Ryan Budget Calls for Hike in Federal Employee Retirement Contributions
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the 2015 House Republican budget today which contains some proposals that would directly impact the federal workforce.
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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the 2015 House Republican budget today which contains some proposals that would directly impact the federal workforce.
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) are two provisions of the Social Security law that affect Social Security benefits to which CSRS retirees may be entitled. The author provides some details about these as they relate to federal employees.
The Internal Revenue Service is warning consumers to be on the lookout for a new email phishing scam. The emails appear to be from the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service and include a bogus case number.
These are some common errors federal employees should avoid to help speed up processing their OPM retirement applications.
Three Congressmen have asked the Government Accountability Office to study federal employee engagement and recommend steps the federal government can take to improve it.
The quarterly allocations for the TSP’s lifecycle funds are changing in April. Here is a summary of the changes in these funds.
Federal workers would get a 3.3% pay increase under legislation proposed today by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA).
Two Congressmen recently sent a letter to Katherine Archuleta, the director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), asking for a current official time report to show how many hours federal workers spent on union business.
A balky website for filing appeals with the MSPB is turned aside as an excuse for missing the filing deadline by both the Board and the appeals court. The employee is therefore out of luck in trying to challenge her removal.
The self plus one enrollment option for federal employee health insurance will be available for enrollment on November 9, 2015. Copy of the OPM letter is contained in the article.