Understanding the Living Benefits Rider Available with the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program 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 ... Read More

Next year’s reimbursement rates have been revealed by GSA. When government employees use a personally owned vehicle for federal business, and no government-owned vehicle was available, they can receive a reimbursement for fuel. The current year’s rate is 65 and ... Read More

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

Serving Those Who Serve’s Weekly Quiz for Feds! UPCOMING TAXES WEBINAR [ays_quiz id=”57″] **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 accurate ... Read More

We break down another lesson learned from football that is applicable to federal retirement planning. Hello readers. Welcome back to my series, “Don’t Miss These Three Federal Retirement Lessons from… Football?” Today we will dive into lesson #2: Discipline in ... Read More

A list of milestones that feds can use as a guide to make sure they’re on track for retirement planning. Federal employees reach stages of their federal service in which they achieve age and service milestones. The following is a ... Read More

Serving Those Who Serve’s Weekly Quiz for Feds! UPCOMING TSP WEBINAR [ays_quiz id=”55″] **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 accurate ... Read More

The reasons that an agency may invoke their authority to offer early retirements, or incentive payments to feds who voluntarily leave their federal position, have to be related to a “substantial” restructuring of the agency or by downsizing the agency’s ... Read More

Beware of the Income Tax Consequences When Transferring a Traditional TSP Account to a Roth IRA. Edward A. Zurndorfer – Federal employees who are 59.5 and over and federal retirees are eligible to make withdrawals from their Thrift Savings Plan ... Read More

A quick look at the rules and restrictions surround hazard pay for the federal workforce. This article is for feds who are paid by the General Schedule (GS), not those who are paid under the wage system, although they do ... Read More