Celebrating the end of the year with the top 5 most-read articles of 2022 by Ed Zurndorfer! Start the new year off right – properly prepare for retirement with our no-cost webinar series: REGISTER HERE 5. Options for Withdrawing from ... Read More

Celebrating the new year with the 5 most-listened-to podcast episodes of last year! Start the new year off right – properly prepare for retirement with our no-cost webinar series: REGISTER HERE 5. Cost-of-Living Adjustment for 2023: FERS, CSRS, and Social ... Read More

Celebrating the end of the year with the top 5 quizzes of 2022 with the most submissions! Start the new year off right – properly prepare for retirement with our no-cost webinar series: REGISTER HERE 5. Federal Retirement Quiz 27: ... Read More

Celebrating the end of the year with the top 5 most-read articles of 2022 by STWS advisor, Jennifer Meyer! Start the new year off right – properly prepare for retirement with our no-cost webinar series: Complimentary Webinars 5. Don’t Ruin ... Read More

Celebrating the end of the year with the top 5 most-read articles of 2022 by Benefits Ben! Start the new year off right – properly prepare for retirement with our no-cost webinar series: REGISTER HERE 5. Locality & the Pay ... Read More

How does annual leave impact a federal employees’ retirement? How does it accumulate, and in what situations can it be restored? This is the second piece in a series on the types of leave for federal employees. The first article ... Read More

The end of the year is when a lot of feds decide to retire. Here’s a quick checklist about the process for submitting a retirement application. What can federal employees expect from the retirement application process for both FERS and ... Read More

Guilty! But, I hope you agree by now that I have advanced some important ideas. (Reminder, I’ve written this list with FERS, FERS RAE, FERS FRAE, and CSRS Offset in mind. But the ideas also apply to CSRS.) Now I ... Read More

A federal employee will receive a lump-sum payment for any unused annual leave hours when he or she separates from federal service. Edward A. Zurndorfer A federal employee will receive a lump-sum payment for any unused annual leave hours when ... Read More

The backlog of pending retirement claims in OPM’s inventory hit its lowest point of the year – but the end-of-year surge is looming. There is typical pattern that repeats when it comes to federal retirement claims that are pending in ... Read More