An Introduction to Long Term Care Insurance
Retirement on your mind? Consider long term care insurance. What you are really buying is protection for your assets.
Seven Ways To Warm Up Any Audience
Many readers make public presentations to the general public, other federal employees or to a mixture of groups at conferences and in meetings. Here are suggestions on how to be more successful in your presentation.
Ten Critical Mistakes Made by Supervisors Dealing with Federal Employees in Trouble at Work
Most Federal employees who get disciplined, deserve it (read the decisions). Most of the supervisory mistakes result from poor training or higher level leadership issues. This article takes a look at supervisors and the difficulties they often face coping with an employee in trouble.
Pay Raise Saga Limping to A Conclusion
With the approval of the omnibus spending bill by the House, the 2008 federal pay raise saga may be limping to an end this week despite predictions of an administrative disaster befalling the government with another shutdown or the possibility of a continuing resolution for the rest of the year.
Best Date to Retire in 2008 (or early in 2009)
Many federal employees are apparently thinking of retirement. If you are thinking of retiring in 2008, what is the most advantageous retirement date? Here are suggestions that may be of interest as you mull over the question.
Misuse of Position Leads to Removal
Federal agencies have considerable power and authority. Federal employees have to be wary of trying to improperly use their position for personal gain or for other reasons unrelated to their official job requirements. This agent of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency was fired for misuse of his position and the removal is upheld by the MSPB and a federal court.
Stay in Town Until Budget is Passed!
FedSmith readers spoke out in giving their opinions on the budget stalemate and their 2008 pay raise. 92% think that Congress should not adjourn until a budget has passed and 47% think the average pay raise for 2008 will be 3%. 58% do not think there will be a government shutdown.
Ten Critical Mistakes Made by Federal Employees in Trouble
Federal employees who get in trouble are prone to making the same mistakes. Here is practical advice from an experienced agency representative on the most common mistakes committed by federal employees who get in trouble.
Rancor Increases Over Spending As Congress Gets Ready to Leave Town
The political dispute about spending for the fiscal year 2008 budget continues. What are the options for the 2008 federal pay raise?
Not a Stickler for Detail
A mother and son worked at the same agency. The mother was a human resources specialist. Both of them were fired. The son was fired for falsification of job applications in the agency’s automated program. The son’s appeal went to federal court but the court upheld the credibility determination made by the administrative judge and he stays fired.
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