Timing the Market With Your TSP? We Wish You Luck
Investors in the Thrift Savings Plan often move money into or out of the G fund and the TSP stock funds depending on how the market has been reacting. Here is what happened in the past two months.
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A Note to the Office of Management and Budget
Widespread use of privately owned vehicle commitments would mean a dramatic reduction in motor pools and a net savings for the taxpayer.
Readers Give Administration Failing Grade on Gulf Oil Spill
How have the administration and BP performed in handling the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? What are the political implications for the November elections? Readers voiced their strong opinions on the topic in last week’s survey. Here are the results.
Who is a “Family Member?” Writing Regulations in a Confusing World
How does a federal supervisor know when to approve a leave request from an employee when the request is based on the needs of a “family member?” If the answer used to be easy, knowing who is a qualified family member has gotten more difficult.
What Will Happen to the L2010 Fund?
What will happen to the TSP’s lifecycle fund labeled the “L2010 Fund” as 2010 comes to an end? It will roll down into the L Income Fund in December 2010, and the L 2050 Fund will begin in January 2011.
Systemic Enabling
Enabling is a term describing a relationship where one person attempts to help another, but, in actuality, that help contributes to the problem. The help becomes enabling when the person is shielded from consequences that would otherwise serve to bring about responsible behavior.
Bullied to Death? Part Two: A Measure of Posthumous Justice for Phoebe Prince
Every article I have read about the Phoebe Prince case condemned the brutal bullying campaign carried out by these students, and its horrifying consequences, but there were many different perspectives as to what to do next.
TSP Investors Withdrawing Money from G and F Funds
More Thrift Savings Plan investors are putting their money into a lifecycle fund and, in April, TSP investors withdrew funds from the G and F funds–presumably in the hope that the stock market rise will continue.
Going Back to Work for Uncle Sam
Are you thinking of returning to work as a federal employee after retirement? This article does not address why you might want to do this but factors to consider if you are wondering how to go about returning to federal employment.
Politics and Federal Labor Management Relations: The TSA Election
FLRA’s Regional Director in Chicago, Peter Sutton, rejected AFGE and NTEU bids for elections at the Transportation Security Administration. There are indications that the Authority in DC will reverse him and a prior ruling of its own barring the election. Nothing has changed since that decision except the political leaning of the Agency. Will it reverse itself and order an election? Read and decide for yourself.
