A federal employee with 30 years of service and a $90,000 high-3 average salary receives only $27,000 annually under FERS, ...

Many of you may be mulling whether or not to leave federal employment under the Jan. 28 “Fork in the Road” offer from the Office of Personnel Management. If you are eligible for retirement, you may ...

Have you read Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor’s weekly blog titled, “Secrets of OPM?” If you haven’t, you may find it is written with a healthy sense of humor but also with a sense ...

A 56-year-old GS-13 federal employee covered by FERS, with 28 years of service and $940,000 in the Thrift Savings Plan, can ...

BOYERS, Pa. — As you ride in a golf cart into the mouth of the Iron Mountain limestone mine, the temperature change is immediately noticeable. The natural climate control provided by the rough-hewn ...

DOGE has touted the announcement as a win, but development and testing for the new Online Retirement Application began under the previous administration, per past budget requests. Federal retirement ...

House Democrats on Monday suggested that the Office of Personnel Management has not been entirely forthcoming in responding to their oversight requests over the federal retirement backlog, which has ...

When the Social Security Administration (SSA) finally announced the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2026—a respectable 2.8% increase—it was a positive signal for tens of millions of Americans.

The Office of Personnel Management is giving agencies less than a month to start submitting all new retirement applications for federal employees electronically, moving away from a largely paper-based ...