Expert’s View

Heads up, retirees. There’s a new law in town: Public Law 111-84, which allows federal agencies to waive the former …More

Another of the benefits flowing from Public Law 111-84 is that FERS employees who left government, took a refund of …More

Now that the Federal Employees Health Benefits program open season is over, employees, retirees and survivors have made their choice …More

In a recent column I talked about two kinds of dates that are important to you as a federal employee: …More

Well, the day has at last arrived. Under Public Law 111-84, FERS employees can now get credit for their unused …More

Every once in a while a court case comes along that has me wondering what the world is coming to. …More

While there are probably a number of things that could be said about the dental and vision parts of this …More

This year’s Federal Benefits Open Season runs from Monday, November 10 through Monday, December 14.During this five-week period, your will …More

We live in a world where dates seem to control our lives: birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, days when bills or taxes …More

Federal employees and retirees have been hoping for changes in the laws that govern their lives. And more often than …More

Anyone who is now enrolled in the federal Long-term Care Insurance program – or has thought of doing so – …More

Over the past five weeks, I’ve described the criteria you must meet to be eligible for disability retirement, how to …More

Last week I explained how the workers’ compensation program administered by OWCP can be an alternative to disability retirement. This …More

Over the past five weeks, we’ve explored OPM’s disability retirement program in depth, from how you qualify through the way …More

Over the past four weeks, I’ve led you through the criteria you must meet to be eligible for disability retirement, …More

Last week I explained how disability benefits are calculated for CSRS employees. This time I’ll do the same for those …More

Over the past two weeks, I’ve described the criteria that must be met to be approved for disability retirement and …More

Last week I wrote about the conditions and circumstances that would make you eligible for disability retirement. Now I want …More

You may be eligible for disability retirement if you are so disabled by disease or injury that you aren’t able …More

There are many forms that employees, retirees, and survivors need to fill out to deal with retirement, health and life …More