Retirement
Maximizing Your Federal Pension: Is It Worth Delaying Retirement?
Deciding between early retirement or working longer? Discover key factors, financial impacts, and personal insights to help federal employees choose wisely.
Annuity
Stay informed on federal retirement annuities under both FERS and CSRS, including updates on annuity calculations, eligibility rules, service credit, survivor benefits, and COLA adjustments that affect long‑term retirement income. Explore clear explanations of how federal pensions are computed, how policy or legislative changes may impact annuity payments, and what federal retirees need to know about planning for financial security. Find timely analysis and practical guidance to help federal employees and retirees understand the factors that shape their annuity benefits.
Retirement
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
When considering retiring as a federal employees, it is important to plan for income changes and taxes.
Retirement
When Do Federal Retirees Start Receiving COLAs? A Complete Guide
Discover how federal retirees can safeguard their pensions against inflation with COLAs—when they start, how much they are, and why they matter!
Retirement
Bored in Retirement? The Financial Impact of Returning to Federal Service
Federal retirees contemplating a return to federal service should be aware of the financial implications for their pensions.
Retirement
What Federal Employees Need to Know About RIFs and Early Retirement
Federal employees who are facing RIFs and early retirements need to know their rights, options, and benefits before making decisions.
Retirement
Federal Retirement Reforms: Winners, Losers, and the Bottom Line
A new CBO report analyzes the proposed cuts to federal employees' retirement benefits and their estimated impact on the federal deficit.
Retirement
Pension Reform Showdown: Lawmakers Oppose FERS Contribution Hike
Opposition to proposed retirement benefits cuts for federal employees among House lawmakers may put the legislative proposal in jeopardy.
Pay & Benefits
Benefits Cuts on the Table in House Budget Legislation
Cuts to federal employees' benefits are on the table in an upcoming legislative markup session.
Retirement
Is It Better to Retire or Work Longer at Age 57 With 30 Years of Service?
Upon reaching age 57 with 30 years of service, does it make more financial sense for a federal employee to retire or keep working?
Retirement
How Federal Employees Can Create a Retirement Income Worksheet
Creating a retirement income worksheet can help federal employees at any stage of retirement planning.