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Seasonal TSP investing explored
A private company claims to have the secret for outperforming the TSP. We ask the TSP's Tom Trabucco for his opinion.
Tags: TSP , Tom Trabucco , market timing , seasonal strategy , Suzanne Kubota
Drugged Out (in a good way) Federal Workers
More than 300,000 federal and postal workers are drugged out...in a good way. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says they are saving tons of money by setting up flexible spending accounts.
Tags: Mike Causey , FSA
Fed/Social Security COLA Goes Flat!
The January cost of living adjustment retirees were counting on to help pay higher health premiums is not going to happen. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that for the second year in a row the retirees will get nothing even as federal workers get a token 1.4 percent pay raise.
Tags: Mike Causey , COLA
Labor-management forums in need of some clarity
Both employee unions and agencies say certain phrases in President Obama's executive order creating these committees need to be better defined. VA deputy secretary Gould will lead an effort to bring some precision to terms such as pre-decisional, to make sure everyone is working from the same sheet of paper. National Council on Federal-Labor Management Relations also details first set of bargaining pilots, called B-1.
Tags: management , John Berry , Scott Gould , Jeff Neal , OPM , DHS , VA , Colleen Kelley , NTEU , Bill Dougan , NFFE , National Council on Federal-Labor Management Relat , labor-mangement forums , B-1 pilots , telework , Jason Miller
How will a lame duck Congress affect feds?
From pay freeze proposals to furloughs, there are a lot of issues before Congress that could affect feds. This week on Your Turn, Mike interviews Charity Wilson from the American Federation of Government Employees and Jessica Klement from the Federal Managers Association, about what a lame duck Congress can do to federal workers and retirees.
September 22, 2010
Tags: Your Turn , Mike Causey , Congress , lame duck session , Jessica Klement , Charity Wilson , FMA , AFGE , hiring freeze , pay debate
DoT, NASA use Web 2.0 to increase satisfaction
What makes one federal agency better than another in terms of worker contentment? One of Washington's good government groups did some additional digging in the wake of the federal "Best Places to Work" survey and found that better communication using social networking tools helped at least two agencies move up the list.
Tags: management , NAPA , Jennifer Dorn , DOT , Marlise Streitmatter , NASA , Toni Dawsey , Best Places to Work , Max Cacas
Last day to comment on Labor Department's possible rule change for disabled worker hiring
A proposed rule change by the Labor Department would give preference to contractors that hire disabled workers. All comments on the proposed change must be submitted by Tuesday.
Tags: DoL , contractors , contracting , disabled workers , hiring , Dorobek Insider , Must Reads
Where Are Those Greedy Feds?
We've all heard and read about greedy, ungrateful, overpaid and underworked federal employees. But just where are they? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says he's tapped the mother lode.
Tags: Mike Causey , pay debate , Margaret Baptiste , NARFE
Exit interview with NARFE's Margaret Baptiste
This week on Your Turn, Mike Causey interviews Margaret Baptiste, the outgoing president of NARFE. They discuss what happened during her tenure and what didn't happen.
September 15, 2010
Tags: Margaret Baptiste , Your Turn , Mike Causey , NARFE ,
Health care reform reforms FEHBP
OPM is getting the word out about who and what is, and isn't, covered under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program now that President Obama has signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Tags: FEHBP , Pay & Benefits , adult children , ACA
