrawal rules, and get schooled by the folks at the USGS about roasting marshmallows over volcano vents. Yikes! Let’s get started.

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

​In this week’s Federal benefits news, there is more talk about OPM’s suggested reforms to employee compensation, we look at the cost to you of the proposed benefits cuts and are surprised by pushback on the cuts from a new group. Oh, and should we talk about how baby boomers broke America? Let’s get started.

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, OPM proposes changes to your Federal benefits and the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association has something to say about it, a court rules on a forced Federal retirement issue, and we get a deeper dive into changes coming to your healthcare plans.  Let’s get started.

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, there’s a new budget proposal with the same old solutions, OPM seeks to make job transfers seamless, a tax snafu is causing high tax bills for some mobile Feds, and we get answers to the questions ‘what’s a CHCO and why do we have them?’.  Let’s get started.

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, there’s no contingency plan for your Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program, you’ve been liberated by Tax Freedom Day this week, and we continue last week’s history lesson by following where your benefits are today. I’m also going to point out the elephant in the room by answering the question, ‘What If They Change the G Fund?’. Let’s get started.

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, we uncover the retroactively reduced Health Savings Account limit, learn where benefits came from, explain Social Security’s future in plain English, and continue to discuss the President’s management agenda and civil service reform.  Let’s get started.

Weekend Reading On Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading On Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, we hear the echo calling for civil service reform, learn that being a Fed in DC is not the same as the rest of the country, get an update on changes to your TSP, and discuss what happens when life takes an unexpected turn. Let’s get started.