FedLife Podcast: Age and Service Milestones for Federal Employees
06/22/2023
Listen in and learn the strategies you need to take proactive steps to secure your financial well-being during your service and retirement. FINANCIAL PLANNING WEBINAR FedLife Podcast: Age and Service Milestones for Federal Employees (prt. 1) Federal employees reach stages ... Read More
Understanding the FERS Disability Retirement Rules – Part II
06/21/2023
FERS Medical Retirement, learn about retiring from the federal government with a disability pension. This is the second of a series of FEDZONE columns presenting the FERS disability retirement rules. The first column discussed general statutory requirements that a FERS-covered ... Read More
Last Year’s Messy Transition at TSP Leads to Lawsuit
06/20/2023
TSP participants have filed a class action lawsuit again the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) and two federal contractors. In June of last year, the TSP underwent a massive renovation that saw the implementation of a mobile app, a new virtual ... Read More
Five Important Facts to Remember About Social Security
06/20/2023
Considered one of the “legs” of a FERS retirement – here’s a list of fast facts that you should keep in mind about Social Security benefits. Welcome to part six of our series of “listicles.” We’ll be going over 5 ... Read More
The Fed15 Podcast: Reviewing FEGLI and the TSP’s Recent Performance
06/16/2023
A quick review of important FEGLI facts, plus a look at how the TSP performed in May. FED15 Podcast (Ep. 04): Reviewing FEGLI and the TSP’s Recent Performance Dan and Katelyn discuss the group life insurance program for federal employees ... Read More
Weekly Quiz for Federal Government Employees
06/16/2023
Take this quiz on FEVS, TSP, and deferred retirement. UPCOMING TSP WEBINAR [ays_quiz id=”61″] **Written by Benjamin Derge, Financial Planner, ChFEBC℠ The information has been obtained from sources considered reliable but we do not guarantee that the foregoing material is ... Read More
Don’t Lose Momentum When It Comes to Saving for Retirement
06/15/2023
The closing piece of our series on lessons from football that can be applied to your federal retirement plan. Ok readers! Huddle up, On ME! We have reached our final article in this series on financial lessons from the gridiron. ... Read More
Understanding the FERS Disability Retirement Rules – Part I
06/14/2023
FERS Medical Retirement, learn about retiring from the federal government with a disability pension. Ed Zurndorfer – For federal employees who are unable to work due to some type of disability, there is the option to retire under the disability ... Read More
The Best US Federal Agencies to Work For
06/13/2023
2022’s Best Federal Agencies to Work For: NASA, GAO, and CBO take top spots. The Federal Government edition of the “Best Places to Work” rankings for 2022 have been published. The set of statistics breaks down the governmental organizations by ... Read More
Deferring Your FERS Retirement: An Overview
06/12/2023
Thinking about leaving federal service and deferring your FERS pension? Make sure you read this first. If you retire from a civilian job in the federal government before reaching the service and age requirements, you can take your employee contributions ... Read More