President Biden is scheduled to sign the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law today to make Juneteenth (June 19) a new federal holiday. more…
Legislation Would Change Fiduciary Duties of TSP’s Board
If passed, the TSP Fiduciary Security Act would modify the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to include a duty not to harm U.S. national security more…
Revisiting the ‘Pro-Rata’ Rule with Respect to ‘Backdoor’ Roth IRA Conversions
Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, explains why many federal employees are converting traditional retirement accounts (in particular, traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs) to take advantage of the current low federal marginal individual tax rates that are expected to increase during the next 5-10 years more…
White House Proposes 2.7% Pay Raise for 2022
The proposal would provide pay parity between the civilian and military workforce. But several federal employee groups are calling for a larger increase more…
How Traditional IRAs Can Bolster Traditional TSP Accounts
Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, describes how traditional IRAs can help boost the value of a traditional TSP participant’s account while the participant continues working in federal service and after the participant has retired from federal service more…