Should You Delay Retirement? What Federal Employees Need to Consider
One of the biggest retirement decisions federal employees face isn’t choosing a TSP fund or deciding when to claim Social Security....
OPM Annuity Errors: What Federal Retirees Should Know
Most federal retirees assume that once OPM calculates their annuity and starts sending monthly payments, the number is settled. Usually, it...
Disability Retirement Used to Be a Coin Flip. Here’s What Changed.
If a medical condition has made it impossible to do your job, you may already know that federal disability retirement exists. What you may...
Postponed vs. Deferred Retirement: The Difference That Could Cost a Federal Employee Their Health Insurance
A federal employee recently told his advisor he was ready to leave government service. He was 56, had 20 years of service, and had done...
What Social Security Uncertainty Means for Your FERS Retirement
Social Security uncertainty is no longer just a talking point in Washington. For federal employees under FERS, it strikes at one of the...
Why the FERS Annuity Supplement Is Still Worth Watching
The FERS annuity supplement remains in place today, but questions about its long-term future haven’t gone away. Congress considered...
OPM Retirement Backlog Falls Again as Agency Ends Paper Retirement Applications
The OPM retirement backlog continued to shrink in June, falling by nearly 4,700 pending retirement claims to its lowest level in more than...
What Federal Retirees Actually Receive Before Their Full Annuity Begins
Filing your retirement application is not the same as receiving your first full pension check. For most federal retirees, there is a gap...
5 Questions to Answer Before You File Your Retirement Application
Filing your retirement application is the final step in a process that should have started months, sometimes years, earlier. Before you...
Is the First Day You’re Eligible Really the Best Day for Federal Employees to Retire?
For many federal employees, reaching retirement eligibility feels like crossing the finish line. After years of tracking service time and...
