Retirement: Advice from a year in
Treat retirement not as the end of all things, but as a new beginning. Even if you still…
OPM sees 12,000 new retirement claims in April
Currently, digital retirement claims are also being processed in about two-thirds the time of traditional paper applications. Michele…
Senators demand OPM withdraw plan to access feds’ medical records
A group of 16 Democratic senators on Monday called on the Office of Personnel Management to withdraw its…
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…
USPS suspends contributions to pension plan to delay running out of cash
The Postal Service is temporarily suspending payments to a governmentwide pension plan, after warning Congress that it’s less…
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…
Cash-strapped US Postal Service suspends contributions to pension plan
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. Postal Service said Thursday it will temporarily suspend employer payments for…
OPM calls on federal insurance carriers to promote ‘well care,’ cut costs
The Office of Personnel Management is out with a range of new expectations for federal health carriers, driven…
OPM leans into ‘well care’ as it reshapes federal health plans for 2027
In late March, OPM released its annual call letter, including 2027 policy goals and initiatives for FEHB and…
White House budget proposal silent on civilian federal pay raise
The Trump administration is out with its initial bid for the prospects of a 2027 federal pay raise…
OPM’s Kupor would be ‘perfectly happy’ hiring more feds if contractors are cut
Following more than a year of sweeping reductions across the federal workforce, Office of Personnel Management Director Scott…
Federal employee retirement applications hit another record high
In February, another 31,000 retirement claims entered the Office of Personnel Management’s systems. Michele Sandiford March 9, 2026…