This is yet another case where a retired employee’s failure to designate his wife-in this case his fifth-to receive a survivor’s annuity means she gets nothing.
• Leave a CommentFedSmith.com author and federal benefits advisor Jason Visner talks about the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) retirement types and eligibility.
• Leave a CommentCongressman Blake Farenthold (R-TX) recently introduced legislation that would take away the salaries of federal employees who are found to be in contempt of Congress. Is this a good idea? Share your opinion in this short survey.
• Leave a CommentA retired federal employee killed his wife. Should the sons of the former federal employee receive the lump-sum payment from his annuity or should the son of the retired federal employee’s wife receive the money? The MSPB decides.
• Leave a CommentMore than 15,000 federal employees earned at least $200,000 in 2013 according to new salary data from OPM.
• Leave a CommentThe National Treasury Employees Union is urging Congress not to require the Treasury Department to use private collection agencies for collecting taxes, but advocates say the program will benefit the government and the IRS. What is your opinion?
• Leave a CommentMore Americans are leaving the country to live out their golden years. Here’s how to embark on an international retirement.
• Leave a CommentNewly uncovered emails show Lois Lerner, the key figure in the IRS scandal, was talking with the Justice Department about going after groups seeking tax-exempt status, just days before she publicly acknowledged the agency was targeting Tea Party and other organizations.
• Leave a CommentA new study found that young adults recognize the importance of saving and investing and tend to be more proactive about planning than their older counterparts.
• Leave a CommentThe United States Postal Service is looking to get in on the big-data-for-profit game by mining and selling private data gathered from personal mail.
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Employees at the Walterboro, SC Post Office were apparently able to shut down a mail fraud attempt before it happened last week.
• Leave a CommentThe Office of Personnel Management recently announced it was not permissible for insurance carriers to exclude obesity drugs under FEHB on the basis that obesity is a lifestyle condition. We asked our users what their thoughts were about this and the majority of responses indicate that the prospect of having coverage for obesity drugs would be a welcome change.
• Leave a CommentThe federal agency that backed down over the weekend in a tense standoff with a Nevada rancher is being accused of leaving a trail of wreckage behind.
• Leave a CommentThe IRS is warning people about the “largest ever” phone fraud scam targeting taxpayers. One security firm recorded one of the calls when it posed as a victim.
• Leave a CommentThe procedure for calculating the supplement is clearly spelled out in Chapter 51 of the CSRS & FERS Handbook, but it is a difficult process. The author offers a more concise explanation.
• Leave a CommentThe legal issue of garnishing money from the children of deceased parents remains legally contentious, and a senior senator is demanding answers from the agencies involved.
• Leave a CommentThe IRS is now using sophisticated software and data analysis that puts it in touch with taxpayers before the official audit process begins.
• Leave a CommentInflation-adjusted federal tax revenues hit a record $1,320,793,000,000 in the first half of fiscal 2014, but the federal government still ran a $413,264,000,000 deficit during that time, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement for March.
• Leave a CommentAs federal managers know all too well, the process of dealing with poor performers is fundamentally flawed, failing to serve the best interests of both the agencies and employees.
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