Notes on the Lump Sum, the Survivor Annuity, and Life Insurance
The author offers some details and example calculations on the lump sum, survivor annuity, and life insurance benefits.
Month: October 2012
Congressional Staffers Believe They Work Longer Hours Than Private Sector Workers
A new study finds that congressional staff believe they work longer hours on average than their counterparts in the private sector, and some say they feel the quality of their work is suffering as a result of their high workloads.
Write Your Hardcopy Documents Using Serif Fonts
If you’re writing a document that you will need to print and hand out (report, memo, newsletter, etc.), consider using a serif font to make the material easier to read and digest for your readers.
Don’t Start Your Presentation With…
The worst thing you can do to start a presentation is thank people. What they hear in those all-important first few seconds is not you being polite — it’s you being boring.
Will We Be Better Off in Four Years?
The author says that holding elected representatives accountable for results from policies and systems requires that information be transparent, accurate, and timely, and that the availability of the right information supports the “art of reasoning” which is often missing in current political discourse.
Federal Sector Workplace is Most Violent According to Recent MSPB Report
An MSPB survey found that 13% of federal employee respondents observed a violent incident in 2010. According to the report, BLS reported a result of 5% relating violent incidents in industry, state and local government asking similar questions. If the survey sample is valid, nearly 300,000 Feds observed violent incidents at work as there are about 2.3 million Federal employees.
IRS Announces 2013 Pension Plan Limitations
The Internal Revenue Service recently announced 2013 contribution limits for employees who participate in the Thrift Savings Plan.
Two Significant Changes to FERS
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 makes two significant changes to FERS.
Social Security’s Day of Reckoning Has Come
The author says that the purpose of the 1983 payroll tax hike was to generate Social Security surpluses for the next 30 years, but instead of following that plan, the government spent the money out of the general fund, thus using up the revenues on other government programs.
