The President has signed an Executive Order implementing the 2009 federal pay increase. Here is a chart that shows the amount of the pay increase by locality pay area.
Changes to the most popular health insurance plan for federal employees has raised concerns in Congress and led to an extension of the “open season” for enrolling in the FEHB for 2009. Changes have now been made to the 2009 plan that will benefit federal employees using this plan. Here is a summary of the changes.
TSP investors are continuing to move money from stock funds and into the G fund although the number of transfers has declined substantially. What is the risk of not putting some of your investment money back into stock funds? Should you wait until the bear market is over before moving money around?
President Bush has issued an Order giving federal employees an extra holiday this year: December 26, 2008.
Should employees under the FERS system use their sick leave or save it with the possibility of getting more credit toward a higher annuity payment?
It has been a confusing year for health insurance benefits during this year’s open season. As a result of concerns in Congress and in the media about the changes, OPM has taken several unusual steps with regard to this year’s program. Here is what some of these changes may mean for you.
If email from our readers is a reliable guide, a burning question on the minds of many is “will President Bush give us an extra holiday on December 26th?” But what about the separation of church and state? Should federal employees get the day off to celebrate a religious holiday?
If you are looking for good news with regard to your stock funds, try this: Your funds did not go down as much this past month as they did in October. If that doesn’t give you a thrill, perhaps the bottom of the market has been reached.
Federal employees are fleeing to the G Fund amidst the ongoing historic bear market.
“Back to the Future” was a great movie–or series of movies. Still, no one likes to see their retirement investments sinking back to levels of six years ago. That is what has happened in the current bear market. Here are charts showing the results through the recent sell-off–and some hope for the future.
