Retirement
OPM Slowly Whittling Away at Retirement Applications
OPM has released its latest monthly report showing the status of how the agency is progressing with processing retirement applications.
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Pay & Benefits
Life Insurance: The Good, the Bad, and the FEGLI
The author outlines different kinds of life insurance available, considerations to make in deciding whether to purchase life insurance, and how the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance (FEGLI)…
Retirement
The Trouble With OPM
OPM could alleviate a great deal of the suffering and complaints by paying a higher proportion of the agency estimate when a federal employee retires. The agency chooses…
Retirement
Back to the Future: OPM and the Federal Employee Retirement Tsunami
In a "back to the future" moment, OPM has announced a new effort to get rid of its retirement backlog. How? By hiring more people and creating higher…
Retirement
A Common Misconception about the FERS Annuity Supplement
The FERS annuity supplement is commonly believed to be linked to the Social Security Administration (SSA), even to the point where some believe the benefit is actually administered…
Pay & Benefits
No FEGLI Open Season In Near Future
According to an OPM source, there will be no FEGLI open season in the near future.
Federal Workforce News
Federal Employee Survey Could Show Tip of the Iceberg for Favoritism
The latest Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey shows many federal employees say pay raises are not dependent on performance.
Retirement
Berry to Congress: OPM Retirement Backlog is Bad, Will Get Worse
Reports have been in the news about OPM's poor performance regarding processing annuity payments for new retirees. What is the real cause of this problem?
Retirement
Annuity Retirement Processing Time will get Worse
Many FedSmith readers have commented on the excessive time it takes OPM to process the paperwork for full annuity payments. It is likely to get worse instead of…
Retirement
It Pays to be a Dead Federal Retiree
The OPM Office of the Inspector General has issued a report showing that payments from the federal government's Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund to deceased annuitants has…