With a number of federal employees considering retirement, some will want to consider taking a job related to their federal career. Here is a report on jobs that may interest some readers in the Defense industry in Washington, Virginia and Maryland.
The MSPB issued a study urging agencies to involve employees early and often in decisions involving their work.
There is no perfect compensation system. If the Obama administration and the Democratic congress want to extend pay-for-performance experiments to the rest of government, they would do well to consider several factors – some of which may be overlooked by good-government think tanks, high-price consultants, and agency human resources officers. Here are some of the issues that need to be addressed.
The Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision impact the retirement income for many public sector retirees. A bill has been introduced to eliminate these provisions. Elimination would cost the government considerable money but, with a new Administration and Congress taking on a debt estimated to be at least $1.2 trillion, it could pass this year.
HR 235 would eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.
The drop in the value of your Thrift Savings Plan in 2008 may have you worried–especially if you are already retired. recent legislation allows investors to avoid taking the minimum required distribution in 2009. But to take advantage, you need to act sooner rather than later.
President-elect Obama has selected Nancy Killefer as the government’s “Chief Performance Officer.”
The author recaps FedSmith stories that its authors couldn’t have made up had they tried all year. These stories require no suspension of belief by the reader. All are provably true.
Some readers will be getting a four-day weekend in January. Other readers will get a three-day weekend. Here is how the holiday will work.
If you are not careful in making your regular TSP investments, you could be making a mistake that will cost you a significant amount of money. Highly compensated federal employees should consider making a flat payment to the TSP each pay period. This column explains why this is could be important to you.
