The pay raise for 2024 will include a locality boost for around 33,000 feds. Also, pay raise for IT professionals at the VA goes into effect this week. The annual federal pay raise for 2024 is expected to be 5.2% ... Read More

This week’s podcast features an update on the 2024 federal pay raise. Also, a look at modernization efforts at OPM. FED15 Podcast (Ep. 03): Estimating the 2024 Federal Pay Raise Find out why the best bets for next year’s annual ... Read More

The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) results have been published by OPM. Let’s take a look. The Office of Personnel Managements (OPM) conducts an annual survey across federal agencies, known as FEVS. The results from last year’s survey were published ... Read More

This week’s quiz is about a recent data breach, USPS pay cuts, and OPM’s backlog of retirement claims. COMPLIMENTARY FERS WEBINAR [ays_quiz id=”59″] **Written by Benjamin Derge, Financial Planner, ChFEBC℠ The information has been obtained from sources considered reliable but ... Read More

A look at the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of OPM’s plan to tackle the long-overdue issue of digitizing retirement services. When a federal employee applies for retirement, it requires mailing a paper packet to the OPM facility at Iron Mountain ... 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

OPM announced it will be formally removing the COVID-19 operating status on May 15th. Back in March of 2020, a government-wide operating status was put into effect by OPM when the pandemic first struck. It allowed federal agencies to maximize ... Read More

New legislation has made Medicare part D enrollment more advantageous for some FEHB (Federal Employee Health Benefits) program participants – are you one of them? Last August, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. Part of the legislation ... Read More

OPM has sent several messages to agency leaders regarding steps that can be taken to comply with the recommendations. Are you a federal employee? Don’t miss our no-cost webinar series on your benefits and retirement planning. REGISTER HERE At the ... Read More

Postal workers will keep their existing FEHB plan until the end of 2024, which is when they will need to select a new PSHB plan during open season. However, each FEHB policy that currently covers at least 1,500 USPS employees ... Read More