Rep. Meadows Offering Federal Employees a Tip Line to Report Anonymous Grievances
Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC) has set up an anonymous tip line to let federal employees express their frustrations about problems they see in their workplace.
Re-Depositing Retirement Contributions and Your Federal Annuity
Re-deposit service refers to service where you withdrew your contributions when you left federal service and did not re-deposit them when you later returned. The author describes how this works and provides examples to help you decide whether or not to re-deposit money.
3 Things You Should Be Grateful For (But Probably Aren’t)
Modern life in developed nations has become so routinely amazing that it’s easy to take it for granted. So let’s reflect for a minute on how much our lives are improved by things like these.
Lawmakers Want the Government to Stop Paying Dead People
Lawmakers in both the House and Senate have introduced legislation that would simplify the process for identifying people who have died and cutting off the flow of federal benefits to them.
Legislation Would Make It Easier to Fire VA Employees
Congressman Jeff Miller (F-FL) is introducing legislation that would give the Department of Veterans Affairs secretary sweeping new authority to fire corrupt or incompetent employees for cause.
Government Has a Lot to Learn from Google
The typical work environment in a federal agency no doubt has little in common with Google’s, but government can still learn something from Google’s practices, especially with regards to how managers lead (or fail to lead) employees in the federal workforce. The author explains how he believes this to be so.
28% of Workers Have Less Than $1,000 in Savings
The results from the 2015 Retirement Confidence Survey have just been released. Some of the data show that American workers are still not preparing adequately for retirement, but the news is not all bad.
Report: IRS Deliberately Cut Customer Service Funding
A new report from the House Ways and Means Committee says that the IRS deliberately cut funding to taxpayer services, resulting in increased wait times for customers, more delays in paying tax refunds, and other customer service problems.
Gun Purchase Leads to Fed’s Termination
This former Forest Service employee ran into trouble when he purchased a firearm for a third party and was not entirely up front in filling out the required ATF form.
Penalties for Withdrawing from Roth and Regular TSP
Will I get penalized for being only 56 and taking money out of the Roth TSP when I am eligible to take money out of the regular TSP?
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