Why time, not timing, is the biggest retirement advantage for federal employees
Headline Why time, not timing, is the biggest advantage in building a FERS retirement Dek The biggest gains…
Why your retirement experience may depend more on the agency than the benefit
As federal employees transition into retirement, they also transition from familiar routines. After many years, if not many…
Federal retirement processing times are slowing down
OPM’s retirement claim inventory in June was the lowest it’s been all year, coming in at just under…
No more paper: Navigating OPM’s new digital retirement process
OPM recently announced that over 95% of retirement applications are now submitted electronically, signaling an end to an…
The Medicare question federal retirees can’t ignore anymore
Just as Social Security is central to the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), Medicare may play an important…
Retirement: Advice from a year in
Treat retirement not as the end of all things, but as a new beginning. Even if you still…
Army permanently extends voluntary retirement request window to 24 months
The Army has officially changed when soldiers can request voluntary retirement. Anastasia Obis April 29, 2026 6:29 pm…
House Democrats deepen investigation into federal retirement delays
Updated Monday afternoon to include comments from OPM. House Democrats are doubling down on their investigation into the…
OPM still has 55,000 federal retirement applications pending finalization
Roughly half of those claims were completed digitally through OPM’s new processing system, which OPM said can finalize…
TSP funds see losses in March
It was a rough March for the Thrift Savings Plan. 15 of 16 funds saw a month-over-month decrease…
TSP funds mostly positive in February
The C Fund was the only account that came in negative, losing 0.76% as compared to January. For…
What to expect when you’re (first) retiring
Eric White A lot of people are thinking that retirement just starts the day after you get that…