Blue Cross FEP premiums rise 8.6% to 11% in 2027. See the new rates for Standard, Basic, and FEP Blue Focus, plus how much ...

Imagine two federal employees leaving their agencies during the government-wide workforce reductions that began in 2025. One is 62 and has 30 years of federal service. The other is 27 and has been ...

Federal employees preparing for retirement face several connected decisions. When should you leave government service? When should you begin Social Security? Will you continue working? How will your ...

Federal payroll employment has fallen by 336,000 jobs since January 2025, a decline that far surpasses the shifts seen during Trump’s first term or throughout the four years of the Biden ...

Millions of Social Security recipients and retired federal employees now know how much their retirement payments will increase in 2027. The answer is good news for retirees facing higher prices, ...

If you’ve ever opened an FEHB plan brochure and thought, “Where do I even begin?”, you’re not alone. With dozens of national plans, hundreds of regional options, and brochures that often exceed 100 ...

In Hill v. Department of Defense (CAFC No. 2024-1695 (nonprecedential) 4/7/2026) the appeals court addresses Mr. Hill’s efforts to overturn his removal. The whole affair began when Mr. Hill while on ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law on January 5, 2025, and applied retroactively to January 2024, created a major shift in retirement income for many federal, state, and local ...

Federal employees have grown accustomed to a particular kind of anxiety that most private-sector workers never have to think about: the possibility that a political stalemate in Washington could ...

Office of Personnel Management Director Kiran Ahuja announced her resignation today. According to Politico, she plans to depart the agency in early May “to deal with an ongoing health concern and ...

Federal employees in the Washington, DC area must depart their offices no later than 2 PM EST on March 16 due to the threat of severe weather in the area. According to NBC4 Washington, “Severe storms ...

Federal retirees often discover that Medicare’s Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount (IRMAA) increases their Part B and Part D premiums. A reader in an online comment in a recent FedSmith article, ...