Continuing our series on the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) program. In this piece, we review the responsibilities of OPM, carriers, agencies, employees, and family members. OPM’s FEHB Handbook is a dense digital document that details all the technicalities around ... Read More

Shutdown averted until next month, along with the ‘pay cliff’ threatening federal firefighters. Plus, learn why the IRS almost had to furlough 60,000 workers that were thought to be ‘excepted service.’ To the surprise of many, in the final hours ... Read More

If you’re retired and collecting a FERS pension and decide to return to federal service, here are the two situations in which your FERS annuity will stop. To be eligible for a disability retirement under FERS, you must have at ... Read More

Furloughs, federal benefits, and an update on the annual pay raise for feds. At the time of this writing, the impending government shutdown isn’t official but the likelihood is increasing by the second. The chance of a stop-gap going through ... Read More

FEGLI Participants Can Convert Their FEGLI Coverage to An Individual Life Insurance Policy This is the fourth of four FEDZONE columns during September to help mark the month of September as “Life Insurance Awareness Month (LIAM), as designated by the ... Read More

What a Viatical Settlement is and how it works. In 2003, the nonprofit organization Life Happens created and coordinated “Life Insurance Awareness Month” (LIAM) designating the month of September to remind the American people about the importance of life insurance ... Read More

Dan and Katelyn review the 2024 Federal Pay Raise as Biden recently approved the 5.2% figure. Also- the latest outlook for next year’s COLA. The Fed15 Podcast (Ep. 14): 2024 Federal Pay Raise Update This week’s podcast has some breaking ... Read More

Dan and Katelyn discuss Track and Field, the FERS and CSRS alternative annuity payment, and pay compression. The Fed15 Podcast (Ep. 13): Pay Compression and Locality First, don’t miss Dan geek out over the Track and Field world championships. Then, ... Read More

Some Feds want to learn the ins and outs of every benefit they are entitled to and then there are others who just want to know “what to do.” Whichever type you are, Serving Those Who Serve (STWS) has resources ... Read More

Debunking 10 Myths About the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and Medicare Medicare will likely become a part of a federal employee’s or retiree’s life once the employee or retiree becomes age 65. In the United States today, most health ... Read More