The history of executive orders that have given Federal Employees a half-day off for Christmas Eve when Christmas follows on a Friday Friday Christmases, a Federal History From 1948 to 2019, Christmas occurred on a Friday eleven times. 2020 will ... Read More

Posting a 2020 Fiscal Year Loss of $9.2 billion, the USPS has been hit by the Coronavirus, and was a major player in the recent presidential election The US Postal Service has received a large amount of attention in 2020. ... Read More

The reluctance of Trump to concede, and the projection of a Biden win, leaves 2021 Federal Pay Raise up in the air. Although the President has shown no signs of conceding the election anytime in the next few days, and ... Read More

The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) sued the Trump Administration over an executive order they argue looks to reestablish a spoils system for Civil Service A recent executive order by the president has caused considerable commotion in several areas of ... Read More

In response to a NARFE questionnaire, Presidential Nominee Biden Promises to Support Feds and not cut their Benefits The Trump Administration declined an invitation from the National Active and Retired Federal Employee Association (NARFE) to fill out a questionnaire on ... Read More

STWS Advisor Jennifer Meyer Breaks Down What Feds Need to Know About their TSP Investments on the Brink of a Presidential Election It is an almost daily question in the life of a financial advisor these days- “should I make ... Read More

The US Postal Service Froze All Hiring for Management Positions, is undergoing a major restructuring, and reported $2.2 Billion in Losses for the 3rd Quarter of Fiscal Year 2020 Louis Dejoy, the new Postmaster General who started at USPS on ... 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 General Scale Pay Raise for 2021 is set to be 1% unless Congress can change it- the Military’s pay is set to increase 3% next year As things stand now, in the dog days of July, salaries for military ... Read More

USPS Finances: Doubled Q2 2019 Losses, impacted by Coronavirus- what the current state of the US Postal Service? The USPS announced to its employees that it has enough liquidity to operate at full service until at least May 2021- so ... Read More