Entries by Karen Dzierzynski

2023 OPM Federal Employee Benefits Survey (FEBS) Underscores Wide Satisfaction

2023 OPM Federal Employee Benefits Survey (FEBS) Underscores Wide Satisfaction Source: OPM WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today released results from the 2023 OPM Federal Employee Benefits Survey (FEBS). Results from the 2023 FEBS underscore wide satisfaction federal employees have with available benefit programs, and an overwhelmingly positive assessment of those […]

Familiar Process ahead for Employees if Shutdown Happens

Familiar Process ahead for Employees if Shutdown Happens Source: Fedweek If a shutdown seems imminent, OMB issues a memo to affected agencies telling them to put their contingency plan into effect.  Agency-by-agency and government-wide policies have remained largely unchanged for many years and the results will be familiar for employees if a funding lapse occurs and […]

Trump’s Second-Term Agenda: Breaking The Bureaucracy

Trump’s Second-Term Agenda: Breaking The Bureaucracy If elected this fall, Donald Trump’s return to Washington would promise a more aggressive—and plausible—campaign to hobble unions, politicize the nonpartisan civil service and remake the federal government in the Republican’s image. Follow link to read more from Government Executive. https://bit.ly/3ZnPU1n  

GSA’s Coworking Pilot Could Help Better Plan the Future Of Work, But First, it Needs to Define Long-Term Success

GSA’s Coworking Pilot Could Help Better Plan the Future Of Work, But First, it Needs to Define Long-Term Success With about half of its leased office space set to expire in the next five years, the General Services Administration is wagering that workspaces shared by multiple agencies could be how federal employees return to the […]

Zero Percent Return for the C Fund Over the Next 10 Years?!

Zero Percent Return for the C Fund Over the Next 10 Years?! The underlying index for the C fund within TSP is the S&P 500 Index.  Is the S&P 500 currently over valued? If so, what does that mean for potential C fund performance, and what does the work of Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller indicate? […]