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Scott Thompson

For more than 20 years, Scott Thompson has written, published and developed hundreds of retirement resources for U.S. federal government employees. Scott is also the former CEO of Federal Employees News Digest (publishers of the Federal Employees Almanac) where he initiated and managed the development of the popular FederalSoup forum for federal employees.

Credit Monitoring Services Extended for Feds Affected by 2015 Data Breach

December 15, 2018 My Federal Retirement

Federal employees affected by the Office of Personnel Management’s data breach in 2015 will receive an extension to their free credit data monitoring services more…

Deadline Dec. 31: Retirees Required Minimum Distributions from Retirement Plans

December 15, 2018 My Federal Retirement

Retirees born before July 1, 1948 usually must take distributions from their individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) and workplace retirement plans, such as the Thrift Savings Plan, by Dec. 31. more…

Will Federal Employees Get a Pay Raise in 2019?

December 12, 2018 My Federal Retirement

A spending package negotiation in Congress (due Dec. 21) will likely be the deciding factor more…

TSP Relaxes Hardship Withdrawal Rules for Hurricane Victims

December 5, 2018 My Federal Retirement

The Thrift Savings Plan is making a temporary change to the financial hardship withdrawal rules for participants affected by Hurricanes Florence or Michael more…

OPM Finalizes 6 New Locality Pay Areas Affecting 70,000 Federal Employees

December 4, 2018 My Federal Retirement

The changes are applicable on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2019 more…

OPM Provides Guidance for Federal Employees for Wed., Dec. 5th Government Closure

December 3, 2018 My Federal Retirement

Most civilian federal employees will get an excused day off from work. The Office of Personnel Management has provided specific guidance for federal employees in this memo more…

TSP Making Changes to Lifecycle (L) Funds in January 2019

November 30, 2018 My Federal Retirement

The Thrift Savings Plan will increase the proportion of its L Funds that are invested in stocks over a period of several years more…

TSP to Rollout New Withdrawal Options in Mid-September 2019

November 28, 2018 My Federal Retirement

The new options are part of the TSP Modernization Act of 2017 and will provide more flexibility for when TSP participants can access money from their accounts more…

OPM Needs to Improve to Reduce Retirement Application Backlog, OIG Says

November 27, 2018 My Federal Retirement

The Office of Personnel Management’s Inspector General provided a list of improvements OPM needs to make in order to meet its strategic plan in processing retirement applications for federal employees more…

Deadline for Changing TSP Monthly Payments is Dec. 15

November 26, 2018 My Federal Retirement

If you have chosen to receive part or all of your Thrift Savings Plan account in a series of monthly payments, you may change and manage those payments once a year before Dec. 15. more…

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