Stay informed with the latest federal employee retirement news, including updates on FERS and CSRS, retirement eligibility rules, OPM retirement processing, and TSP performance as it relates to long‑term retirement planning. This category covers annual COLA updates, TSP news, survivor benefits, military service credit, retirement application guidance, and major OPM policy changes or federal legislation that could affect federal retirement benefits. Find clear, timely information to help current and former federal employees navigate retirement planning, benefit calculations, and post‑retirement considerations.
Some TSP investors make investment decisions based on recent stock market trends. Over time, during the ongoing bear market, investors have moved more money into the C fund…
The author says that the discussion of Social Security has degenerated into a battle over the control of the meaning of words in which one person's myth is…
Will there be a COLA for federal retirees in 2017? It is too early to know, but the current situation is not positive. Here are the factors that…
The Office of Personnel Management received roughly the same number of new retirement claims in May as it did in April, however, because fewer were processed, the backlog…
The author describes a technique known as the "The Back Door Roth TSP Withdrawal" federal employees can use to accelerate their tax benefits in retirement.
What is the definition of an "eligible child" with respect to receiving survivor benefits? The author provides some details of survivor benefits as they relate to children of…
OPM writes that a funding lapse may lead to more contact from Retirement Services. This is not good news for those who are planning to file or are…
A House Committee hearing last week looked at reforming the health benefits for postal employees in an effort to deal with the Postal Service's massive and ongoing financial…
There are circumstances under which former military members who subsequently work for the federal civil service short of a 20 years active duty military retirement can buy time…
A recent study from the Government Accountability Office has found that a majority of working American households have no money in any type of defined contribution plan. How…