FedSmith: TSP Doing Away with Security Questions as Part of Auth Process Now, what was my security question answer again? The Thrift Savings Plan announced recently that they will no longer be using security questions as part of their multi-factor authentication. The TSP is joining an increasing number of organizations that are dropping the venerable […]
Don’t Take Your Health for Granted I am in reasonably good health and looking forward to the summer weekends on the beach. I enjoy taking my grandson to the boardwalk to go on rides, eating pizza and ice cream, making sandcastles on the beach, looking for shells, and lots of swimming. One morning I woke […]
Project 2025: The Worst-Case Scenario For Veterans Project 2025, a comprehensive policy blueprint backed by influential conservative think tanks, aims to reshape the federal government radically. It proposes cutting one million federal jobs, with a significant focus on eliminating managerial bureaucracy and shutting down what it terms “toxic government agencies.” This initiative aligns closely with […]
TSP Mobile App Gets Update, New Features Users now have the option to use facial recognition or a fingerprint to log into their TSP accounts from their phones. Participants in the Thrift Savings Plan will see some new features available on the TSP mobile app. Users now have the option to use facial recognition or […]
IRS Increasing Estimated Tax Penalties: What Federal Employees and Retirees Need to Know Over the past year, the IRS has significantly increased penalties on underpayment of both estimated tax payments and federal income withholding from salary and retirement income. Individuals who are required to make quarterly estimated payments (due dates each year are April 15, […]