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.
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There are two important changes to the flexible spending account program for federal employees for 2015. Here are the changes.
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.
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.
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.
The author outlines some of the resources available to federal employees to help them save for an early retirement.
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.
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.
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.
Historically, federal agencies have used what is known as the “mailbox rule.” This maxim provides that if a notice or letter is properly addressed and duly mailed, it is presumed to have arrived at the mailing address in due course. However, the author cites cases which illustrate that this does not always work out as an agency would expect.
Open season is coming up. Here is why this could be important to federal employees.