New Locality Pay: Move and Get a Raise?
Can a federal employee increase purchasing power by moving to a remote area and staying assigned to a more generous locality pay area?
Ralph R. Smith
New Benefit: Quietly Creating New Federal Employee Holiday (#12)
The House has passed a bill that would create a new national holiday (and a new federal employee holiday) starting in 2022.
COLA Calculation: More Money for Federal Retirees in 2022?
The latest inflation data have been released. What are likely projections for the 2022 COLA?
WGI: An Automatic Pay Raise for Federal Employees?
Only about 1 for every 1,000 federal employees is denied a within-grade increase (WGI) pay raise. Here is why.
Federal Employees Respond: Stay Away from My TSP
Several proposals have been made to modify the TSP to reflect political objectives. FedSmith readers are remarkably unified in opposition to the proposals.
Proposed TSP Changes: For Better or Worse?
Are recent proposals to change the TSP beneficial? Take this survey and express your opinion.
97.79% Return in 12 Months With Best Performing TSP Fund
TSP investors are primarily long-term investors. This TSP Fund has provided a return of 97.79% in 12 months.
Social Divesting Proposal Threatens to Gut Some TSP Funds
From two sources, the TSP is being asked to dump fossil fuels from TSP funds. Could the president issue an Order that would hold up in court?
Expanding the TSP to Help Poor Americans
Would adding 100 million new investors into the TSP change your retirement program?
135% Return in This TSP Fund in One Year
It has been one year since the stock market bottomed. One TSP fund has returned 135% in this time.
