What makes a good strategy for developing a federal employee’s retirement plan?           At Serving Those Who Serve we are dedicated to you, the civilian federal employee. As a result, we have curated a suite of ... Read More

Government spending bill doesn’t mention federal pay raise – a strong indication that Congress supports the White House recommendation of 4.6%. The federal employee pay raise for 2023 has been expected to be 4.6% since the White House released its ... Read More

STWS advisor Jennifer Meyer provides the inside scoop on taking full advantage of our resources for feds. Jennifer Meyer, CFP© Complimentary Webinars: Register Here I love hearing that Feds who have found my articles on FedSmith and Serving Those Who ... Read More

Advisory council suggests adding new localities, adjusting some existing ones to encompass more federal workers, and loosening requirements for locality designation. A council that advises government officials on federal employee compensation has issued formal recommendations that, if implemented, would give ... Read More

The latest quiz on TSP, Disability Retirement, and the Pay Cap– [ays_quiz id=”18″] Federal Employee Retirement Benefits Quiz

Looming since the 1990s, are retiring baby boomers in the Government about to cause the long-predicted retirement tsunami? Experts in public service began predicting a ‘retirement tsunami‘ back in the 1990s, predicting it would crash into the figurative beaches around ... Read More

Government spending bill doesn’t mention federal pay raise – a strong indication that Congress supports the White House recommendation of 4.6%. Similar to the appropriations bill that the House of Representatives approved of earlier in the summer, the recent government ... Read More

How pay caps depend on what locality a federal employee is based in, plus a bill to be proposed that might give capped salaries bigger annual pay raises. Non-executive federal employees, for the most part, are subjected to a salary ... Read More

What feds need to know regarding rules, eligibility, and the application process for the FERS disability retirement. First off, if you are a federal employee who is able to take an immediate FERS pension, then that is probably the route ... Read More

In this episode, Dan Sipe and Ed Zurndorfer unpack each benefit while detailing everything you need to know about how the OPM calculates your annuity supplement.  FEDLIFE Podcast, ep.76:  Your Guide to The FERS Annuity Supplement with Ed Zurndorfer Summary: ... Read More