An Overview of How Federal Benefits are Taxed FERS Annuity CSRS Annuity TSP Withdrawals from both Traditional and Roth TSP accounts Survivor Benefits Ed reviews how the IRS treats each of these items for Federal Employees. Other Taxation Topics to Consider The taxation of Social Security Benefits, how much the state you live in impacts your net amount of income, and which states have the highest and lowest property tax rates. The 2017 Tax Law...

MTC's Prince Georges County Regional Chapter invites you to a morning of an exploration of the good, bad, and ugly in AI implementation in real world use cases. This panel discussion will be moderated by Mayank Kapur with Economic Development Corporation (EDC) , featuring Parveen Setia with the Digital Transformation Office USDA/MRP-ITD Strategy and Digital Services Office, Omar Hatamleh with NASA GSFC, and Prabhudev Konana with Robert H. Smit...

Studies show that 88% of finance leaders feel that they don’t have the tools to automate repetitive tasks.1 These administrative burdens leave organizations with less time to focus on strategy support and make innovative improvements. The AI capabilities of tools like Copilot within Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance have the potential to automate tasks and streamline operations. Microsoft Copilot for Finance enables more efficient...

Whether it’s a hurricane, fire, insider threat or outdated systems, disaster can strike at any point for a government agency. However, even in times of crisis the government’s mission remains. Agencies need a robust business continuity and disaster recovery plan to ensure that vital government services are still working. But keeping those systems running isn’t as simple as having a backup drive somewhere. Instead, agencies ne...

In order for customer experience (CX) efforts to be successful, they need support and buy-in from all levels of your organization. From the individual contributor all the way up to leadership, without an agency-wide commitment to CX, your programs are bound to fail. On this month’s CX Community of Practice virtual networking event, we will speak with experts about how to garner support from your peers and leadership for CX efforts. Join...

The state of New York is emphasizing improving its IT resilience. The state’s 2022-23 strategic plan focuses on moving off legacy systems, implementing an enterprise architecture, and improving service delivery to its residents, to name a few. In addition, the state has its first cybersecurity strategy, and created a Joint Security Operations Center. As the largest city in the United States, New York City has its own technology roadmap,...

ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional 40 CPEs ISC2’s CCSP certification is a globally recognized credential that validates the expertise and knowledge of professionals in designing, implementing, and managing cloud security programs, policies, and architectures. The CCSP is valued by organizations seeking professionals capable of addressing the security challenges associated with cloud computing and ensuring the confidentiality, int...

Federal agencies have the tools and resources to use data in critical decision-making processes. Collecting, storing, and analyzing data provides countless benefits to federal agencies, including deeper insights, accelerated mission effectiveness, and more efficient operations. How can your agency maximize data utilization to achieve mission impact? How can you ensure agency efforts to gain insight from data lead to mission enablement? This vi...

Administering elections falls on the shoulders of state and territorial governments. It is not surprising, then, that there are so many different approaches, technologies, and processes in place to handle election infrastructure. The problems that befall election infrastructure are many, varied, and often well publicized. In Maricopa County, Ariz., ballots were too lightly printed to be read by scanners during the 2022 midterms. Multnomah Coun...

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