Retirement

Brace yourself for the return of federal long-term care insurance options

Federal employees have not been able to purchase long-term care insurance for the past couple of months. That’s because the Office of Personnel Management…

Benefits

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Retirement is easy to think about, but more difficult to pull off

Retirement

FILE - People walk outside the U.S Capitol building in Washington, June 9, 2022. The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare program. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. And billions leftover to pay down federal deficits. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

After a summer break, Congress has a lot on its plate this fall

Congress

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OPM retirement claims backlog climbs for second straight month

Retirement

How enterprise risk management is making the TSP more resilient

TSP

OPM’s retirement backlog back up in July after months of it shrinking

Retirement

6 reasons NARFE is the best investment you can make

Federal Insights

Thrift savings plan TSP written on a piggy bank.

A slightly-past-mid-year review of your Thrift Savings Plan investment returns

TSP

‘As easy as possible’: OPM’s new tutorials aim to help retiring feds and improve customer experience

Workforce

OPM’s backlog of retirement claims down again in June

Retirement

CBP’s Borkowski to retire after 43 years

People

OPM’s retirement claims backlog hits three-year low in May

The Office of Personnel Management’s backlog of retirement claims dropped by 2,259 claims in May.

Retirement

One reason the Postal Service has a long-term pension problem

Low-risk investments generally have low returns. By law, the Postal Service must invest retiree assets in U.S. Treasury securities. The Office of Inspector…

Retirement

OPM’s ‘retirement quick guide’ aims to tackle immediate challenges for retiring feds

Retirement

The Office of Personnel Management took a step to address more immediate concerns from retiring federal employees, ahead of the agency’s long-term efforts to modernize retirement services.