http://www.psretirement.com/all-your-tsp-money/ Within your TSP.gov Account the money you invest in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) and the agency match is yours immediately and you are therefore vested. However, the agency’s automatic 1% contribution has a few strings attached. For individuals in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), this is not a concern. CSRS employees mayRead… Read more »
http://www.psretirement.com/windfall-elimination-reductions/ The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) only impacts individuals who earned a pension in any job and did not pay Social Security taxes, but worked long enough in other jobs to be eligible for Social Security Retirement or benefits due to disability. The Windfall Elimination Provision impacts Social Security benefits when any of an employee’sRead… Read more »
The Project Management Institute (PMI®) has developed a set of criteria and credentials for recognizing project management professionals who use Agile methodologies in their project, the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® certification. The credentialing process is fairly rigorous, including: 2,000 hours or twelve months of general project management work experience, 1,500 hours or eight monthsRead… Read more »
Released by the IBM Center for the Business of Government, “The Persistence of Innovation in Government: A Guide for Innovative Public Servants,” mines data from the 28-year history of the Harvard University’s Kennedy School’s Innovations in American Government Awards (HKS Awards). The report author, University of Toronto Professor Dr. Sandy Borins, seeks to discern howRead… Read more »
As far back as I can remember, I’ve always been fascinated with what came before the “final result”. For instance, I was much more interested in HOW and WHY my toys worked than the fact that they did work. Over the years, my curious nature led to many a toy, including sophisticated toys, real automobiles,Read… Read more »
Do you remember back when you were a kid, how much fun we all had on April Fool’s Day? Pranks on parents, siblings, friends and teachers. Silly April Fool’s jokes, that if you were like me, you never tired of repeating. Jokes are funny things…not whether they make you laugh or not, but in howRead… Read more »
A recent study, “Top Trends in Alternative Workplace Strategies,” conducted by New Ways of Working, makes some interesting points about the status of workplace mobility programs in the private sector. One point is that the most common name for these programs is “no name.” When asked about how they refer to their mobility program, manyRead… Read more »
After eight years as a project management trainer, I have helped more than 20,000 students prepare for their Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam. In my experience along the way, I’ve found one thing that unites them all: They all want to practice with free PMP Exam sample questions. In an effort to help, I haveRead… Read more »
OK, it is clear to me now – the internet is not a passing novelty, it is a creation tool of considerable versatility and depth, and fosters creativity at every turn. IaaT – the Internet as a Tool is here to stay. Back in the ‘90s, my organization went through an image update – aRead… Read more »
Would you pass up free money? “No” seems like the obvious answer, but some young Federal civilian employees are missing out on thousands of dollars from their agencies over time. Since April is Financial Literacy Month, the Thrift Savings Plan has launched the “Take Five for Your Future” campaign to encourage participants to take fullRead… Read more »