Social Security

Repeal or reform? House lawmakers weigh responses to WEP, GPO

Many lawmakers are pushing for a full repeal of WEP and GPO, but others are instead looking to reform the benefit calculations for affected federal annuitants.

Congress

Shefali Kapadia

Bob Leins of the National Institute of Transition Planning

The three-legged stool of federal retirement might have a fourth leg

Retirement

The rest of fiscal 2023 is shaping up to be an extra-rocky time for contractors

Contracting

How Congresswoman Spanberger plans to KO the WEP and the GPO, aka the Evil Twins

Retirement

Social Security establishes a new office just for native Americans

The Social Security Administration recently established an office for helping Native Americans. The agency, in its words, wants to elevate and centralize…

Workforce

What the government could do to mitigate identity theft

Despite industry and government efforts, identity data theft still hits tens of millions of Americans every year. The last quarter of 2022, for example,…

Cybersecurity

The government’s financial statements are out and they’re not pretty

Agency Oversight

The government’s latest consolidated financial statements would give a normal CFO hives. Material control weaknesses, significant uncertainties, serious financial management problems.

Social Security

Repeal or reform? House lawmakers weigh responses to WEP, GPO

We salute a long running voice for federal employees

Maybe you want that Walmart greeter’s vest after retirement

Oregon senator urges Biden to fire Social Security IG

AFGE expresses fears about future telework cuts for Social Security employees

Congressional repeal of Social Security’s ‘evil twins’ nears finish line

The Social Security evil twins WEP and GPO get a fresh look from Capitol Hill

Nah, debt default won’t stop Social Security checks