Reg Jones Expert’s View

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the hottest proposals aimed at stemming the growth in entitlement spending is the Chained CPI. That’s the short …More

One of the hottest topics in the federal health benefits arena is the Postal Service’s proposal to leave the Federal …More

On April 11, Joseph A. Beaudoin, president of the National Association of Federal Employees and Retirees, testified before the House …More

Over the last three weeks, I’ve described the origin of the Federal Employee Health Benefits program, focused on how premiums …More

Over the last two weeks, I’ve described the origin of the Federal Employee Health Benefits program, focused on how premiums …More

Last week I wrote about the origin of the Federal Employee Health Benefits program and focused on how premiums are …More

"The time has come," the walrus said, "To talk of other things Of shoes and ships and sealing wax Of …More

One aspect of federal retirement policy often hits uninformed retirees like a bolt from the blue, and routinely results in …More

Here we go again with an example of the kind of "I’ve been told" question on military deposits that I …More