A federal retiree acknowledged receiving the notice from Office of Personnel Management about the strict deadline for appealing an annuity decision, but said he should have received an extension because he put it aside and forgot about it. See how the court reacts in Schumacher v. Office of Personnel Management (CAFC No. 2014-3110 (nonprecedential), 9/15/14).
Most of the TSP funds were down in January with the C fund leading the trend with a negative return of -2.99%. Should investors be worried?
A financial planner we met with was interested in moving a chunk of our TSP investment into an investment that “can’t lose money.” What are your thoughts on this?
The White House released the president’s 2016 budget proposal on Monday. Here are some of the highlights that will be of most interest to federal employees.
President Obama will propose a 1.3% pay raise for federal employees in 2016.
A couple of readers have inquired as to whether their email addresses may have been divulged as a result of a recent attack on the FedSmith site. The answer is “no”; information was not divulged as this blog post explains.
