Pay & Benefits
Weighing the Retirement Tradeoffs
Effective planning for your future requires making a series of key decisions.
Pay & Benefits
What You Need to Know About CSRS Offset
For those feds covered by the Civil Service Retirement System and Social Security, calculating retirement benefits can get complicated.
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Be Careful of Who is Providing Your Retirement Advice
If they’re pushing alternatives to federal benefits like survivor annuities, be wary.
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How Your Benefits Have Changed Recently
To address the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the government has loosened restrictions on several federal employee benefits programs.
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5 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself Right Now
Federal employees need to be financially ready in case they’re affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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5 Not-So-Fun Facts About Federal Retirement
A word to the wise about survivor benefits, taxes, insurance and more.
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Burning Benefits Questions
A summertime Q&A featuring hot issues involving federal retirement benefits.
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Myths, Misunderstandings and Managing Your Money
A look back at some important columns you might’ve missed from earlier this year.
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Social Security Services and Scams
What you need to know about recent changes in agency operations and ongoing fraud schemes.
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Splitting Up and Splitting Benefits
In the federal retirement world, divorces can be complicated.
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What Happens to My Retirement If I Resign?
Answers to this and other hypothetical questions.
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The Value of an Annuity Supplement
How the FERS supplement is calculated, and when it can be reduced.
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Long Term Peace of Mind
A look at how the long term care insurance process plays out.
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The Best Date to Start Taking Social Security Benefits
A reader poses a question that’s trickier than it seems.
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