2024 COLA Outlook: Gauging Inflation and Introduced Bills
Upcoming Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for Social Security beneficiaries and federal annuitants. Plus, proposed legislation about both COLA and leave.
TSP Announces Several Forms Are Now Obsolete
The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) released a bulletin about forms they will no longer accept.
Four Follies that Can Ruin Your Federal Retirement
Jen delves into items 1 to 4 from her ’10 more ways to ruin a federal retirement’ list.
Leave Transfer Programs for Feds Dealing with an Emergency
The final piece in our series on leave for federal employees. We go over Emergency and Voluntary Transfer Programs, then conclude with a recap on all types of leave.
Rubio Reintroduces Bill to Keep TSP from Investing in Chinese Companies
Marco Rubio has been against TSP investing in China for the past 3 years – and his efforts continued by proposing legislation.
Alternative Work Schedules for Federal Employees
The fourth article in our series on leave for feds looks at flexible and compressed work schedules for feds.
Thrift Savings Plan Monthly Recap: January 2023
TSP Update for Month Ending January 2023 - all 5 core funds saw positive growth last month, with the three equity funds each gaining more than 6%.
OPM Oversight of Ineligible Participants in FEHB Not Cutting It
According to the GAO, ineligible family members covered by the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Program could be costing the government $1 billion every year.
2024 Federal Pay Raise Update: FAIR Act Introduced Again
An 8.7% raise for the US Federal Workforce? Speculation over next year’s pay raise has begun! Since 2016, the FAIR act has started the process for determining the pay increase…
GSA Mileage: Gas Mileage Reimbursement Rates Go Up for 2023
For employees who use their privately owned vehicle for Government business, Reimbursement Rates have been announced for the new year.