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Why are so few troops applying for the extra housing money approved to ease financial woes?
The military services have so far approved just 4,167 claims for the temporary increase in Basic Allowance for Housing, far fewer than were anticipated by defense officials.
By Karen Jowers
Senate appropriators propose federal pay freeze for 2021
Federal employees would be frozen at 2020 pay rates under proposed Senate funding bills.
By Jessie Bur
Retiree cost of living adjustments sink for the second year in a row
Cost of living adjustments for Social Security recipients will increase by 1.3 percent in 2021, an amount that employee groups worry will fall behind inflation.
By Jessie Bur
Veterans will see same cost-of-living boost in 2021 as Social Security beneficiaries
Social Security officials will announce their plans for a COLA boost in coming weeks.
Feds’ pay increase doesn’t make House-passed funding
The usual legislative vehicle for boosting federal pay lacks provisions for a basic increase in 2021.
By Jessie Bur