Is it Time To Get Rid of OPM? COMMENTARY | One former House human resources official says it is. On Feb. 6, in a stunning case of what Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra once so eloquently referred to as “déjà vu all over again,” the Government Accountability Office released a report blasting the Office of […]
Did You Know This About The TSP? Learn a little more about the government’s 401(k)-style retirement plan. The Thrift Savings Plan is the cornerstone of the Federal Employees Retirement System created in 1986. By understanding the key elements of the program, federal employees and uniformed service members can create a retirement plan that may be […]
Conversation With an Estate Planning Attorney What Issues Do Families Face When a Loved Ones Passes Away? It’s often brought up that the disbursement is unfair. Discrepancies from the past start to come into play that the estate planner was completely unaware existed. Without the head of the family around to quell these issues, families […]
Potential Shutdown Would Cause Varying Impacts on Pay Source: Fedweek Both employees who would be furloughed and those who would work without pay are guaranteed to be paid eventually. If there is a two-phase partial government shutdown beginning as soon as Saturday (March 2), it would cause a variety of impacts on federal employee pay beyond the […]
Thrift Savings Plan Guide: What You Need to Know The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), a cornerstone of retirement planning for federal employees and uniformed service members, oversees an impressive $845 billion in assets, making it the nation’s largest defined contribution plan. With 7 million participants, its scale and the active engagement of its members—who significantly contribute […]