Before checking out for the Holiday break, take our latest quiz for feds! UPCOMING TSP WEBINAR [ays_quiz id=”69″] **Written by Benjamin Derge, Financial Planner, ChFEBC℠ The information has been obtained from sources considered reliable but we do not guarantee that ... Read More

Federal news round-up: Artemis Mission 3 likely delayed, says GAO. Over 400k feds will be required to work in the office, at least partially, next year. White House injects funds into stalled high-speed rail projects in California. In this week’s ... Read More

News from around the federal government, including some from the US Postal Service Namandjé Bumpus becomes second in command at the FDA FAA dealing with critical shortage of air traffic controllers (ATCs) In this week’s wrap-up of news highlights from ... Read More

This week’s quiz is about a recent data breach, USPS pay cuts, and OPM’s backlog of retirement claims. COMPLIMENTARY FERS WEBINAR [ays_quiz id=”59″] **Written by Benjamin Derge, Financial Planner, ChFEBC℠ The information has been obtained from sources considered reliable but ... Read More

A recent hack at the Department of Transportation (DOT) left over 235,000 former and current feds’ private information exposed. Since OPM’s data on individuals in the federal workforce was breached by Chinese hackers in 2014 and 2015, there have been ... Read More

A look at the TSA’s digital transformation, which will require two new officers at the head of the agency. Yemi Oshinnaiye, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently took several weeks to hop around the ... Read More

Get caught up on January’s news pertaining to the federal government and retirement benefits for its workforce. Try These Quizzes Next: Quiz 40 Quiz 39 Quiz 38 [ays_quiz id=”41″] January 2023 Quiz: News for Federal Employees

Software that was first installed 30 years ago crashes at the FAA, resulting in almost two hours of grounded flights across the country. On Thursday, January 12th, the FAA published a tweet at 7:20am that issued a halt to all ... Read More

While the per diem rate for lodging remains unchanged for the second year in a row, the M&IE rate increased to $59 per day. Gas reimbursement rates also went up to 58.5 cents per mile. Complimentary Webinars: REGISTER HERE The ... Read More

Elon Musk’s SpaceX company was awarded the contract to launch the SPHEREx mission in June 2024 Thomas Zurbuchen, an associate administrator for NASA said in 2019 that the SPHEREx mission will provide “an unprecedented galactic map of the Universe.” On ... Read More