Pay & Benefits
Playing Catch-up
Catch-up contributions give the 50-and-over crowd a backdoor to the TSP.
Pay & Benefits
Life After Government: What To Do
In the third installment of our weeklong series, Karen Rutzick looks at the many and varied post-retirement options, from consulting to antiquing.
Pay & Benefits
Dental and vision insurance pushed back until December 2006
Supplemental coverage won’t be subsidized by agencies, but OPM will use large number of employees to negotiate lower costs.
Pay & Benefits
Cost of managing TSP continues to shrink
Administrative expenses are low and getting lower.
Pay & Benefits
Life After Government: The Big Picture
In the first in a weeklong series, Karen Rutzick reports on the ever-increasing number of employees who have their eye on a retirement date--and what comes next.
Pay & Benefits
Employee share of health insurance premiums to climb 10 percent
OPM says government oversubsidized premiums in 2005.
Pay & Benefits
Travel Math
Rules for getting compensatory time off for travel are fussy and complex.
Pay & Benefits
GSA raises mileage reimbursement rate by 8 cents per mile
Federal employees will be reimbursed 48.5 cents per mile for official government travel in personal vehicles.
Pay & Benefits
Proposed bill could bring retirement equity to law officers
Officers not recognized by law receive less pay and postpone retirements.
Pay & Benefits
Life and Death Planning
Employees should get paperwork and information ready so survivors can claim their benefits when they die.
Pay & Benefits
Bush endorses 2.1 percent pay raise
Congress likely to override decision by passing legislation mandating a 3.1 percent increase.
Defense
Agencies urged to be flexible with employees who join relief efforts
Personnel flexibilities available to reward employees who pitch in during times of crisis.
Pay & Benefits
Reaping REITs' Rewards
Beyond the political disagreement, how would a REIT option affect TSP portfolios?
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Hurricane may delay married TSP participants' loans, withdrawals
Thrift board sets up mail forwarding system to handle paper forms sent to New Orleans.
Management
Farm Service Agency employees to get buyout offers
Budget shortfall forces USDA to cut 214 federal employees.
Pay & Benefits
Pentagon to launch rare open season for survivor benefits
Retirees who opt in to program must pay hefty back premiums.
Pay & Benefits
The Game of Life(cycle)
Who is and who isn’t investing in the TSP’s new life-cycle funds?
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