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Biden Is Officially Running For Reelection. What Has He Done For Public Servants?
April 26, 2023

On Tuesday morning, . In his announcement, he cited Social Security and echoed his faith in American government. Since his election in 2020, Biden has positioned himself as a friend to government empl

USERRA and Federal Employees
April 25, 2023

Passed in 1994, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act is a law that, among other things, protects service members by allowing them to regain their civilian jobs following a p

What Feds Need to Know About Getting the Most Out of the TSP
April 24, 2023

The Thrift Savings Plan is very popular with participants. A 2022 survey found that 88% of those investing with the TSP were satisfied with it. As the TSP has seen in prior surveys, participants who c

Login.gov Has a Long Road Ahead of It
April 20, 2023

The promise of Login.gov when it was launched was to have a single, secure signon for U.S. government sites. Since it launched to replace Connect.gov, however, Login.gov has not fulfilled all of its p

Americans Are Interested in Digital Government Services
April 19, 2023

In the 21st century, Americans are used to having many easy interactions online, albeit mostly in the private sector. We interact with sites like Amazon and Google often and have come to expect that o

The Government Hall of Fame Tells 'Heroic Stories' of Public Service
April 18, 2023

Despite the negative talk of the swamp or the deep state, the last few years have shown the import of government in the lives of Americans. From the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines to disaster recove

A Bill Would Repeal an Expensive Tax Rule For Public Servants
April 17, 2023

The Social Security Amendments of 1983 brought forward, among other things, the windfall elimination provision and government pension offset, two rules that impact public servants and their retiremen

Workforce Priorities in the Intelligence Community
April 14, 2023

Intelligence agencies are prioritizing a number of workforce initiatives this year, including thousands of job openings at the National Security Agency and DEIA efforts at the Office of the Director o

The Social Security Administration Workforce is Burning Out
April 13, 2023

With a workforce of approximately 60,000 Social Security Administration administers retirement and disability benefits. But, . The union has also called for more funding for the agency in the wake of

The Feds are Getting More Accurate Processing Timelines for Clearances
April 12, 2023

A common complaint about the security clearance process is the incongruity between the timelines promised to applicants and the actual timeline of the process. But, new reporting benchmarks are underw