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How COLAs Got Started

Published: September 18, 2019

This is the time of year when federal retirees look forward to an announcement about their cost-of-living adjustments for the …More

Credit Where Credit Is Due – Capturing Civilian Service

Published: September 11, 2019

It’s in your best interest to make sure that you get credit for your CSRS and FERS employment, plus any …More

Credit Where Credit Is Due – Military Service

Published: September 4, 2019

You can get credit for active duty service in the armed forces in determining your length of service and have …More

Reviewing Your Official Personnel Folder

Published: August 28, 2019

A key step in the federal retirement process is to sit back and think about the all jobs you’ve had …More

Plan Ahead for Retirement

Published: August 21, 2019

This time of year many of you are on vacation, have just returned from vacation or are getting ready to …More

Steps to Retire From a Federal Job

Published: August 14, 2019

Here are the steps you, your agency and OPM need to accomplish as you move from being an employee to …More

Picking a Date to Retire—Maximizing Your Benefits

Published: August 7, 2019

Last week we looked at the rules governing when your are eligible to retire and when your annuity begins. In …More

Picking a Date to Retire – Retirement Rules

Published: July 31, 2019

Last week we looked at the things you need to consider before you decide to retire. Now let’s turn to …More

Are You Ready to Retire?

Published: July 24, 2019

The year is more than half over and you aren’t alone if you are thinking about retiring around the turn …More

Children’s Benefits – Health Benefits for Disabled Children

Published: July 17, 2019

Last week we looked at life and health benefits available to your children. The law allows children to be covered …More

Children’s Benefits – Life and Health Insurance

Published: July 10, 2019

In recent weeks we have looked at survivor annuities provided to children and the special policies regarding disabilities. This time, …More

Children’s Benefits – Disabled Child Annuity

Published: July 3, 2019

Last week I wrote about the annuity benefits of children where one or both of the parents have died. In …More

Children’s Benefits – Annuities

Published: June 26, 2019

Did you know that the children of deceased federal employees and retirees are entitled to a number of benefits? Well, …More

Present Value for Annuities to be Updated

Published: June 19, 2019

On May 17, OPM issued notices in the Federal Register indicating that the present value factors for CSRS and FERS …More

Life Insurance – Option C

Published: June 11, 2019

If you are enrolled in the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance program Basic insurance, you can enroll in Option C. …More

Life Insurance – Option B

Published: June 5, 2019

Recent articles have looked at two kinds of Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance available to you as a federal employee: …More

Life Insurance – Option A

Published: May 28, 2019

Last week we looked at Basic insurance and spelled out the choices for continued coverage available to you when you …More

Life Insurance – Basic Insurance

Published: May 21, 2019

The federal government provides a number of options under the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance program (FEGLI). When you were …More

Reemployment after Disability

Published: May 15, 2019

Over the past weeks, we have looked at the criteria you must meet to be eligible for disability retirement, how …More

Choosing Between Workers’ Compensation and Disability Retirement

Published: May 7, 2019

Last week we looked at how the workers’ compensation program administered by OWCP can be an alternative to disability retirement. …More

How Workers’ Compensation Works

Published: April 30, 2019

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

What Happens After You are on the Disability Annuity Roll

Published: April 24, 2019

Over the past few weeks, we have looked at the criteria you must meet to be eligible for disability retirement, …More

Disability Retirement – Calculating a FERS Benefit

Published: April 17, 2019

Last week we looked at how disability benefits are calculated for CSRS employees, now let’s take a look at for …More

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Calculating a CSRS Disability Benefit

Published: April 10, 2019

Recent articles in this space have looked at the criteria that must be met to be approved for disability retirement, …More

Disability Retirement – How to Apply

Published: April 3, 2019

Last week we covered the criteria you’d have to meet to qualify for disability retirement. In short, you’d have to …More

Disability Retirement – What Some Need to Know

Published: March 26, 2019

I hope that what I’m writing about in this series on disability retirement will only be of academic interest to …More

Figuring Out Your Annuity: Common Questions

Published: March 20, 2019

Over the last three weeks, I’ve answered three questions, which are essential when you sit down to figure out what …More

Figuring Out Your Annuity: COLAs

Published: March 13, 2019

Over the last two weeks, we’ve considered three questions that are essential when you sit down to figure out what …More

Figuring Out Your Annuity: Eligibility and Formula

Published: March 6, 2019

Last week we considered three questions that are essential when you sit down to figure out what your annuity will …More

Figuring out your Annuity: High 3

Published: February 27, 2019

If you’re planning to retire — however near or far ahead that day may be — you’ll want to be …More

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Retirement Benefits

  • Survivor Benefits Can Be Payable upon a Death in Service as Well as After

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Financial & Estate Planning

  • Some Things to Consider about Setting Up a Living Trust

    Any trust created while the grantor is alive is a “living trust” but the term […]

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Retirement Policy

  • Special Policies for Retirees in FEDVIP Program

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    Some federal employees have periods of service during which retirement deductions were not withheld from […]

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Taxes & Insurance

  • Keeping Your Children Insured while away at College

    If have a student living away from home for college or will starting in the […]

  • Tax Considerations when Investing on Behalf of a Child

    For those with minor children, there are several strategies to pursue for better tax management […]

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