At the bright, young age of 10 years old, I found myself standing in the Rags to Riches museum at Dollywood, staring at an artifact of folklore that I thought existed only in the realm of myth. I’d heard the ... Read More

Welcome back to the third installment of our series on the TSP Funds! In Part 1, we explored the stability and principal preservation offered by the TSP’s G Fund. In Part 2, we discussed how the F Fund provides broad ... Read More

In Part 1 of our five-week series on the TSP funds, we explored the G Fund and discussed why it occupies a unique place in the investment world. Because the G Fund’s underlying securities aren’t publicly traded, it offers a ... Read More

The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) offers federal employees and members of the uniformed services a straightforward lineup of investment options, but understanding what each fund actually does—and when it makes sense to use it—is essential to building a retirement strategy. ... Read More

If you’ve been following healthcare policy lately, you may have seen headlines about a proposal that would automatically enroll newly eligible Medicare beneficiaries into Medicare Advantage plans instead of the original Medicare Parts A and B (optional). For federal employees ... Read More

How the SECURE Act Passage Affects IRA Owners and TSP Participants and Their Beneficiaries –Part II Click HERE For Part I Edward A. Zurndorfer         Before adjourning in late December, Congress enacted a $1.4 trillion year-end spending bill that keeps ... Read More

               Before adjourning in late December, Congress enacted a $1.4 trillion year-end spending bill that keeps the federal government running through Sept. 30, 2020. President Trump signed the legislation. Tucked away inside this spending legislation is the Setting Every Community ... Read More

Announced in 2018, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently transitioning their base to Grand Junction, CO. The Move is Expected to be Complete by the end of 2020. BLM, which is a subagency of the Department of the ... Read More

Dept. of Energy & University of Massachusetts-Amherst Release Results from Fishy Research Fish ladder at McNary Dam on the Columbia River, WA & OR Back in the Spring of 2018, the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO)- a subagency of the ... Read More

2019’s Best Federal Agencies to Work For: NASA, ITC, and FERC Take Top Spots The Federal Government edition of the “Best Places to Work” rankings for 2019 have been published. The set of statistics breaks down the governmental organizations by ... Read More