A common misconception about federal employee retirement benefits is that you and your spouse must have been enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for five years in order to have family coverage in retirement. The authors offer some clarifying details.
Phased retirement is a new human resources program now being unveiled as the federal government tries to capture corporate knowledge of employees retiring to pass along to those coming in to replacement them. Here is a quick summary of the new program.
The author says that some of the information put forth by critics of the Social Security Trust Fund is false and delineates what he says are facts surrounding the fund and its assets.
Most Federal Employees make investment decisions on an account-by-account basis. But before you can make good choices for specific investments, it’s important to look at the big picture for retirement investing.
The author says that the government has embezzled all surplus Social Security revenue, generated by the 1983 payroll tax hike, and spent the money on wars and other government programs.
Why is it that many federal employees think that FEHB costs increase? The authors provide some answers.
Don’t let poor planning and a lack of self-discipline wreck your retirement. Planning, saving and insurance comprise the three basic pillars of a well-balanced financial plan, which are wealth, cash and risk management.
A recent GAO report concluded that OPM is still failing in its plans to improve the agency’s retirement processing capabilities.
