Paid Parental Leave Available for Federal Government Workers as of October 1, 2020 The Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA), which was signed into law by President Trump last December gives federal workers up to 12 weeks of paid time ... Read More

75% of the federal staff at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) were almost furloughed with revenue from applications sharply declining The USCIS was provided fiscal relief by Congress in the form of $1.2 billion in emergency funding for ... Read More

The Presidential Rank Awards were Canceled for only the second time in its 41-year-old history. The first time was in 2013 during a recession. The Trump administration canceled the Presidential Rank Awards for 2020 claiming that focus and resources were ... Read More

The Federal Viewpoint Survey, or FEVS, for 2020 Gets Postponed Again, Plus the Results from Last Year’s questionnaire about the US Government’s workforce The FEVS (Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey) is conducted every year in May and then its results are ... Read More

Serving Those Who Serve’s Quarterly Newsletter- July 2020 In The Q2 2020 Newsletter: A Look at some recent I.T. Contracts in the Federal Government The FEDZONE by Ed Zurndorfer, who is also featured in the latest Fed-Life Podcast episodes about ... Read More

A Perfect Storm Looming at the IRS- New Tax Law, Budget Cuts, Paper-Based Processing were already putting pressure on the agency- and then the Coronavirus hit. For those who filed their tax returns and are expecting a refund, the IRS ... Read More

Edward A. Zurndorfer As more and more of the “baby boomers” retire, the decision of when to start receiving their Social Security retirement benefits, and on whose benefits (their own, a current spouse’s, or a former spouse’s) they will apply ... Read More

Social Security Benefits for Federal Employees- everything you need to know now. FedLife Podcast (ep. 25): Everything You Need to Know Now About Social Security Benefits As of May 12, 2020, there have been over 81,000 deaths in America due ... Read More

Teleworking has increased productivity in some agencies- like the Social Security Administration, where 53,000 feds working from home led to an 11% decrease in their backlog Before the world was upended by a microscopic virus, back in October, the Social ... Read More

The President aims to replace three TSP Board Members, hoping to stop I-Fund Investment Change that would include businesses in China. Update: The TSP Board voted to postpone the implementation of the change that would’ve added Chinese investments to the ... Read More