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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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House members seek information on proposed regulations
Lawmakers question exemption for reporting fraud and abuse.
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Letter: Thrift Savings Plan should cap number of traders per month
Some restriction is fair. However, it should be based on a year not a month.
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Letter: Thrift Savings Plan is not a stock market account
The people that are protesting forget that TSP is a savings account, not a stock market account. If they want to play the stocks, by all means, they can take their money and go there.
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Letter: Employees wishing to trade frequenty under Thrifty Savings Plan should pay
I think that those employees who want to trade frequently should be allowed to do so only if they agree to bear both the additional expense to the TSP of their trades and the cost of reprogramming TSP to bill them for those trades.
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Lawmaker to DHS: Step it up with fusion centers
Rep. Jane Harman told state, local and federal homeland security officials that DHS was at risk for losing her support for funding if it didn't improve information sharing.
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Agencies find keys to FISMA
Best practices include risk management and automated security awareness tips.
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Editorial: Seeking the bright lights
Nominations are now open for the 2008 Rising Star awards, which recognize the work done by younger people in government and industry.
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Some participants protest new Thrift Savings Plan policy
The proposed regulation would limit interfund trades by TSP participants to two per month.
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26,000 move to RetireEZ
Federal employees who are ready to retire will no longer wait months for their first pension payment or wonder if their personnel file is complete and accurate.
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IG enters search for acquisition employees
Severe shortages in the labor market have led the DOD IG to look for an acquisition talent coordinator.
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Registered Traveler takes off at Washington airports
Dulles International and Reagan National airports have opened lanes operated by Clear, program of Verified Identity Pass.
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