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The Pay-to-Play TSP

Published: May 3, 2022

Several years back a touring pro golfer was asked by an interviewer for a magazine article what the starting salary …More

Decision to Retire Not Just a Matter of Numbers

Published: April 6, 2022

So much of the focus on retiring from the federal government is on numbers that one could easily conclude that …More

Deciding Whether to Use TSP Window Won’t Be an Open and Shut Case

Published: February 22, 2022

For decades, tobacco products have carried warnings about the health hazards of using them. Also for many years, cups for …More

The Federal Retirement Deal (It’s Good) (Published: February 1, 2022)

Everybody Talks about the Social Security Funding Problem but . . . (Published: January 6, 2022)

Some New Year’s Resolutions for OPM (Published: December 1, 2021)

Emotional Retirement Decision-Making (Published: November 1, 2021)

Spending Your Retirement, or Maybe Not (Published: October 6, 2021)

Cheering a Big COLA in 2022 Like Rooting for Inflation? (Published: August 31, 2021)

FEHB: Draining the (Premium) Pool (Published: July 28, 2021)

FEHB vs Private Insurance: The Never Ending Comparison (Published: June 30, 2021)

Whose TSP Is It Anyway? (Published: May 26, 2021)

What it Takes to Be an Average Retiree (Published: May 6, 2021)

Retirements Dropped Last Year, Will Trend Continue? (Published: April 8, 2021)

The Best Time to Start Saving for Retirement (Published: March 3, 2021)

Financial Leakage and Other Costs of the Pandemic (Published: February 4, 2021)

Voluntarily Preparing to End Your Career Involuntarily (Published: January 12, 2021)

Fed Benefits: Happy Days or Curb Your Enthusiasm? (Published: December 3, 2020)

Retiree Personnel Services “Major” Management Challenge for OPM (Published: November 5, 2020)

Demography and Destiny: The Federal Benefits Considered Most Important by Age (Published: October 7, 2020)

In Danger of Living Too Long? Welcome to “Longevity Risk” (Published: September 9, 2020)

Feeling Less than Confident about Retirement? (Published: August 13, 2020)

Time to Change COLA Brands for FERS & CSRS? (Published: July 16, 2020)

Federal Benefit of the Century; Retirement Annuity Turns 100 (Published: June 11, 2020)

Could a Cafeteria Approach to Federal Benefits Be on Offer? (Published: May 11, 2020)

OK, Boomers Might Delay Retirement Like its 2009 (Published: April 7, 2020)

‘Wait, There’s More!’ in That Cherry-Picked CBO Report on Pay (Published: March 5, 2020)

CSRS Employees Down to 4 Percent: Are you one? (Published: February 6, 2020)

Paid Parental Leave: When a Benefit Doesn’t Benefit You (Published: January 10, 2020)

Could You Become a Stranger in Your Own Health Insurance Program? (Published: December 19, 2019)