Current news and events impacting the federal workforce, both current federal employees and federal retirees.
Back in 2006, a letter carrier hit a co-worker which led to removal of this letter carrier. The removal was appealed and the man who was fired claimed hitting his co-worker in the face was an accident. The case went to federal court.
If you have not already taken a minimum required distribution (MRD) from your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) or your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) for 2008, you must take it by April 1, 2009.
Has the decline in the value of stocks–especially the decline in the value of the Thrift Savings Plan portfolios of many readers–caused a change in retirement plans? How are federal employees reacting to the drop in the value of their retirement investments? Last week’s survey shows there is an optimistic streak–along with the dashed hopes of some who are delaying retirement and hoping for the best.
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 in the Southwestern United States that may interest readers.
Government contracting may change dramatically under the provisions of the appropriations bill that is now being considered by the House. Significant limits on contracting are contained in the House bill and there would, instead, be an emphasis on having more work done by federal employees.
This federal employee who worked for the Postal Service apparently intentionally flunked a required training program and asked if one of the instructors had an Uzi. The employee had three prior suspensions and was fired for this one. It went to federal court for resolution.
How much of a cost of living adjustment will federal retirees see in 2010? Perhaps there will not be one. That has not happened before but we are in unusual economic times.
President Obama promised to let TSA screening personnel be represented by unions in his campaign. The author explores what will surely shape up as a major organizing effort by competing unions and how the Agency may weigh in to the process.
This “rookie” helped the federal government seize nine duffel bags of marijuana in the first day on the job.
Now that the economic stimulus package has been passed into law, the bill has actually been printed and organizations and going through it to find out what this new law contains. Federal retirees will be eligible for an additional $250.
