Pay & Benefits
A Union Is Calling on the Administration to Do More to Retain Federal Firefighters
The Biden Administration secured significant pay raises for wildland firefighters as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law, but those increases are, for now, temporary and an exodus to stabler positions has continued.
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Your Guide to Pay and Benefits During a Shutdown
Although lawmakers are loath to let appropriations lapse ahead of an election, complications remain over permitting reform and other measures expected to be included in legislation to keep the government open.
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Rules and Requirements for Federal Retirement
Some dates to retire are better than others for different employees.
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Locality Pay Tweaks, Proposed Social Security Benefit Changes and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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OPM: Here's How Feds Can Help Fight Hunger and Dietary Diseases
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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Retire Now or Later? A Debate
Sticking around can improve your financial situation, but is it worth it?
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Lawmakers Calls for Inspector General Oversight of the TSP
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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A Longtime TSP Board Member Announced He Will Resign
Former acting Chairman David Jones’ replacement remains held up on the Senate floor by GOP lawmakers.
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Before And After Retirement: A To-Do List
Tips on navigating the periods sandwiched around your retirement date.
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TSP Portfolios Faltered Again in August
Nearly all of the funds in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings plan returned to negative territory last month.
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It's Official: Biden Formalizes Average 4.6% Pay Raise Plan for Feds in 2023
The annual declaration of a national emergency preventing large automatic pay increases from taking effect confirms that 0.5% of the total pay raise will go to an average increase in locality pay.
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A Bipartisan Bill Would Ban Top Feds From Trading Stocks
Violators would potentially face hefty fines.
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The Biden Administration and USPS Offer a First Glimpse of a Postal-Only Health Benefits System
The agencies are seeking to answer early questions, though they still have time to sort out details.
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Lawmakers Are Urging OPM to Beef up Feds’ Fertility Benefits
Democrats in both chambers of Congress bemoaned the abridged—and often expensive—coverage of treatments such as in vitro fertilization in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
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More than 110 Lawmakers Are Urging the Education Dept. to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waivers
Although the Biden administration has already begun work to make many recent changes that make the program easier to use permanent, those reforms won’t be implemented until next summer.
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The Contractor Responsible for the TSP’s Troubled Recordkeeping Transition Pledges to Improve
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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Higher Inflation At Least Means Higher COLAs
That’s generally true for federal retirees, but it’s a bit more complicated.
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GSA Announces Travel Per Diem Rates, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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