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.

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, we await a signature on the final spending bill, get the new rules on weather and safety leave, and learn how the Holman rule could dismantle Federal agencies. We also want to know how big of a bonus you received, and I’ll answer the question ‘could I lose my Federal pension?’.  We'd better get started.

Could I Lose My Federal Pension?

Could I Lose My Federal Pension?

Late last week we learned that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was fired by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Almost immediately, the press began to report that McCabe had lost his pension—something that he had worked towards for more than 20 years. So, here’s a question (several actually) that came to me from a reader. Could I lose my Federal pension?

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, we follow up on the retirement application backlog, learn where retirees will pay the lowest taxes, keep a watch on proposals to change sick leave and within-grade raises, and discover the cruelties of being an Oshiver.  Let’s get started.

Weekend Reading On Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading On Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, Ted wants your name on his ‘non-essential’ list, the TSP has been getting a lot of calls lately, recent TSP fund performance provides some valuable lessons, and I answer the question ‘What Do Federal Executive Boards Do?”. Let’s get started.

What Do Federal Executive Boards Do?

What Do Federal Executive Boards Do?

There’s a common misconception that most of the Federal workforce is located in Washington, DC, but you probably know that most Federal employees (about 79%) are located outside the nation’s capital. They’re the park rangers in our national parks, the law enforcement officers who keep our borders safe, the air traffic controllers in airports around the country, and the postal employees in every town, large and small, throughout the US. But just because you may be far away from Washington DC geographically, where most all agencies have their headquarters, you shouldn’t feel isolated.

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, we know that you’ll get paid for the shutdown, discuss what civil service reform proposals missed and whether retirement is dead, look at changing the cost sharing in your health insurance, and discover that life events just happen sometimes. Let’s get started.