News round-up for federal employees: special enrollment period for USPS retirees, a look at fertility benefits for federal employees, and OPM passes rule to protect Feds from “Schedule F” Some recent news related to federal employee retirement benefits. First, we’ll ... Read More

NASA Accepting Astronaut Applications, TSP’s I-Fund’s New Index, and More Federal Employee News A round-up of federal employee news revolving around the world of US federal government employees and their retirement benefits. This article reviews the recent graduating class of ... Read More

News from around the federal government, including some from the US Postal Service Namandjé Bumpus becomes second in command at the FDA FAA dealing with critical shortage of air traffic controllers (ATCs) In this week’s wrap-up of news highlights from ... Read More

Federal news round-up: wildland firefighters stave off pay cliff. Deep space communication laser from NASA could transform space exploration. Department of Energy laboratory experiences cyber-attack. This week’s news round-up from around the federal landscape includes a cool story from NASA ... Read More

Understanding the earnings test for both social security retirement benefits and the FERS special retirement supplement (SRS) For both Social Security and the FERS special retirement supplement (SRS), there is an earnings test that can reduce or eliminate either benefit. ... Read More

Understanding Social Security for Feds: learn about the Special Retirement Supplement for some feds who retire before age 62. Eligible FERS works that retire prior to reaching age 62 have an extra benefit that is designed to supplement social security ... Read More

At Serving Those Who Serve, we like to nerd out about all sorts of things, but mostly federal benefits. This week, Dan and Katelyn go over the shutdown, pay cliffs, and recent TSP volatility. The Fed15 Podcast (Ep. 18): Should ... 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

Recent news from around the federal landscape: Senator accuses feds of fraud, firefighters threaten to quit over ‘pay cliff,’ and CISA approves recommendations for National Cyber Alert System. In this week’s roundup of news from around the government, we’re going ... Read More

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