August 29, 2024 Get the latest onneed-to-knowtopics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. Stay Connected Pay & Benefits Thank goodness for survivor benefits Even if you have never had a job where you paid into Social Security, you may still be eligible to receive benefits. ...
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Government Contracting and the Federal Budget President’s Budget FY25 After months of negotiation and four stopgap measures, President Biden signed a second “minibus” package – totaling $1.2 trillion – on March 23, 2024. The measure funded the Defense and Homeland Security departments and incre...
Federal Poverty Level is Used by Dozens of Government Programs to Determine Benefit Eligibility Everyone should have at least a vague familiarity with the U.S. Federal Poverty Level (FPL) guidelines, as no less than 31 federal programs use them (or a multiple of) to determine eligibility requir...
Government Contracting and the Federal Budget President’s Budget FY25 After months of negotiation and four stopgap measures, President Biden signed a second “minibus” package – totaling $1.2 trillion – on March 23, 2024. The measure funded the Defense and Homeland Security departments and incre...
I admire that you are not using government assistance because our family is a family of 6 with 2 dogs, and we use government assistance, even though the programs do not really provide enough assistance. Right now, I may am receiving Social Security benefits, but Im currently without a health...
One of the federal government's main elementary and secondary education programs is Title I, which allocates money for compensatory education to school districts based on child poverty. I use sharp changes in per-pupil grant amounts surrounding the release of decennial census data to identify effec...
There are also situations where one of the spouses has a job outside the federal government and where coverage is provided at little or no cost, at least for self-only enrollment. In such cases it might make sense to have two self-only plans—or, if there is one eligible child, one ...
The contribution limit for elective deferrals to 401(k), 403(b), most 457 plans and the federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan increases to $23,000 in 2024 from $22,500 in 2023. The total amount that you and your employer can contribute to a plan rises to $69,000 in 2024 from ...
The contribution limit for elective deferrals to 401(k), 403(b), most 457 plans and the federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan increases to $23,000 in 2024 from $22,500 in 2023. The total amount that you and your employer can contribute to a plan rises to $69,000 in 2024 from ...