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…
OPM moves to implement long-awaited retirement fix for federal first responders
The Office of Personnel Management is set to propose new rules this week implementing a 2022 law aimed…
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…
A record number of feds are retiring. Will that slow your claim?
Retirement statistics are more than monthly government reports, they offer a practical window into how long claims are…
You Do Not Need 30 Years of Federal Service to Build a Pension. Here Is the $495,000 Dividend Portfolio That Pays Like One
Quick Read You need roughly $495,000 in dividend stocks to replicate a federal pension paying $29,700 annually at…
Federal workers delay retirement as savings gaps persist
How many years of federal service did you have or will you have when you retire? Most of you…
How federal retirement benefits are calculated and where estimates go wrong
In 2017, I wrote a column about factors that contribute to an accurate retirement estimate that I think…
Marjorie Taylor Greene retirement launches speculation about congressional pensions
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s, R-Ga., upcoming resignation from Congress set off a series of questions and misinformation about…
OPM’s retirement backlog skyrockets as deferred resignees begin offboarding
The federal government’s backlog of pending retirement claims hit the highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic last month,…
OPM’s digital retirement application is live. What that means for feds planning to retire
In the fall of 2019, I toured the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Retirement Operations Center—known as the…