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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two unrelated proposals happen to share a comment deadline this month, and federal employee unions have opposed both. An AFGE national officer called the EEOC’s rewrite proof of “assigning the fox to ...

When federal employees think about where to retire, college towns may not be the first places that come to mind. Retirement searches tend to focus on familiar destinations with warm weather, lower ...

OPM also points to the 2023 Federal Employee Benefits Survey. Nearly all respondents (94%) said FEHB meets their needs to a great or moderate extent, but only 66% said it provides “excellent or good ...

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As of August 31, 2026, the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) held approximately $1.17 trillion in assets. Nearly 44% of all TSP assets were ultimately invested in the C Fund, an investment fund that tracks ...

Federal employees converted into Schedule Policy/Career will not serve the standard one-year probationary period that comes with most federal positions. That might sound like good news, but impacted ...