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White House Suspends Presidential Rank Awards for Senior Executives
The White House has halted the presidential rank awards-the highest awards for federal civil service employees.
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Are VA Employees Working Full-Time for Unions Hurting Patient Care?
At least 85 nurses in the VA are working as full-time union representatives. Two Senators are questioning the impact on veterans of federal employees working as full-time union representatives.
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Retiring With a Federal Annuity While Still Working (Part-time)
Phased retirement is a new human resources program now being unveiled as the federal government tries to capture corporate knowledge of employees retiring to pass along to those coming in to replacement them. Here is a quick summary of the new program.
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Your TSP, Sequestration and Winning TSP Funds in May
The S fund has provided TSP investors with the largest gains so far in 2013 with a return of 31.05%. TSP investors have about 8% of their assets in the S fund.
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Legislation Introduced to Closely Track Payment of Union Officials’ Salaries
The federal government currently pays salaries of employees who spend time representing unions. Legislation has been introduced to eliminate this practice.
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The National Debt and How it Impacts Your Retirement and the G Fund
Another few months have passed since the debt ceiling was raised and time for another raise in our debt. How will your retirement annuity payments and your G fund investments be impacted?
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Adding Fuel to the “Perfect Storm” for Federal Pay and Benefits
Recent events involving a wide range of agencies are adding fuel to the “perfect storm” for federal pay and benefits. For those looking for positions, salaries or names of federal employees in agencies currently being cited in news media, FedsDataCenter.com will provide much of the information.
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Releasing Names and Federal Employee Salaries (Since 1816)
The names and salaries of most federal employees are available in a searchable database provided by FedSmith.com. This information has generally been released by the government but substantially curtailed under the Bush administration. Here is a quick summary of how the current policy evolved.
About Ralph Smith
Ralph left federal service to establish the company that became FPMI Communications, Inc. He served for several years as President/CEO of FPMI until shortly after he sold the company to a public corporation. He currently serves as CEO of FedSmith Inc.
For more than two decades, Ralph has written or co-authored numerous books, articles and editorials on issues pertaining to the Federal Government, consulted with numerous federal agencies, organized and addressed a wide variety of federal sector management conferences, and conducted training seminars and addressed conferences for thousands of public managers and employees. He has written extensively on a full range of human resources topics and was a co-founder and publisher of several newsletters on federal human resources.