Pay & Benefits
Viewpoint: Managing Your TSP Account Through Coronavirus Turbulence
Long-term market history provides a good guide for context.
Pay & Benefits
House Republicans Unveil Plan to Boost Merit Pay and Slash Pensions
Proposals would help rein in a "swamp monster" of a runaway bureaucracy, lawmakers say.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employee Retirement Requests Hit Highest Level Since Trump Took Office
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Most Federal Employee Retirement Funds Struggle to Start the Year
After a strong 2019, most portfolios in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program ended January in the red.
Pay & Benefits
Most TSP Funds Crept Up in November
All but one of the portfolios in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program grew last month.
Management
It’s Time to Rethink Your Retirement Tax Assumptions
The lower taxes many federal employees anticipate after leaving the workforce don’t always materialize.
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Viewpoint: Dollars Invested in the TSP Will Now Benefit Our Foreign Adversary
Decision to use an index fund that includes Chinese companies is bad for our country and the financial security of federal employees.
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Federal Retirement Applications, Processing Both Down in October
The backlog of pending requests crept to nearly 18,000 last month, although the number of applications is significantly down from the same period in 2018.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Portfolios Post Modest Growth in October
All funds in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program saw minor gains last month.
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New Flexibilities for TSP Withdrawals Shake Things Up, and More
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
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TSP Board Revisits Decision to Broaden International Fund
A bipartisan group of senators has been urging officials to reconsider the decision to allow investments in Chinese companies.
Pay & Benefits
One Agency Finds a Way to Provide Paid Parental Leave, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Retirees Will Get 1.6% COLA in 2020
Although less than last year, a consumer price index increase of less than 2% means the vast majority of former federal workers will see the same increase to their defined benefit pensions.
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Federal Employee Retirement Savings Funds Make Modest Gains in September
All but one of the Thrift Savings Plan offerings ended the month in the black.
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TSP: Thousands Already Making Use of New Withdrawal System
The board that governs the 401(k)-style retirement savings program authorized a 6.9% budget increase for the agency Monday.
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Most TSP Funds Take a Tumble in August
Only two of the Thrift Savings Plan’s portfolios ended last month in the black.
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TSP Posts Modest Gains in July, Although International Stocks Fall
Most funds in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program saw only slight increases last month.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service Floats Big Cuts to Employee Pay, Leave and Benefits
New postal workers would no longer earn a pension under preliminary business plan.
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All TSP Funds Rebound in June
After a lackluster May in which most offerings lost value, every fund in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program grew last month.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Outlines Time Frame for Lifecycle Fund Changes, Internal Improvements
By the end of next year, the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program will offer lifecycle funds in five-year increments.
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