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Federal employees nearing retirement received unusually encouraging news from OPM: retirement claims are being processed at a pace that, at least for now, is reducing a historically large backlog. Aft...
Federal employees who carry a spouse or child on their health insurance should pay close attention to a new OPM rule expanding family member eligibility verification under the Federal Employees Health...
Federal employees are being asked to absorb a commute shock that is not just inconvenient—it is financially destabilizing. Recent reports place the national average for regular gas around $4.56 per ga...
For many federal employees, Memorial Day is not abstract. It may be tied to military service, colleagues who served, family members who never came home, or the quiet grief carried by those who work be...
A missed credit card payment can feel personal, even when the cause was completely outside your control. For federal employees affected by the 76-day DHS shutdown, the harm was not just delayed income...
The Service to America Medals—the “Sammies”—have long been treated as the Oscars of federal service. This year’s 25th annual ceremony carried a quieter message: many federal employees no longer feel s...
Federal employees nearing retirement are facing a serious processing delay. OPM’s retirement backlog remains above 55,000 pending claims, more than three times higher than a year earlier. Digital case...
A recent budget proposal seeks $166 million to expand FBI counterterrorism efforts, including a multi-agency initiative to “proactively identify” domestic extremism. The language matters. Rather than ...
Federal employees received an unexpected update late Thursday afternoon: according to the New York Times, Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans, and the White House have reached a framework aimed at av...
As the January 30 funding deadline approaches, federal employees are entering what can fairly be called the danger zone. With only days left on the calendar, Congress remains locked in a stalemate tha...
When a shutdown finally ends, the first question most federal employees ask is simple: When will the money actually hit my account? The uncertainty is exhausting, especially after weeks of juggling bi...
Federal employees face enough fear this Halloween with the ongoing shutdown. Yet there’s something even more unsettling—parts of our government’s civil-rights machinery have been quietly shut down lon...
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