Recent events involving a wide range of agencies are adding fuel to the “perfect storm” for federal pay and benefits. For those looking for positions, salaries or names of federal employees in agencies currently being cited in news media, FedsDataCenter.com will provide much of the information.
Both parties have recently proposed a “chained CPI” to calculate future changes to the COLA for calculating the cost of retirement increases. How much of an impact would this have on your future retirement?
There are numerous vacation destinations that offer discounts to government employees. In fact, if you look around, you can surely save on any vacation plan the world over.
The authors address some common misconceptions about federal retirement.
It is a common misconception that anyone receiving military retired pay cannot also receive federal civilian retirement credit for their military service. However, a significant exception applies to people receiving military retired pay based on reserve service.
The “chained CPI” seems more likely than it did when the concept was first announced. What is the chained CPI and how would it impact current and future federal retirees?
The author details what you can expect to happen to your federal benefits if you pass away during retirement.
In the second article in the series, the author goes into some additional detail about the three basic aspects of the high-3 average pay calculation.
