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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Government plans - federal Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines Same-Sex Partner Benefits Bill for Federal Employees Is Up for Consideration Federal Government Rolling Out Roth Option to 3.3 Million Employees This Week Can Part-Time Retirement Save the U.S. Postal Service? [Opinion] Time to Control Runaway Military Personnel Costs Federal Employees Would Pay More for Pensions Under House Bill Taking Auto-Enrollment One Step Further: Bill Would Provide Auto-Increase in Employee Contributions by Federal Employees Bill Requiring Higher Employee Contributions Under Federal Retirement Plan Advances in House Senate Passes U.S. Postal Service Overhaul Senate Votes Down Forced Retirement for Postal Service Employees U.S. Postal Service Reform Being Considered in Senate Would Affect Pay and Benefits Delay in Implementing Roth Feature Affects Most Federal Employees House Panel Approves Part-Time Retirement for Federal Employees U.S. Senate Considers Postal Service Pension Reform GSA Boosts Mileage Reimbursement Rate for Federal Employees Backlog Reduced for Starting Federal Pensions But Many Retirees Still Waiting Thrift Savings Plan Roth Option Delayed for Pentagon Employees Tech Nerds Create 'Fantasy League' for Investments by Federal Thrift Savings Plan Participants Federal Thrift Savings Plan Sets May 7 Start Date for Roth Option Federal Employee Retirement Claims Backlog Is Down Since January Anti-Alienation Rule Won't Apply to Corrupt Congressional Representatives; No Federal Pensions for Future Blagojeviches Federal Government's Thrift Savings Plan Has Appeal, and a Few Holes, Too Senate Bill Introduced to Extend Variety of Federal Employee Benefits to Same-Sex Partners Are You Counting on Social Security? Federal Thrift Savings Plan to Launch Roth Option Soon Obama Administration Allows Health Coverage for Same-Sex Spouse Railroad Retirement System: CBO March 2012 Baseline (PDF) Another Hand in the Pockets of Federal Workers Senate Approves Retirement-Work Hybrid for Feds Best Date to Retire Tips for Federal Workers FAA Funding Law Permits Rollover of Amounts Received in Airline Carrier Bankruptcy Considering the Roth TSP Option and Taxes in Retirement Planning [Opinion] State Health Insurance Mandates Now Total 2,262, Costs Go Up for Everybody DOMA Still Dogs Domestic Partners of Feds New Federal Accounting Rule for Contractor Pensions Could Cost DOD Billions Administration Moves to Advance Benefits for Same-Sex Partners of Federal Workers Administration Preparing to Finalize Regs Giving Benefits to Same-Sex Partners of Federal Employees Ensure your Plan Participants are Prepared for a Secure Retirement Avoid the Common Mistakes Affecting Plan Loans Webcast Federal Employee Pension Contributions to Be Increased White House Pushes Semi-Retirements for Federal Workers Federal Workers' Pensions in Cross Hairs Amid Budget Battle [Opinion] Congress Gets Better Pension Deal than Federal Workers in New Bill Pension Perk Takes Hit As Congress Passes Reform Bill Congress Oks New Federal Employees' Pension Contribution Hike As Part of Payroll Tax Bill Payroll-Tax Deal Includes Pension Contribution Hike for New Federal Employees Military Vs. Civilian Pay in the Federal Budget [Opinion] The Trouble with Being 'governmental' ? Falling On the Wrong Side of This Definition Could Hurt IRS and Treasury to Hold Town Hall/ Consultation Listening Meetings On Possible Approaches to Governmental Plan Guidance Upcoming Phone Forum: Governmental Plan Proposed Guidance, May 15, 2012 [Official Guidance] IRS Extends Comment Period for Guidance on Indian Tribal Government Programs [Official Guidance] Text of Proposed Regs Adding Roth Feature to Thrift Savings Plan for Federal Employees (PDF) Bill Would Allow Federal Workers to Invest Annual Leave in Retirement Savings Key Developments in the World of Federal Employee Benefits Federal Employees Will Gain Roth Investment Option This Spring Oversight Committee Advances Major Federal Pension Reform [Guidance Overview] IRS Addresses Effect of Indian Health Services Eligibility on HSA Eligibility House Panel to Consider Pension Contribution Hike for Federal Employees GAO Report on Federal Employees' Compensation Act: Benefits for Retirement-Age Beneficiaries IRS Issues Updated Version of Taxable Fringe Benefit Guide for Governmental Employers Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. 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