Government Employee Discounts
Government employees are eligible for discounts from some major companies. These are a few examples.
Month: August 2011
Obama Signs Executive Order Instructing Agencies to Improve Workforce Diversity
President Obama today signed an executive order to promote equal employment opportunity, diversity and inclusion in the federal workforce.
The TSA 10 Years After 9/11
On the approaching ten year anniversary of September 11, 2001, the TSA highlights policies and procedures it has implemented in the last decade to make air travel safer.
Managing Telework – Overtime
In part II of the series on managing telework, the author examines the potential problems that telework can bring for compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Federal Employees’ Removals Reversed Because of Termination Secrets
Federal agency managers need to be more forthcoming with the information they use in their decisions to fire employees.
Flight to Safety: Record Amount Transferred into G Fund in July
The stock market has been experiencing wild gyrations in the past few weeks as the political tension has been increasing over America’s debt and how to pay it. The tension and turmoil is reflected in the actions taken by TSP investors.
The OPM Retirement Processing Backlog
This is a follow-up article to the author’s article on the OPM retirement processing backlog.
FedSmith.com Readers Worried About Future Pay and Benefits
The debt debates in Washington are over. But according to a couple of recent surveys we conducted, a majority of FedSmith.com readers think that their pay and benefits will ultimately be jeopardized due to the growing federal deficit.
Thoughts About Writing–and Everything Else
“WYSIWYG.” “SMU and other LRUs.” When you are writing for any audience other than your inner circle, it is a good idea to define each term and spell out each acronym.
Congressman to Introduce Legislation to Repeal Debt Ceiling
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) said in a recent statement that he plans to introduce legislation to repeal the debt ceiling, saying that it is “arbitrary and has nothing to do with the deficit.”
