Chasing Higher Returns With Your Retirement Money
The recent past is not necessarily a prologue to your financial future.
Current Events
Current news and events impacting the federal workforce, both current federal employees and federal retirees.
OPM Approves Pay Increase for Federal IT Workers
Federal IT workers will get the same percentage pay increase as the General Schedule across-the-board increase, despite already receiving special pay rates.
Move to New National Security Personnel System to Begin Next Summer
The implementation of the Department of Defense’s new National Security Personnel System will begin in the summer of 2005 with about 60,000 DoD civilian employees set to usher in the first stage.
Can A Federal Employee Be Fired After A Criminal Conviction?
This federal employee was fired after being convicted and sentenced to prison. But the removal action was not quick or easy.
Should Federal Agencies Remove “Christ” From Christmas?
Should “Christ” be taken out of Christmas in the federal government?
Looking for the Elusive Pot of Gold
Some 14,000 federal employees sought more overtime pay contending they had a property right to higher compensation under the U.S. Constitution
Federal Agencies Provide Economic Boost for Downtown Districts
Federal Agencies Provide Economic Boost for Downtown Districts
NASA Administrator Discusses Fatal Accident Involving Three Employees
Three employees at a NASA jet propulsion laboratory were killed this week when a carpool van went off a mountain road in California, injuring seven.
Will Baby Boomers Destroy the Stock Market?
Baby boomers have approached life differently than previous generations. Retirement is likely to be more of the same but not likely to lead to a meltdown of the stock market.
Sweeping Intelligence Reform Bill Passes
Massive intelligence reform was passed by Congress Wednesday that creates a new intelligence director and a counterterrorism center.
