Key Interest Rate Rises
The interest paid in the voluntary contribution retirement savings program available to CSRS (but not FERS) employees will rise to …More
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Prospect of Retirement, Other Benefit Cuts Moves Ahead
The House and Senate appear to be headed toward a conference soon on a budget outline that could require committees …More
Federal Employee Buyout Boost Advances
A bill (S-1888) increasing the standard buyout amount to $40,000 government-wide is ready for floor voting in the Senate following …More
TSP Withdrawal Bill Up for House Vote
The House is expected to vote this week to approve a bipartisan bill (HR-3031) to expand TSP withdrawal options, making …More
Time Running Short for TSP Catch-up Elections, Withholding Adjustments
Active employees who are age 50 or above, or who will be before the end of the year, and who …More
Expanded Whistleblower Protections, Other Bills Set for Consideration
The House is scheduled to vote this week on several bills affecting employee rights under whistleblower protection law, among other …More
Panel Backs Increases in DHS Employment
The House Homeland Security Committee has approved a border security bill (HR-3548) that among other things calls for increasing staffing …More
FEHB Premium Hike 6.1 Percent, Open Season Around Corner
The announcement of FEHB and FEDVIP premium rates for the 2018 plan year ends the annual process of OPM negotiating …More
Federal Employee Buyout Boost Stirs to Life in Congress
A Senate committee is scheduled to vote today (Wednesday) on a bill boosting the buyout maximum governmentwide for the first …More
Higher Buyout Amount Seen as Greater Lure for Federal Employees
Raising the standard maximum for buyout offers to federal employees from $25,000 to $40,000 has been touted by both the …More
Buyout Amount Boost May Not Open Floodgates
Legislation (S-1888) pending a committee vote in the Senate to increase the buyout maximum to $40,000 government-wide would not necessarily …More
Senate Budget Plan Silent on Potential Retirement Changes
The Senate Budget Committee is meeting this week to produce a budget outline for the fiscal year that started Sunday, …More
Most TSP Funds Start Fall with Rise
All but one of the TSP funds posted gains in September, with the small company stock S fund leading the …More
GAO Finds Little Evidence of ‘Burrowing In’
While “burrowing in”–the practice of political appointees converting to civilian positions–draws significant attention, especially around Presidential transition years, GAO once …More
Labor-Management Cooperation Effort Abolished
President Trump has dissolved the National Council on Federal-Labor Management Relations and its spin-off local “forums,” a main Obama administration …More
