inflation

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, just cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Everyone knows the tech industry is big, but it can be challenging to get your head around just how big it is. At least until you look at it from a different angle and realize that Apple makes more money in a day than 2500 average U.S. households can expect to see in a year. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Retirement planning enters era of renewed inflation

With the era of near-zero inflation over, retirement planning has taken on new urgency, because a fixed income and rising prices don’t make a good combination.

Retirement

Thrift savings plan TSP written on a piggy bank.

A slightly-past-mid-year review of your Thrift Savings Plan investment returns

TSP

Economic stress calls for government agencies to engage at-risk constituents now

Commentary

Inflation: How is it affecting contractors?

Off the Shelf

Drew Friedman, Federal News Network

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) at FAIR Act rally

Working for a living is hard, but have a little perspective

Tom Temin Commentary

Things seem settled in Washington, but federal contractors are still uneasy

Acquisition

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

GSA surged resources to meet inflation-related schedule modifications, now onto longer term improvements

Acquisition

Service members see a 12% boost in housing allowance

Defense

Small businesses get some inflation relief from the SBA

Federal Newscast

The latest developments in key acquisition policy programs

Off the Shelf

Legal and policy trends in government contracting

Off the Shelf

Top contracting issues in FY 2023

Allen Federal Business Partners President Larry Allen joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion of how inflation,…

Amtower Off-Center

A procurement potpourri

Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss the evolution of eCommerce, the impact…

Off the Shelf

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network Head shot of Larry Allen

Contractors nervous as Congress hints at a government shutdown

Contracting

Congress is currently flirting with the possibility of a government shutdown, as well as the potential year long continuing resolution no one wants, not to mention the fact that inflation is making it harder to conduct business and getting permission to increase prices remains difficult.