Understanding Deferred Retirement Under FERS and How It Works
05/18/2020
Edward A. Zurndorfer – A former employee who was covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and separated from federal service before being eligible to retire may be eligible for a deferred retirement and receive a FERS annuity if ... Read More
Understanding the FERS MRA+10 “Postponed” Retirement – Part II
05/17/2020
Edward A. Zurndorfer (for part I, click here) Employees who are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) are eligible to retire optionally and, if certain requirements are met, will receive an immediate but reduced annuity under what is ... Read More
Social Security Administration Backlog Decreases 11% Since Teleworking
05/15/2020
Teleworking has increased productivity in some agencies- like the Social Security Administration, where 53,000 feds working from home led to an 11% decrease in their backlog Before the world was upended by a microscopic virus, back in October, the Social ... Read More
Federal Employees ‘ TSP in Show-Down over China Investments
05/14/2020
The President aims to replace three TSP Board Members, hoping to stop I-Fund Investment Change that would include businesses in China. Update: The TSP Board voted to postpone the implementation of the change that would’ve added Chinese investments to the ... Read More
CARES Act and your TSP- Provisions for Loans and Withdrawals
05/13/2020
Jennifer Meyer explains the status of TSP Loans and TSP Withdrawals as a result of the CARES Act. The CARES Act passed in late March 2020 to assist Americans struggling under the burden of COVID-19 has provisions for employer-sponsored retirement ... Read More
Understanding the FERS “MRA + 10″ or Postponed Retirement – Part I
05/11/2020
Edward A. Zurndorfer Employees who are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) are eligible to retire optionally with an immediate reduced annuity under what is called an “MRA + 10” (sometimes called a “postponed”)FERS annuity if certain requirements ... Read More
From the FEDZONE Vault: IRAs and Federal Employees by Ed Zurndorfer
05/09/2020
53 page PDF from the FEDZONE Vault by Ed Zurndorfer: IRAs & Federal Employees IRAs & Federal Employees IRAs: Guide for Federal Employees by Ed Zurndorfer
FedLife Podcast: The Cares Act and Federal Employees
05/08/2020
Ed & Dan Discuss the CARES Act and its impact on Federal Employees FedLife Podcast (ep. 24): The Cares Act and Its Impact on Federal Employees The CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Securities Act) was passed by Congress ... Read More
IRS Operating at Reduced Capacity Due to Coronavirus: Tax Refunds Delayed
05/07/2020
Tax Refunds Delayed: Due to teleworking Feds and the CARES Act Stimulus Payments, the issuance of some Tax Refunds are being Heavily Delayed Buried between the lines of an April 3rd memo from the Treasury Department, the IRS states that ... Read More
Pentagon Releases UFO Footage and Confirms Their Veracity
05/06/2020
The Pentagon declassified footage that had already been leaked to the public in 2017. The three videos are from Navy test flights and show unidentifiable flying objects. The earliest video released by the Department of Defense (DoD) last week is ... Read More
