“Where Can I Get Good, Reliable Retirement Information?”
Where can you get answers to your retirement questions? Here are a few suggestions.
Where can you get answers to your retirement questions? Here are a few suggestions.
An information technology specialist filed appeals after he was fired for not properly filing federal tax returns for four years and not paying taxes on time for three of those years. The removal till stands.
Human resources and equal employment opportunity offices are often at odds. In this article, the author delves into the most common miscommunication between the two offices and how to address the problem.
The stock market continues to go back up and the recent returns from the TSP funds reflect this change of direction. All but one of the TSP funds are up again in May. Check out the returns for your TSP funds with our charts that display the monthly, year-to-date and 12-month returns for each fund.
In this final article in a three part series, the author explores the thought processes and considerations an Agency Deciding Official must use to render a decision and have it sustained on appeal. This framework is drawn from the law as evolved by the Merit Systems Protection Board since it came into existence in 1979.
Author John Grobe recently asked FedSmith readers which topics were of most interest on the topic of federal retirement. The answer: Should a federal retiree who is nearing 65 sign up for Medicare’s Part B? Here is an explanation of the considerations in making this decision.
A NASA employee is hit with a suspension of 180 days as a result of violating the Hatch Act. With election season already upon us, and another five months to go before the election, federal employees need to think and understand restrictions on political activity before putting their careers in jeopardy.
This article deals with the preparation for and conduct of an adverse action reply meeting.
The 2009 federal pay raise will be influenced by a number of factors. Here are some of the events that will influence the amount of next year’s average federal pay raise.
Here are the trends in the TSP universe. The TSP funds have been kind to TSP investors so far in May and the number of investors in the lifecycle funds continues to go up. Active trading in the funds is down.