How Does the GPO Affect Your Pension?
What is the Government Pension Offset, and how does it affect your pension?
WEP
How Does the WEP Affect Your Retirement Income?
What is the Windfall Elimination Provision, and how can it affect your retirement income?
Newly Re-Elected NARFE Leaders Face a ‘Perfect Storm’ of Rising Premiums Hitting Federal Retirees
Federal retirees could be facing a “perfect storm” of events that could collectively cause costs for their benefits to rise sharply in 2017. NARFE has been campaigning to minimize the potential negative impact on retired federal employees.
Federal Retirees Need To Tighten Belts While Current Employees Expect To See Pay Increases
A series of actions are leading probable declines in the take home pay of federal retirees in 2017. Current federal employees, however, are on pace to see their largest pay increase since 2010.
House Postpones Consideration of WEP Reform Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee has not advanced a bill that would have reformed the Windfall Elimination Provision as it applies to Social Security benefits of federal employees.
CSRS Offset and Social Security: How Will Your Annuity Be Calculated?
Federal employees covered under CSRS Offset have special considerations when it comes to collecting Social Security in retirement. The author describes how this works and provides some real life examples based on a hypothetical scenario.
What is Worse Than No COLA? A Small COLA
What are the prospects for a cost of living adjustment (COLA) in 2017 and what are the implications for federal retirees? The author looks at the current situation.
Will the Petition to Repeal GPO, WEP Get a Response from the White House?
A petition started last month asked the White House to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset. As the petition’s deadline draws near, how likely is it that it will get a response from the White House? While those in favor of repealing these measures may not like the answer, a recent House hearing may still offer some hope.
Petition Asks White House to Eliminate GPO and WEP
A petition that was recently started on the White House’s We the People petition website is asking the government to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset provisions.
Impact of Government Pensions on Social Security
I retired under CSRS and then went to work for the state government under a state pension system. How will the two government pensions affect my Social Security benefits?
