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Retirement twilight zone
Bob Leins hosts a roundtable discussion of some strange but true retirement planning stories.
March 25, 2013
Tags: pay and benefits , retirement benefits processing , retirement planning , Bob Leins , NITP , Tammy Flanagan , James Marshall , Bob Braunstein , For Your Benefit
Vampires and a retirement offer to die for...
What do vampires have to do with a long-lived urban myth about a super-secret federal retirement plan? The short answer is that both are very hard to put to rest, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. But here goes, again ...
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , workforce , CSRS , Triple Nickel
2014 budget battle lines drawn around federal pay, benefits
When it comes to the federal workforce, the competing House and Senate budget plans differ greatly in tone and style. But when it comes to making the federal government run more efficiently and finding cost-savings in federal operations, the two plans are more alike than you might think.
Tags: House , Senate , Congress , pay and benefits , budget , Paul Ryan , Patty Murray , Jack Moore
Furloughs, buyouts, & retirement surge
Federal News Radio's Julia Ziegler, and Sean Reilly and Stephen Losey from the Federal Times, join host Mike Causey to discuss a wide range of issues affecting federal workers.
March 13, 2013
Tags: pay and benefits , government shutdown , furloughs , retirement surge , Julia Ziegler , Federal News Radio , sequestration , continuing resolution , pay freeze , Sean Reilly , Stephen Losey , Federal Times , Mike Causey , Your Turn
Sequestration and your finances
Certified Financial Planner John Jilek answers your questions about how sequestration and furloughs would affect your TSP.
March 11, 2013
Tags: pay and benefits , sequestration , furloughs , TSP , Bob Leins , John Elliott , John Jilek , Edward Jones , hardship withdrawals , For Your Benefit
Upsurge in February retirements causes backlog to balloon
The number of federal employees filing retirement claims last month spiked to more than 20,000 -- nearly four times what the Office of Personnel Management projected, according to new OPM data released Tuesday.
Tags: OPM , Jack Moore
TSP funds see small gains in February
The rate of growth in the Thrift Savings Plan funds slowed in February, with most funds posting lower gains compared to January.
Tags: TSP , Pay & Benefits , Michael OConnell
Sequestration and its impact on you
Washington attorney John Mahoney, and Federal Times writers Stephen Losey and Sean Reilly answer your questions about sequestration and furloughs.
February 20, 2013
Tags: pay and benefits , sequestration , furloughs , budget debate , budget battle , TSP , unemployment , pay freeze , pension liability , John Mahoney , Sean Reilly , Stephen Losey , Federal Times , Mike Causey , Your Turn
Where to live in retirement and when to go
Gerontology professor and NITP presenter Dr. Michael Creedon answers your retirement questions.
February 18, 2013
Tags: pay and benefits , retirement planning , Michael Creedon , NITP , Bob Leins , John Elliott , Retirement Planning Services , For Your Benefit
Diet COLAs for everybody?
If you could pick any historical event to relive, it probably wouldn't be the maiden voyage of the Titanic — that didn't go well. And now, 100 years later, federal, military and Social Security retirees are just becoming aware of a political iceberg that could punch a hole in their future benefits, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , COLA , chained CPI , Congress , sequestration , NARFE
