A Federal employee with prior military service has the option of making a deposit into the retirement fund, in order to receive credit for this service in his annuity. Is it worthwhile for the employee to make the deposit?
The author asks if the TSA broke management’s obligation to remain neutral while a union vote is pending.
During your working years, there may have been a nagging little voice inside your head worrying about what would happen to your family if you died before you’re able to send your children to college or marry them off. As you get closer to your retirement and the kids seem well on their way to being self sufficient, the worry changes from a concern for your early demise to the other end of the spectrum–living too long.
Many retirees are noticing an increase in the amount of federal tax being withheld from their monthly annuity payments. And, of course, this means that the amount of money you have to spend in your daily life is diminished as a result. Here is the information that OPM has just sent out with it’s explanation of what has occurred and why.
With tax time approaching, it is a good time for federal retirees to review the taxability of their various sources of retirement income.
All TSP funds had a positive return in January as the Thrift Savings Plan is off to a good start for 2011.
DOJ’s refusal to certify that federal employees were acting within the scope of their employment has left two federal employees facing a lawsuit charging them with various torts.
The Partnership for Public Service has announced that the nominations deadline for the 2011 Service to America Medals has been extended through February 7.
The MSPB reversed 30 years of case law to grant employees who should not have a Federal job in the first place the same appeal rights as those who have earned them.
