Retirement
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Eligible employees of SSA have until May 31 to decide if they will take an early retirement, according to an email Federal News Network obtained.
April 04, 2019 -
Federal retirees and folks who get Social Security benefits may be among the few people in the country who get anxious when crude oil prices drop.
April 04, 2019 -
Lawmakers have declared the president's 2020 budget request "dead on arrival," but there are a few ways the proposed federal retirement cuts could see the light of day this year.
April 03, 2019 -
Benefits expert Tammy Flanagan, will be Mike Causey's guest today on Your Turn, airing 10 a.m. EDT, streaming on www.federalnewsnetwork.com or on 1500 AM in the Washington, D.C., area.
April 03, 2019 -
The treasury securities G Fund continues to be the favorite of feds investing for retirement, while the Trump administration wants to lower its payout.
March 28, 2019 -
Some politicians have been after the Federal Employees Retirement System since it replaced the more generous Civil Service Retirement System program during the Reagan administration.
March 27, 2019 -
A federal law enforcement group is challenging a change OPM made three years ago to how it apportions retirement annuities impacted by divorce settlements.
March 26, 2019 -
The White House's task force on USPS recommends reamortizing payments that would, in the long-term, save the Postal Service about $20 billion. That would also increase annual retirement contributions.
March 26, 2019 -
The Republican party could possibility retake control of the House in 2020 and might not have lost it in 2018 if more of its middle-America politicians learned a few things about federal bureaucrats.
March 26, 2019 -
Retirement planning is essential for just about everyone but if you work for Uncle Sam, a few things can cost you once you’ve switched from larger biweekly paychecks to a smaller monthly annuity deposit.
March 25, 2019 -
Leadership on the Senate Budget Committee has proposed a 2020 budget resolution that calls for deep cuts to mandatory and discretionary spending. Federal employee retirement benefits are on the table as a potential vehicle for savings.
March 22, 2019 -
Years after the buyout surge of the 1990s some still-working feds are hanging on until the next round of buyouts. But that could take a while.
March 22, 2019 -
The Trump administration’s 2020 budget proposal includes significant changes in federal employee retirement programs, most of which are cuts but with one exception.
March 21, 2019 -
Retirement expert John Grobe, himself a former fed, said the length and uncertainty of the recent shutdown has a lot more people thinking about retirement, or just leaving government for greener pastures.
March 21, 2019 -
John Grobe, president of Federal Career Experts, specializes in prepping feds for retirement and is Mike Causey's guest on today's episode of Your Turn.
March 20, 2019