Federal Workforce News
How Much Income Do You Need in Retirement? It Depends
How much income will you need during retirement? A lot depends on your preferences, your lifestyle and financial decisions you have made prior to retiring.
Retirement
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.
Federal Workforce News
How Much Money Will I Receive in Retirement?
How much income will you receive after you retire? How much can you withdraw from your retirement accounts so that you will not outlive your retirement savings?
Federal Workforce News
Savings for Federal Retirees You May Not Have Considered
Perhaps you will not need as much in retirement as you think. Here a few ways you will save money in retirement that you may not have considered--from…
Retirement
Will You Have a Healthy Retirement?
Happiness boosts health and longevity. Do what you love now—don’t delay assuming there’s always time later.
Retirement
COLAs, Inflation and Planning Your Retirement
Federal retirees receive an annual cost of living increase indexed to inflation, but the inflation index may not reflect your true cost of living.
Retirement
Keys to a Successful Retirement
There are several basic rules everyone should follow to ensure you can retire the way you want to retire and not the way you will be forced to…
Federal Workforce News
Which Retirement Path Are You On?
A recent survey shows there are six paths to retirement. Some readers have the option to choose among several paths. Others will have the decision thrust upon them…
Federal Workforce News
Life After Retirement: One Federal Retiree’s Perspective
If you are contemplating retirement, surely you have a very clear idea of why you are doing so. Or do you? Based on my own experience and in…
Retirement
Is There Life After Retiring from the Federal Government? One Retiree’s Perspective
Do you have a plan mapped out for your life after retirement? This retired federal employee did not have a plan but has survived the change with some…
Retirement
Retirement Investing And Historical Perspective
During the last bear market, TSP investors sold billions of dollars of stock funds at the lowest point and put their money into bonds just before the market…