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When You Don’t Make a Survivor Annuity Election

Published: October 9, 2013

It’s no fun thinking about death, especially when it’s your own. However, all married federal employees are required by law …More

The Cost of Avoiding Catch-62

Published: October 2, 2013

While the population of CSRS-covered employees has dwindled to about a tenth of the workforce, the fact that most of …More

Don’t Make These Mistakes When Retiring

Published: September 25, 2013

I’ve had a lot of e-mails from (and conversations with) recent retirees who are having second thoughts about their decision …More

Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments

Published: September 18, 2013

Over the last weeks, I’ve written about the rules governing the retirement benefits of those employees who retire early under …More

Postponed Annuities

Published: September 11, 2013

Over the last few weeks, I’ve written about the rules governing those employees who retire under the Voluntary Early Retirement …More

Deferred Annuities

Published: September 4, 2013

Last week I wrote about employees who retire under the Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA). This time I want to …More

Early Retirement

Published: August 28, 2013

As the sequestration has tightened its hold on federal agencies, increasing numbers of employees have been asking me about their …More

Deciding Whether to Make a Deposit

Published: August 21, 2013

Last week I wrote about what happens to the annuities of federal employees who served in the armed forces after …More

What Catch-62 Is All About

Published: August 14, 2013

If you served in the military after December 31, 1956, you can get retirement credit under both your civilian retirement …More

Credit for Active Duty Service

Published: August 7, 2013

Last week I wrote about all the different kinds of service for which you can get credit in determining your …More

Getting Service Credit Where Credit Is Due

Published: July 31, 2013

The number of employees who are planning to retire in the near future has increased greatly. If you are among …More

Getting Service Credit Where Credit Is Due

Published: July 24, 2013

The number of employees who are planning to retire in the near future has increased greatly. If you are among …More

Lump-sum Payment for Unused Annual Leave

Published: July 17, 2013

One of the less heralded benefits of leaving federal service is the requirement that the government give you a lump-sum …More

Who Will Benefit?

Published: July 12, 2013

Do you know who will benefit from your Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) policy or Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) …More

OPM’s Retirement Case Processing

Published: July 2, 2013

Those of you who are considering retiring have heard horror stories about OPM’s processing of retirement claims. And those of …More

Special Considerations of Phased Retirement

Published: June 26, 2013

As I mentioned last week, if you are approved for phased retirement, you’ll receive additional credit for that service toward …More

Qualifying for Phased Retirement

Published: June 19, 2013

OPM has finally published proposed regulations to implement phased retirement. While nothing will happen until those regs are final, at …More

Survivor Annuity Facts

Published: June 12, 2013

I’m amazed at the number of questions I get from employees that begin with the assumption that they can make …More

Revised Annuity Employees

Published: June 5, 2013

I’ve been getting a lot of questions from employees wanting to know if their retirement contributions will be increased. Well, …More

The End of the Special Retirement Supplement?

Published: May 29, 2013

Representative Paul Ryan’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2014 passed the House on March 21. It includes a provision that …More

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