Serving those who have served
This content is provided by NITP, Inc. Click here to download the audio! January 1, 2018 – Join our host, Bob Leins, as he welcomes Sabrina Clark, Director of Voluntary Service for the Department of...
View ArticleAre you a retirement phobic?
When people get close to retirement their emotions range from joy to fear and panic. Sometimes all three. Today’s guest columnist, Stan Feur has been there, done that and says this is how it’s worked...
View ArticleMedicare and FEHB – Do you need both?
Federal employees age 65 and up are eligible to enroll in Medicare. Most feds are happy with their Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage and don’t feel any natural interest in Medicare....
View ArticleWhat’s ahead for feds in 2018?
What does 2018 have in store for federal workers? More of the same? Less? Will there be different attacks on the federal service or will politicians cater to the huge civil service portion of their...
View Article2018: Brave New World or Same Old Same Old?
Unless you are planning to retire, or marry the son/daughter of a tycoon who will take you away from all this, odds are you’ll be doing the same job, in the same office, with mostly the same people...
View ArticlePay freeze for VP, senior political appointees to stay in place for 2018
To listen to the Federal Newscast on your phone or mobile device, subscribe on PodcastOne or iTunes. The pay freeze on the vice president and certain senior political officials will stay in place in...
View ArticleA look back and a look ahead to federal benefits
Insight by NITP, Inc January 8, 2018 – Host Bob Leins and co-host Tammy Flanagan, Senior Benefits Director at NITP, welcome Mike Causey to take a look back at Federal Benefits over the past year and a...
View ArticleTSP’s I fund: From mutt to greyhound
Suddenly — almost out of nowhere — the international stock indexed I fund is the hottest property in the Thrift Savings Plans investment lineup. Long avoided by most investors, the I fund was the best...
View ArticleDHA cuts increases to TRICARE copayments
TRICARE recipients will see slightly lower copays in 2018 thanks to a recalculation done by the Defense Health Agency. Members of the TRICARE Select plan who joined the military before 2018 will see...
View ArticlePostal Service to offer thousands of employees early retirement
To listen to the Federal Newscast on your phone or mobile device, subscribe on PodcastOne or iTunes. Early retirement offers are coming to thousands of postal employees this week. They must have 20...
View ArticleProtecting your retirement benefits in 2018
Groups that represent federal workers, managers, postal workers and retirees are concerned that the federal retirement program will again be nominated for major cuts that could hurt current and future...
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Could you use 140-plus days off? Plus weekends?
Workers and retirees who love, appreciate and are depending on their CSRS or FERS retirement programs to get them through their Golden Years must be hoping that 2018 will be a repeat of 2017 when House...
View ArticleTammy Flanagan: Should retirees purchase Medicare Part B coverage?
Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on iTunes or PodcastOne. The new year came in with a historic, bone-chilling cold snap. And a nasty flu threat. No wonder retirees and near retirees...
View Article2018 according to federal manager associations
Host Ben Carnes will be joined by management associations representing federal employees – including the Professional Managers Association (PMA) and the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association...
View ArticleStill waiting for the brain drain …
It’s been 20 years since experts (many of them long retired) predicted that the 21st century would be marked by a tidal wave of retirements from the federal government. Somebody crunched the numbers,...
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TSP: A year in review
This week on Your Turn, certified financial planner Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey to talk about the Thrift Savings Plan and how to grow your retirement nest egg. Arthur Stein Many of Stein’s...
View ArticleThe delicate budget balancing act
Host Ben Carnes of Shaw Bransford & Roth is joined by a panel of budget experts to discuss the current federal funding landscape, how we got here, and if there is any hope for a better future....
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From janitor to TSP millionaire
Thanks to the booming stock market, the miracle of compounding and a steady-as-she-goes investing plan, the number of federal workers and retirees with $1 million-plus Thrift Savings Plan accounts is...
View ArticleOPM urges FEHBP carriers to find new ways to cut health care costs for 2019
The Office of Personnel Management is encouraging Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) carriers to find new ways to cut their costs for the next year. “OPM has developed an agency strategic...
View ArticleMillionaires Club Fed
The number of federal workers with seven-figure Thrift Savings Plan accounts increased dramatically last year thanks to the booming stock market. In August 2017, there were 16,475 active and retired...
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