FedSmith.com Users Agree With AFGE: 2017 Raise Should be 5.3%
FedSmith.com users said in a recent poll that federal workers deserve a 5.3% pay raise in 2017.
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FedSmith.com users said in a recent poll that federal workers deserve a 5.3% pay raise in 2017.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said in a recent letter to Transportation Security Administration Administrator Peter Neffenger that the Committee is concerned about the possibility of abuse within the system used to pay bonuses to TSA employees.
The author says that while he is the only candidate running for president who has put forth any visible plan on Social Security, Bernie Sanders’ proposal for reforming the program will ultimately not work. He explains the shortcomings he sees with what Sanders suggests doing to Social Security.
The recent volatility in the stock market has many federal employees worried about their Thrift Savings Plan investments and future retirement. The author says that some federal employees may unintentionally be paralyzing their own retirement plans through “analysis paralysis.” He explains what this means and how to avoid it.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is asking the Department of Homeland Security to provide details on the badges, cell phones and guns that recently went missing at the agency.
The Federal Reserve has floated the idea of lowering interest rates below zero. What impact would this have on federal employees invested in the Thrift Savings Plan funds?
How can you effectively use the search engine to locate individual Postal Service employees by name, location or by occupation? This is a basic overview of how you can search the updated database of Postal Service employees using individual or multiple criteria to find the results you are seeking.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is seeking information about a payment in excess of $850,000 to pay confidential informants when an information sharing agreement existed between Amtrak and the Justice Department.
Acting Office of Personnel Management director Beth Cobert recently addressed the agency’s seemingly endless backlog of retirement applications and discussed the steps being taken to improve it.
A Department of Air Force researcher appealed when her agency cancelled her RAND Fellowship, arguing it was in retaliation for her involvement in a federal court case. See how the Board and the appeals court reacted.