IRS Issues Alert About Persistent Scam Phone Calls
The Internal Revenue Service issued a consumer alert today providing taxpayers with additional tips to protect themselves from telephone scam artists calling and pretending to be with the IRS.
What Can’t The Federal Government Do To Its Employees?
Prohibited personnel practices outline what federal managers may not do when it comes to their employees. The author highlights 13 specific examples of these prohibited actions federal employees should be aware of.
Changes to Your Flexible Spending Account Program (FSAFEDS)
There are two important changes to the flexible spending account program for federal employees for 2015. Here are the changes.
Phased Retirement Moving Forward
What do you need to know about phased retirement before entering this program? Here are some key points that any phased retirement employee will want to know ahead of time.
Modified Divorce Ruling Handed Down Before Retirement Must Be Considered In Deciding Survivor Annuity
In yet another case involving the current wife and ex-wife fighting over a federal retiree’s survivor’s annuity, the appeals court finds error in handling by OPM and MSPB and bounces the case back for another round. See why.
Elevator Posters and Plastic Squirting Fish: House Investigating ‘Wasteful Spending’ at the DOL
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating what it calls “wasteful spending practices” at the Department of Labor regarding money spent on items such as plastic squirting fish and public relations contests.
How to Make Early Retirement a Reality
The author outlines some of the resources available to federal employees to help them save for an early retirement.
House Committee Pushing for Special Counsel in IRS Investigation
The House Committee on Oversight and Government reform sent a letter to Eric Holder again requesting special counsel be appointed in the IRS targeting investigation, citing a new potential conflict of interest the Committee recently learned about.
Reasons Not to Raise the Social Security Cap
The author says that while the idea of exposing all wages to payroll taxes is one of the more popular policy options in the Social Security debate, it is bad policy that will only serve to further destabilize the system over time.
SF Postal Police to the Rescue
San Francisco Postal Police Officers Raymond Tam and Harry Leung were providing security at a USPS booth during the city’s Chinatown Lunar New Year Festival, attended by thousands of people, when they noticed a five-year-old girl standing alone next to the booth.
