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What’s going on in Congress, that will affect the Fed Employee?

George Shipe June 1, 2026

Hardworking and loyal federal employees face a landscape of shifting compensation and retirement policies that demand careful tracking. Recent executive actions set a modest 1% baseline pay increase for 2026 while holding locality pay entirely frozen. Additionally, a gap persists between older retirement systems and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), where newer retirees receive

A Straightforward Guide to Your Federal Retirement

George Shipe May 28, 2026

For generations of dedicated public servants, the road to a well-earned retirement was paved with a very specific, monumental stack of paper. At the absolute center of that paper fortress sat Standard Form 3107—the Application for Immediate Retirement under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). It was a form to be treated with immense care,

A Stolen Timeline

George Shipe May 20, 2026

If you look at the glossy brochures coming out of the big financial houses on Wall Street, they will tell you that the United States economy is a marvel of resilience. They use comfortable, scrubbed-clean phrases like “standard market cycle” and “healthy correction” and diversification to describe the terrifying cycles in your retirement account. They

Then vs Now

George Shipe May 12, 2026

How Federal Work Has Changed Twenty-five years ago, as the century turned, the federal workforce stood on what felt like bedrock. In those days, a career in public service was more than just a job; it was a promise of permanence, a “rock-solid” commitment that allowed young families to plan for the long term with

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES REPORT INVESTMENT SCAM

George Shipe May 4, 2026

This is the story of a digital age tragedy, in pursuit of a better return, that big investment gain, the shadowy figure who will ‘ooz’ from their crypts and offer the big brass ring and temptations that many some federal employees have succumbed to. Sadly, our Federal Employee friends were scammed. The story that has

Update: Federal Employee Long Term Care Insurance plan (FELTCip)

George Shipe April 20, 2026

If you have been waiting for or planning on the federal long term care insurance, we have some important, albeit potentially disappointing, news regarding the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) [1]. Right now, you can’t apply for new coverage or increase your existing coverage [1, 2]. The program has been temporarily paused for

Does AI algorithm outperform your skills?

George Shipe April 14, 2026

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the quiet shift happening all around us in the workplace. You and I have seen so much—we stood as the bedrock of our offices for decades, weathering everything from the first desktop computers to the birth of the internet. But I’ll be honest with you: this new frontier

USPS

George Shipe April 13, 2026

An agency in trouble An institution that has bound this nation together since its very founding is, tonight, gasping for its life’s breath. In an unnatural and deeply sobering turn of events, the United States Postal Service has taken a drastic step—one born of necessity but steeped in a profound sense of loss. To stave

The Continuing Federal Shutdown and the TSA story

George Shipe April 6, 2026

A grim reality is unfolding at our nation’s airports—not due to a failure of security, but a failure of leadership in Washington. While the halls of Congress remain insulated by the personal wealth of its members, the men and women of the TSA are being forced to bear the burden of political brinkmanship. There is

FEDERAL AND DHS SHUTDOWN

George Shipe April 2, 2026

The shadow of a stalled government looms over a weary nation as the great gears of our democracy once again grind to a halt. This is not the result of a natural disaster or a foreign threat, but a man-made crisis born in the marble halls of our own capital. I am reminded of the

When the golden years become painful

George Shipe March 27, 2026

We often think of retirement as a long-overdue sunset, a time to finally rest. But for many, that horizon is starting to look a bit more like a “silver tsunami”, arriving faster than any of us expected. The reality is that many of our elders are facing a quiet struggle, where fixed incomes like Social

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What’s going on in Congress, that will affect the Fed Employee?

A Straightforward Guide to Your Federal Retirement

A Stolen Timeline

Then vs Now

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES REPORT INVESTMENT SCAM

Update: Federal Employee Long Term Care Insurance plan (FELTCip)

Does AI algorithm outperform your skills?

USPS

The Continuing Federal Shutdown and the TSA story

FEDERAL AND DHS SHUTDOWN

When the golden years become painful

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