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Library of Congress tests Web 2.0 photo archive
A pilot project is allowing the public to comment on photographs from older news and wire services.
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Letter: Upper managers are blocking telework
A reader says Army employees have been waiting for a telework policy for far too long.
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Letter: OPM is wasting money on automated retirement systems
A reader says the retirement process for government employees is too complicated for an off-the-shelf program.
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Letter: TSP isn’t meant for day trading
A reader says the Thrift Savings Plan is for long-term retirement savings — and not for people who want to try to game the market.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Letter: Frequent traders should pay the costs
A reader says feds shouldn’t have to subsidize the day traders in the Thrift Savings Plan.
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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.
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IG: Coast Guard struggles with homeland security
It is having trouble meeting those goals in addition to its traditional responsibilities, a new report states.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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.
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Letter: Thrift Savings Plan is not a day-trading fund
I understand why some people want to "play" the market with their TSP funds and if the management costs can be more directly passed to them then they should be able to.
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Chertoff names director of cybersecurity center
Entrepreneur and author Rod Beckstrom will be the first director of the National Cyber Security Center.
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Letter: Limiting trading in Thrift Savings Plan is the right choice
By increasing costs, unlimited trading decreases the value of the funds.
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