Pay, Benefits, and the Ups and Downs for the Federal Community: Most Intriguing Topics for 2009
Which topics are of the most interest to readers? Here are the top 25 articles from the FedSmith site in 2009.
Which topics are of the most interest to readers? Here are the top 25 articles from the FedSmith site in 2009.
What will happen in federal labor and employee relations in 2010? Here are a few predictions from an expert in the field.
Do you feel safer from acts of terrorism than you did a year ago? A large majority of readers say “no” and give candid responses. Here is a sample of comments from the varying opinions of our readers.
Periodically, Uncle Sam tries to get people to write clearly and directly. The efforts usually fail. Chances are you spend a good deal of your time crafting documents to communicate or persuade. Avoid these seven common mistakes and your written documents will be clear, persuasive, and will deliver better results.
More and more studies show that people who ease their way into retirement report greater satisfaction with their transition into retirement.
It isn’t automatic that the price of everything goes up. There was no COLA increase for federal retirees this year (although health insurance increased). Gas is also less expensive and reimbursement rates for feds who use their own car for business has just been reduced.
2009 TSP performance was outstanding with all funds in the black. The big winner: The S fund.
It’s that time of year and labor and employee relations in 2009 did not disappoint the observer of silly, scary or simply crazy events. As we look at last year, you decide whether things went up or downhill as the year progressed.
Apple Computer’s App Store online store now offers a new free Postal Service application for iPhone and iPod touch mobile digital devices.
The biggest single flaw, in an astonishingly flawed system, is that injured Federal workers face a “closed loop” system in which they can never appeal an adverse decision beyond the Department of Labor.