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For Federal and Postal employees, disability retirement benefits exist as part of their "employment package." This is a benefit that can become very important. The process of obtaining…
The Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset can impact your retirement future. Several readers have asked about the potential for repeal of these provisions because of…
How much money will you have to spend in retirement? In part, it depends on how much you will pay in taxes. Here is how the system works…
How are you coping in the current economic climate? Many federal retirees are having to "economize" in some form or other in order to maintain our standard of…
What is the link between the "Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act", and the Thrift Savings Plan? They are part of the same legislative package in the…
Active federal employees save about $820 a year because they are able to pay for health insurance out of pre-tax money. A bill introduced in the House would…
HR 1203 would federal civilian annuitants as well as active duty military personnel and retirees to pay their health insurance premiums with pre-tax compensation (also known as "premium…
If you have not already taken a minimum required distribution (MRD) from your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) or your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) for 2008, you must take…
When it comes to investing our money, most people put short-term political views aside. When spending their money, they focus on the future of business and the prospects…
How much of a cost of living adjustment will federal retirees see in 2010? Perhaps there will not be one. That has not happened before but we are…