On this month’s episode of Eye on Washington, Steve Lenkart, with the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) and John Hatton, with the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), join host Jessica Klement to review the first half of 2025 and discuss what’s in store for the federal community for the rest of year.

Federal employees and retirees escaped reconciliation bill, but will they fare as well the rest of the year? Tune in.  

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On this episode of Eye on Washington, host Jessica Klement welcomes Rob Shriver, former acting director of the Office of Personnel Management and currently the managing director of Civil Service Strong at Democracy Forward.

In his role, Shriver is committed to ensuring the American people understand the role of government in their lives while Democracy Forward pursues several legal challenges to actions taken by the Trump administration to reorganize the federal government. 

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On this month’s episode of Eye on Washington, Federal News Network reporter Drew

Friedman once again joins host Jessica Klement.

As the federal workforce deals with near-constant uncertainty, Friedman has her finger on the pulse of the changes and provided an overview of the latest in RIFs, return to office mandates,

collective bargaining agreements and more.

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On the February episode of Eye on Washington, Mark Keen, financial advisor and partner with the wealth management firm Keen & Pocock, joins host Jessica Klement.

Keen writes the managing money column for the monthly NARFE magazine, and provides NARFE members with regular webinars to help them achieve a financially security future.

The duo looked at the state of theThrift Savings Plan, if keeping money in the TSP makes sense, and what to do if you are terminated from federal service.

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The first show of 2025 welcomes Dan Blair, consultant, former acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, and overall federal workforce expert.

Host Jessica Klement and Blair dissect the executive orders from the Trump administration to date and their effect on the federal workforce, including the Administration’s latest “fork in the road” email encouraging resignations if employees aren’t aligned with the administration’s policies, including returning to the office.

Blair also lends his expertise and advice to feds uncertain about their future.

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On this final episode of 2024, Eye on Washington host Jessica Klement talks with Kim Weaver, the director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, the federal agency that administers the Thrift Savings Plan.

In Weaver’s final interview before retirement from the federal government, the two take a look back at her 12 years with the TSP and the advances the largest retirement fund in the world made over the last decade.

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In the first Eye on Washington since President Donald Trump’s reelection, host Jessica Klement welcoms back Jenny Mattingley, vice president of Government Affairs at the Partnership for Public Service.

In the wake of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency from the new administration, there is unease among the federal workforce regarding job classification and security.

Mattingly breaks down the process any administration and Congress must follow when it comes job reclassification and who’s at risk should the Trump administration enact its proposed Schedule F classification from its first term.

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With so much information to cover, federal benefits expert Tammy Flanagan joined host Jessica Klement for a bonus federal benefits open season conversation, this time focusing largely on the new Postal Service Health Benefits Program.

With new Medicare Part B and D requirements, postal employees and retirees are wise to spend time reviewing their options before choosing a 2025 plan.

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Federal benefits expert Tammy Flanagan joins host Jessica Klement on this week's Eye on Washington to talk about all things open season, which starts on November 9.

The duo discussed big changes for 2025, including the largest average premium increase in years. Flanagan also provided practical tips for evaluating plans, the difference between HSAs and FSAs, and the perennial question of whether to take Medicare Part B when you turn 65. 

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IIn closing out the first year of Eye of Washington, host Jessica Klement welcomes back John Hatton, staff vice president of Policy and Programs at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association.

Klement and Hatton discuss the latest congressional action on the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), two laws that have punished federal workers in retirement if they had Social Security-covered work in addition to their CSRS government work.

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