TSP Performance Positive in January: S Fund Up 10.82%
TSP performance in January 2023 was flipped from January 2022. All TSP Funds are showing a positive return to start off the year.
Ralph R. Smith
Biden Administration and Racism: Winners and Losers in Changing Face of Federal Employees
A primary focus of the Biden administration is on racism. How is this changing the composition of the federal workforce?
2023 Starts With Strong TSP Performance: One Fund Up 8.25% So Far
While the year is still young, the TSP performance so far in 2023 is off to a good start. Here are the latest fund returns.
Number of TSP Millionaires Goes Up to 76,889 at Close of 2022
How many TSP millionaires are there? The number at the end of 2022 is the lowest end of the calendar year figure since 2020 but still an improvement over earlier this year.
President’s Day: Why It is Celebrated, Expanded, and Impact on Federal Employees
President’s Day is a relatively new holiday. It’s official title is Washington’s Birthday but President’s Day is now the more common name used.
Debt Ceiling and How Your G Fund Investment Will Be Impacted
Attention G Fund investors: The federal government has exhausted its ability to borrow more money and will hit the debt ceiling. Your investment will be used to help finance more borrowing.
2024 COLA? 2022 Inflation 6.5%, COLA 8.7%, Average Raise 4.6%
The 2022 inflation rate was 6.5% at the end of the year. The COLA for 2023 was 8.7%. What is likely to happen with the 2024 COLA?
The Holman Rule: Striking Fear in the Federal Bureaucracy
The Holman Rule allows cutting specific government programs or even specific federal employees. Here is how it has been used and why it has resurfaced.
Omnibus Spending Bill: Hidden Requirements Impacting Federal Employees
The 2023 Omnibus Spending Bill that passed is more than 4000 pages long. Embedded are numerous requirements federal agencies must follow. Here are a few of them.
Pay Compression, Pay Caps Impacting Federal Employees Frozen at $183,500
Pay compression and the pay freeze now impact senior federal employees in 31 GS locality pay areas.
