The author, who is a financial advisor who works with federal employees, discusses the data breaches at OPM and offers some steps federal workers can take to protect themselves from potential identity theft problems that could arise.
According to recent statistics, many federal employees that can retire are not doing so. The author asks why this is the case and provides some reasons why he thinks this is happening.
Many government officials and media types were predicting a virtual avalanche of federal retirement submissions that will lead a massive void that cannot be filled by younger workers. The author says that while he does predict a rise in the rate of federal employee retirements, he does not see the doomsday scenario others are predicting and explains the logic behind his reasoning.
