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Air Force orders immediate checks of 74K houses after reports of...
The Air Force is ordering a 100 percent review of the condition and safety of all military housing by March 1. The order comes less than one week after the Senate Armed Services Committee held a...
View ArticleFERS retirees: Treading water or under it?
When they retire after a long career with Uncle Sam many Federal Employees Retirement System participants hope for good health, long life and low-inflation. Not necessarily in that order, and for good...
View ArticleA new Congress doesn’t necessarily equal a new agenda
Almost two months into the new year and despite a slew of shutdown-related bills, many incumbent members of the 116th Congress have yet to give up on legislation from previous sessions. And the...
View ArticleAre you on the government’s endangered species list?
If anybody in your office has been with the government since the early 1980s take him or her to lunch. Your veteran office mate is golden and like many precious resources, their numbers are dwindling...
View ArticleReturn of the (not so) Magnificent Six
If you like the high that comes from being terrified about your future retirement, you are probably going to love 2019 on Capitol Hill. But if you don’t appreciate politicians trying to eliminate...
View ArticleOwning marijuana stocks may skunk your security clearance or chances of...
If you work for the Defense Department, owning one of the most talked about and potentially lucrative stocks on the market may put your job in jeopardy. The DoD Consolidated Adjudications Facility’s...
View ArticlePay raises and retiree COLAs: Good news vs. bad news
As often happens in the workplace, the good news and the bad news can be the same thing. This can be true for retirees, too. For example, after going weeks without pay during the not-so-great...
View ArticleConfessions of an average TSP millionaire
By now most federal and postal investors are aware that a growing number of their colleagues are self-made millionaires. Their high point, so far, was last September when there were 34,128 in the club....
View ArticleFebruary numbers show several TSP funds drop by half, or more
Fear of another government shutdown paired with Congress’ push to make it easier for participants to withdraw from their Thrift Savings Plan accounts may have led to several fund decreases in February....
View ArticleICE lacking oversight of detention facility contractors
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View ArticleTSP returns still positive for year, many fall in February
CORRECTION: Story updated to reflect rate of change in positive monthly and year-to-date returns. Fear of another government shutdown paired with Congress’ push to make it easier for participants to...
View ArticleIs your political filter messing with your TSP account?
Is your political filter causing you to make unwise choices with your Thrift Savings Plan and other investments? Did you believe the experts who said Donald J. Trump didn’t have a chance of being...
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Timing and your TSP investments
When investing for retirement, knowing what an investment time period is and which one(s) to use can be very important. Financial planner Arthur Stein says the time period when you will need to tap...
View ArticleHouse Democrats revive efforts to give federal employees paid family leave
Maybe the third, fourth or fifth time is the charm. House lawmakers on Tuesday again revived their attempts to pass a paid family leave bill for federal employees. This time, Rep. Carolyn Maloney...
View ArticleActing director of Indian Health Service in hot water over pedophile doctor
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View Article2019 make or break for FERS retirement benefits
After nearly a decade of battering, 2019 could be the make-or-break year for the Federal Employee Retirement System. Although most current retirees are under the old Civil Service Retirement System,...
View ArticleAre you sleeping with a millionaire?
It’s probably safe to assume that hardly anybody (politicians notwithstanding) joins the government planning to become rich. But you could be well on the way to millionaire status if: You’ve been a...
View ArticleLet the budget dance begin — again
In many cultures, ancient and present-day, primitive and super-modern there are certain annual rituals that get a lot of attention even if they don’t accomplish much, if anything. It’s sort of like...
View ArticleSen. Peters: WH postal task force focus on collective bargaining ‘not...
Lawmakers and Trump administration officials remain divided over whether rolling back postal unions’ right to collectively bargaining over compensation, as recommended by the White House’s Postal Task...
View ArticleAdministration’s proposal to cut federal retirement sees bipartisan pushback
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