10 Questions Federal Employees Should Ask Presidential Candidates
What questions would you like to ask presidential candidates? Here is a list of 10 questions from one author within the federal community he would like to see the candidates address.
What questions would you like to ask presidential candidates? Here is a list of 10 questions from one author within the federal community he would like to see the candidates address.
This fired Postal Worker appealed to the MSPB and argued that he did not start the fight which led to his removal, did not cause severe bodily injury as alleged by the agency, and he had acted in self defense. He also argued removal was too severe because he had 20 years of federal service. The Court didn’t buy the argument.
The stated preferences among readers among leading candidates for Democratic or Republican nominee for President are still fluid. The latest results of our preference survey show much different results from the previous survey in October. Here is a summary of the latest survey of readers.
WHUD’s “Operation FedRent” program has resulted in indicting 34 federal employees (so far).
If you have an opportunity for an early out or a buyout, are you focused exclusively on not liking your current job? Here are questions you need to ask yourself before making a decision.
Author and consultant Bob Gilson takes a look back at some of the “Litigation of Silly Assertions” that emerged from the federal community in 2007.
Frequent trading the the TSP has been a controversial topic in the federal community. This article by a 30-year advocate of objective, patient and profitable proactive fund investing has a perspective on the topic.
We take our best employees and pay them more money to do less of what made them the best. Moreover, we put them in leadership positions when their leadership skills are often untested and unknown. So how do managers make the investment in their salaries and benefits a worthwhile expense?
The TSP says that a few people who are engaging in frequent trading are costing all other TSP participants money and creating a “great risk of performance deviations” in the TSP fund benchmarks. The answer to the problem: Limit the frequent trading. A new interim regulation is effective as of today, January 7th.
It is hard to believe but the annual federal pay raise has been approved and OPM has issued various documents implementing the 2008 pay rates for federal employees. The median salary for federal employees in the DC area in 2008: $90,698.