Are You Living Your Highest and Best Life?
While earning a real estate appraiser’s license a few years ago, the author stumbled onto a concept that has something profound to say about how we can all live life with more joy, inspiration and purpose.
While earning a real estate appraiser’s license a few years ago, the author stumbled onto a concept that has something profound to say about how we can all live life with more joy, inspiration and purpose.
Another divorced spouse fails to dot the I’s and cross the t’s and finds herself without a survivor’s annuity from her ex’s federal pension.
Visiting a Social Security office as a customer could have been a dreadful experience but it was not. What to expect when you visit one of these offices and how to make your visit go more quickly and to help ensure your information is calculated quickly and accurately.
Several readers have asked if they will have a COLA applied to their retirement annuity and to Social Security. Readers have also asked about the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. This information may be helpful in understanding these complex topics.
Legislation has been introduced in Congress that would direct the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to set up a “socially responsible” investment option within the TSP.
The author contends that OPM’s succession management policy is contributing to troubling FEVS results as well as to the number of EEO and MSPB complaints and advocates for major change in policy.
Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) has introduced legislation that would ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for Wage Grade (WG), or hourly, employees is equivalent to the percentage increase received by other federal employees in the same pay locality.
According to the results of our latest survey, the overwhelming majority of FedSmith.com users are facing higher costs for their health care plans next year.
The author says that federal employees are being asked to do more with less and that it is starting impacting morale.
Federal employees in a number of metropolitan areas are likely to be included in new locality pay areas in 2014.