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

Celebrating the end of the year with the top 5 most-read articles of 2022 by Benefits Ben! Start the new year off right – properly prepare for retirement with our no-cost webinar series: REGISTER HERE 5. Locality & the Pay ... Read More

From All of Us At STWS- Happy Holidays! Need a Gift? How about some cheesecake? A great holiday story from the 2018 holiday season. Here is a Fed-Life Podcast featuring the ladies from Furlough cheesecake: Historical Tidbit- On December 24th, ... Read More

Passing both chambers of Congress, a recent piece of legislation is set to provide a major fix to federal retirement special provisions. Introduced by Representative Gerry Connolly back in January of 2021, the First Responder Return for Employees on Their ... Read More

Although the 4.6% average pay raise for federal employees is pretty set – it has yet to be finalized. Since the Biden Administration recommended a 4.6% pay raise for the federal workforce back in March, there has been little indication ... Read More

There’s increasing outside pressure from the executive branch on the TSP’s governing body to assess potential risks due to climate change – but is there a real threat or is this just politics? One of the main focuses of the ... Read More

After a contentious stand-off with the White House and the DHS Secretary, Magnus submits resignation, most likely over influx of immigrants crossing the US border. Last week, the White House requested the resignation of the commissioner of the Customs and ... Read More

Both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) are in the process of creating offices designed to tackle environmental justice issues. In May of this year, the DOJ opened an office designed exclusively to focus on low-income ... Read More

Recent word from White House sheds some light on upcoming health insurance options only accessible by USPS workers. Of the roughly 2.1 million federal workers currently employed by the US Government, about 653,000 of those are USPS employees, meaning USPS ... Read More

Government spending bill doesn’t mention federal pay raise – a strong indication that Congress supports the White House recommendation of 4.6%. The federal employee pay raise for 2023 has been expected to be 4.6% since the White House released its ... Read More