Randy Silvey, president of Silverlight Financial, describes how federal employees can take smart action to ensure their retirement funds meet their long-term needs.
A civilian Defense Department employee's spouse asks why buyouts aren't being offered more readily to the 77,000 federal employees who are ready to retire.
Depending on whose calendar you use, members of Congress have about 44 working days left between Labor Day and the end of 2017.
A growing number of self-made TSP millionaires invested in index funds from day one. But what are they? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has the answer.
Workloads are on the rise for government attorneys at all levels — federal, state and local. One reason is the retirement of baby boom-era civil servants.
Retirees are predicting, or praying for, a minimum 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment next January. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says we'll have to wait and see.
If you're a federal, postal, or military retiree, or you receive Social Security, it looks like you may be getting a modest cost-of-living adjustment starting in your January check.
Randy Silvey, president Silverlight Financial, details an idea to help educate federal employees on saving for retirement.
If the Thrift Savings Plan is so good, why do roughly half of all investors take their money out of the TSP when they retire?
The Office of Personnel Management saw an uptick in its retirement claims backlog in July after it brought the inventory down to its lowest point in the year just a month before.
Federal retirees beware: What if your grandson calls and says he's in jail on a DUI and needs you to wire the court $2,800 ASAP? Most people would probably get the cash, then find a place they could wire it, only to learn it's a scam.
Why do so many federal employees move out of TSP when they retire from the government? What should you do? Find out when benefits expert John Grobe joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. August 9, 2017
Tammy Flanagan of the National Institute of Transition Planning provides an overview of the changes going on with federal retirement.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has some advice for federal employees and retirees to protect themselves from future schemes.
Roughly one in three federal workers is eligible to retire today, but many are waiting for their agencies to offer buyouts, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.