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Important Dates for Retirement Eligibility

Published: November 4, 2009

We live in a world where dates seem to control our lives: birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, days when bills or taxes …More

Benefits Changes Are on the Way

Published: October 28, 2009

Federal employees and retirees have been hoping for changes in the laws that govern their lives. And more often than …More

Long-term Care Insurance Changes

Published: October 21, 2009

Anyone who is now enrolled in the federal Long-term Care Insurance program – or has thought of doing so – …More

Disability Retirement

Published: October 14, 2009

Over the past five weeks, I’ve described the criteria you must meet to be eligible for disability retirement, how to …More

Choosing Between Workers’ Compensation and Disability Retirement

Published: October 7, 2009

Last week I explained how the workers’ compensation program administered by OWCP can be an alternative to disability retirement. This …More

Disability Retirement vs. Workers’ Compensation Eligibility

Published: September 30, 2009

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

Disability Retirement

Published: September 23, 2009

Over the past four weeks, I’ve led you through the criteria you must meet to be eligible for disability retirement, …More

Calculating a FERS Benefit

Published: September 16, 2009

Last week I explained how disability benefits are calculated for CSRS employees. This time I’ll do the same for those …More

Disability Retirement

Published: September 9, 2009

Over the past two weeks, I’ve described the criteria that must be met to be approved for disability retirement and …More

Disability Retirement

Published: September 2, 2009

Last week I wrote about the conditions and circumstances that would make you eligible for disability retirement. Now I want …More

Disability Retirement – Eligibility

Published: August 26, 2009

You may be eligible for disability retirement if you are so disabled by disease or injury that you aren’t able …More

Forms: What and Where

Published: August 19, 2009

There are many forms that employees, retirees, and survivors need to fill out to deal with retirement, health and life …More

Setting FEHB Rates

Published: August 12, 2009

There’s been a lot of talk in the press and on the Hill about how the cost of prescription drugs …More

The Best Date to Retire

Published: August 5, 2009

As you might expect, employees often ask me to tell them the best date to retire. My standard answer is, …More

The Voluntary Contributions Program

Published: July 22, 2009

With the stock market still wobbling around and bank interest rates low, those of you who are covered by the …More

Earning and Using Credit Hours

Published: July 15, 2009

There’s a difference between compensatory time off, which I wrote about last week, and credit hours. Under certain circumstances, your …More

The FERS “MRA+10” Provision

Published: July 8, 2009

In my last column I described the options available to employees who leave government before being eligible to retire. In …More

Earning and Using Compensatory Time Off

Published: July 1, 2009

There are times when your agency may ask you to work overtime. It may also ask you to accept compensatory …More

Electing a Deferred Annuity

Published: June 24, 2009

Despite these unsettled times, when many employees are hunkering down and giving thanks for having a job, I’ve been getting …More

Retirement Contribution Rates

Published: June 17, 2009

Every once in a while I get the urge to dig through old files to see what the world used …More

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