Expert’s View

Over the last three weeks, I’ve written about the FEHB open season, FEDVIP and FSAFEDS. This time I want to …More

Last week I focused on the Federal Employees Health Benefits program and the options available to you during this year’s …More

Open season on health benefits will run from November 11 to December 9 this year. If you are already enrolled …More

The Office of Personnel Management has announced the 2020 health, dental and vision program premiums, setting the stage for the …More

Previous articles have looked at the trials and tribulations surrounding the creation of annual retiree cost-of living adjustments, or COLAs. …More

Last week I continued the tortured path that the payments of retiree COLAs took from their beginning in 1962 to …More

Last week I introduced you to the early history of laws providing federal retirees with cost-of-living adjustments. It was a …More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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