People
Letter: A fee-per-trade system would distribute costs more equitably
A reader says it’s only fair for frequent traders in the Thrift Savings Plan to pay additional costs.
People
Letter: Fees could deter random trades
A reader says Thrift Savings Plan members should pay for exceeding a certain amount of trades, which might make them realize the cost of following the markets’ fluctuations.
People
Letter: Time to privatize TSP?
A reader says contributors to the Thrift Savings Plan shouldn’t have their rights curtailed, but they should have to pay fees for frequent trading.
People
Letter: Frequent traders should pay the costs
A reader says feds shouldn’t have to subsidize the day traders in the Thrift Savings Plan.
People
Letter: One background check should be enough for fed fliers
A reader argues that federal employees with high-level security clearances should be enrolled in the Clear program without paying for another background check.
Cybersecurity
NIH told patients about security breach weeks after incident
Personal data on 2,500 individuals had not been encrypted, an apparent violation of an Office of Management and Budget memo directing agencies to encrypt all personally identifiable information stored on mobile devices.
Digital Government
FCW Download and Table of Contents
Find links to articles in the March 24, 2008, issue and related items.
Acquisition
Contractors that accessed Obama's passport file named
<font color="CC0000"><b>UPDATED</b></font color>—Stanley and The Analysis Corp. were involved in the breach, according to the State Department.
People
IG: Coast Guard struggles with homeland security
It is having trouble meeting those goals in addition to its traditional responsibilities, a new report states.
Acquisition
GSA to go ahead with Alliant
Officials must decide specific remedy after court rules in favor of protesters.
People
Letter: Day trading under Thrift Savings Plan could distract employees
Does anyone have stats on how many of these "day traders" are using government machines during work hours to do their trading?
People
Letter: Thrift Savings Plan management should charge accounts in excess of limit
I don't see why I should have to pay for the day traders to try to time the market; why can't TSP charge their accounts for the fees in excess of the two per month?
People
Letter: Thrift Savings Plan management should charge accounts in excess
I don't see why I should have to pay for the day traders to try to time the market; why can't TSP charge their accounts for the fees in excess of the two per month?
People
Letter: Thrift Savings Plan participants going over the limit should pay
What concerns me -- and I want stopped -- is everyone else losing money because of these 3,000 people going overboard.
People