FEDWeek
OPM to Close FLTCIP to New Enrollments Starting December 19
Effective December 19 and through the following 24 months the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program will not accept new enrollments …More
OPM Looks to Consolidate, Revise Forms for Vetting Current, Prospective Employees
OPM has indicated that it intends to consolidate and revise forms used in vetting both current and prospective federal employees …More
Open-Space Floor Plans Maybe Not Such a Good Idea Now, Report Suggests
The shift to open-space floor plans in federal offices of recent years has complicated agency policies for increasing the amount …More
House Group Presses OPM on Retirement Processing
A group of a dozen House Republicans has pressed OPM on the time it takes for federal retirees to begin …More
More Investors under FERS Maxing Out Gov Match, TSP Says
The TSP has said that in the two years since it raised the default investment amount for newly hired federal …More
Congress Clears Bill Improving Benefits under Special Retirement Provisions
The Senate has joined the House in passing HR-521, to preserve the benefits of federal first responders and others covered …More
Federal Manager's Daily Report
Prepare Now for Security Threats of Quantum Computing, OMB Tells Agencies
OMB has told agencies to “prepare now” to implement encryption to counter the “threat posed by the prospect of a …More
Federal Retirement & Financial Planning Report
Report: Dry-up of Social Security Fund Could Trigger Large Benefit Reductions, Tax Increases
Depletion of the Social Security trust fund—now projected to occur around 2035—would require substantial immediate reductions in benefits and/or increases …More
TSP Investment Report
RBD: Required Beginning Date for Distributions
We’ve read articles about RMDs (required minimum distributions), but we haven’t heard much about a similar acronym, RBD (required beginning …More
Armed Forces News
Army Establishes New Biometrics Program
The Army is establishing a new biometrics program – akin to ones used by civilian law enforcement – to help …More
