Current news and events impacting the federal workforce, both current federal employees and federal retirees.
Now that we have an Obama Administration, the author asks if Democratic congressional initiatives will get new legs. One, in particular, establishes a right to collective bargaining for state public safety employees and puts the FLRA in charge.
President Barack Obama delivered this address in Washington, DC today, January 20, 2009.
A Veterans Affairs exercise therapist at the VA medical center in Memphis lost his court appeal seeking to overturn his firing for engaging in a prohibited relationship with a patient.
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 that may interest some readers in the Defense industry in Washington, Virginia and Maryland.
The Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision impact the retirement income for many public sector retirees. A bill has been introduced to eliminate these provisions. Elimination would cost the government considerable money but, with a new Administration and Congress taking on a debt estimated to be at least $1.2 trillion, it could pass this year.
HR 235 would eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.
President-elect Obama has selected Nancy Killefer as the government’s “Chief Performance Officer.”
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.
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.
What were the most popular news items on the FedSmith site in 2008? The most popular articles this past year were on the 2009 pay rates for federal employees, employee benefits and retirement issues.
