For Your Benefit: How to pick your people
If you become incapacitated, who will make life or death decisions for you? Attorney Marc Levine with Handler & Levine joins host Bob Leins with a focus on how to pick the people who will back...
View ArticleFor Your Benefit: FEHB and Medicare – one size does not fit all
Will the cost of your health care coverage change in retirement? What's the latest on the self-plus-one coverage? How do you ensure your coverage in retirement? Host Bob Leins discusses these issues...
View ArticleKim Weaver: Two TSP bills are an ‘exciting development’
Congress is working on two bills that impact the Thrift Savings Plan. But this time you don't need to worry about someone messing up a good thing. Kim Weaver is director of external affairs at the...
View ArticleNavy triples paid maternity leave to 18 weeks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy is tripling the amount of paid maternity leave that female sailors and Marines can take after the birth of a child, and will now provide a total of 18 weeks off. The...
View ArticleOPM helps agencies evaluate worksite health and wellness campaigns
The Office of Personnel Management released guidelines for agency evaluations of worksite health and wellness programs in a memorandum on June 17. The guidelines provide agencies with methods for...
View ArticleFor Your Benefit: FEHB and Medicare – one size does not fit all
Will the cost of your health care coverage change in retirement? What's the latest on the self-plus-one coverage? How do you ensure your coverage in retirement? Host Bob Leins discusses these issues...
View ArticleSocial Security hijackers
Mike Causey is on vacation this week. While he’s gone, he asked some guest columnists to fill in. Enjoy! Is the Social Security Administration system swamped with people diverting direct deposit...
View ArticleFor Your Benefit: Tips for maximizing your Social Security benefit
Federal benefits specialist Bob Braunstein joins host Bob Leins to discuss steps you can take to maximize your Social Security benefit. July 13, 2015 The post For Your Benefit: Tips for maximizing your...
View ArticleFree agency and Congress
Mike Causey is on vacation this week. While he’s gone, he asked some guest columnists to fill in. Enjoy! For starters, I wish to thank my guide through 27 years of federal service to once again chime...
View ArticleTammy Flanagan: Don’t rush to withdraw funds from TSP
A brand new law just signed by President Obama will give a lot of federal employees the ability to start drawing retirement funds from the Thrift Savings Plan much earlier than had been allowed in the...
View ArticleDaniel Bertoni: VA may be overpaying some veterans
A new Government Accountability Office report suggests the Veterans Affairs Department is being too generous with some of its benefits. More vets are claiming unemployability benefits because of...
View ArticleFears return over rumored changes to TSP’s G Fund
The congressional stalemate over funding a long-term highway bill is reviving fears that lawmakers could raid the Thrift Savings Plan. The Employee Thrift Advisory Council, which brings federal...
View ArticleFor Your Benefit: Special provisions for retirees and the Defending Public...
For Your Benefit hosts Bob Leins and Tammy Flanagan will discuss a new law allowing law enforcement officers early access to their thrift savings plan without incurring a penalty. July 20, 2015 The...
View ArticleJanuary COLA forecast: Pray for inflation
Ever watch a dead bird fly? Or a rock run? Well, if you are hoping for a bigger CSRS or FERS annuity or Social Security check in January, that’s about what you are doing. Federal, military and Social...
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DEA confidential source program running amok, DOJ says
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s confidential source program is out of compliance with the Attorney General’s Guidelines, according to the Department of Justice. A new report released by the DOJ...
View ArticleFor Your Benefit: Considering Long Term Care as part of your retirement planning
Joan Melanson, director of Program Promotion for Long Term Care Partners, joins hosts Bob Leins and Tammy Flanagan to discuss the important role long term care has on retirement planning. July 20, 2015...
View ArticleTammy Flanagan: Eight reasons why your retirement estimate might be wrong
Fewer than 70 percent of retirement claims are processed in less than 60 days at the Office of Personnel Management, and estimating just how much you'll get in retirement benefits can take a long time....
View ArticleTSP board to pursue withdrawal options, mutual fund window
At its monthly meeting on Monday, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board made two decisions that could have a big impact for federal employees participating in the Thrift Savings Plan. Kim...
View ArticleKim Weaver: Your TSP account may get more accessible soon
Getting your money out of your Thrift Savings Plan account could get easier in the future. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board approves the pursuit of changes to withdrawal options for TSP...
View ArticleFor Your Benefit: Market commentary – second quarter 2015
Certified Financial Planner Dwayne Jackson, principal at Rembert Pendleton | Jackson, joins host Bob Leins to discuss his market analysis of the second quarter of 2015. August 3, 2015 The post For Your...
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