Labor and Employee Relations in 2008: The Wonderful Stories of the Year
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.
Posted: January 6, 2009 8:37 PM | Full Story
A Simple Change to Your TSP Contributions Could Save You Money
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.
Posted: January 6, 2009 7:59 AM | Full Story
- Leaving Government Before Retirement? What Happens To Your Benefits?
- What Happens to Your Federal Employee Benefits if You Die While Still Working?
A Four-Day Weekend (With Pay) Coming This Month
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.
Posted: January 6, 2009 8:26 AM | Full Story
Using the Federal Employee Health Plan As a Model
There is one big problem with using the FEHBP as a model for the nation: It offers no government health plan at all. And, in the FEHBP system, all of the risks are assumed by private-sector plans, not by the taxpayers. But under the proposed new government health plan, taxpayers would be saddled with all the risks, losses, and liabilities—just as with the recent series of big bailouts.
Posted: January 5, 2009 8:10 PM | Full Story | Discuss this Story
American Culture in 2009
Postage stamps reflect American culture. Here is the line-up of the commemorative stamps being issued by the Postal Service for 2009--and how we see ourselves (or at least how the Postal Service chooses to portray American culture).
Posted: January 6, 2009 8:07 AM | Full Story
Funny Business in Minnesota
Posted: January 5, 2009 10:32 AM | Full Story | Discuss this Story
FBI Going on Hiring Binge
The FBI has launched a hiring blitz involving 2,100 professional staff vacancies and 850 special agents aimed at filling its most critical vacancies.
Posted: January 6, 2009 6:47 AM | Full Story | Discuss this Story
Thrift Savings Plan Funds All Up in December--Ending a Dismal Year of Returns
After five straight years of positive returns for all of the TSP funds, 2009 was a disappointment. While all of the funds were up in December, all but two of the funds lost money in 2008. The biggest loser: The I fund which, incidentally, had the biggest positive return for December 2008.
Posted: January 5, 2009 9:02 AM | Full Story
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