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My last two articles provided detailed explanations of the combinations of age and service you need to retire on an …More

Last week I focused on the age and service requirements Federal Employees Retirement System employees must meet to be eligible …More

Retirements tend to concentrate at the end of the year, to the point that some federal employees seem to think …More

If you are like me, one of your greatest fears is that you won’t be able to care for yourself …More

The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program provides a wide range of benefits for federal employees, retirees, and certain family …More

Last week I wrote about the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance program through the eyes of a current employee. This …More

Let’s have a quick memory test. Do you remember when you first came to work for the government? Easy question, …More

The year-end rush to retire ended months ago. In the time since then, most of you who retired probably have …More

Last week, I listed the five bills before Congress that deal with the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension …More

NARFE, one of federal employees and retirees best friends, tracks bills in Congress that would affect you if they became …More

OPM regularly sends out notices to agency retirement benefit specialists. They usually involve the mechanics of retirement processing. However, I …More

The last two weeks we’ve looked at the range of allowable uses of sick leave, including those beyond personal illnesses. …More

Ahh, sick leave! While you can you use it when you’re not feeling well and for other medical reasons as …More

Along with annual leave, sick leave is a very valuable benefit for federal employees, providing paid, job-protected time off for …More

One of the best benefits the federal government offers its employees is paid time off, especially annual leave and sick …More

With this article, we come to the end of a series on life events and how they may affect your …More

I began this series of articles on life events by focusing on decisions you have to make when you get …More

In the first of this series on the impact of life events on your federal benefits, we started last week …More

We’re now past the late in the calendar year period when there is a higher amount of activity regarding federal …More

Previous columns were aimed at folks already retired and those who were on the verge of doing so – but …More

In my last article I mentioned that you should call OPM’s Retirement Information Office with questions about the status of …More

Whether you have just retired or are planning to do so, you need to know what happens after you submit …More

There’s higher interest than usual these days about the 2022 federal retirement cost of living adjustment, largely because that COLA …More

Many of you have worked for the same agency – and even in the same location – for many years, …More

Last week I pointed out a few things that can mess up your retirement, either in the short or long …More

Whether or not you followed the advice to begin retirement preparations well in advance, at some point just ahead of …More

We’re now about halfway into the annual federal benefits Open Season—it ends December 13—and even if you like your current …More

Last week I went over the basic rules governing the Federal Employees Health Benefits program, an important subject during every …More

Last week I previewed the Federal Employees Health Benefits program open season that will run November – December 13. At …More

The annual open season begins on November 8 and ends on December 13 in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program, …More