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A rare enrollment period will open next month for the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance program. You'll need to think about how much insurance you really need, and whether you want to keep it until retirement. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director for the National Institute of Transition Planning, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to sort it all out.
If you're a retired fed, odds are you wear glasses, which Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you're gonna need to see your next cost-of-living adjustment.
It's Tuesday and time to play What's My Homonyn? with the poor man's Alex Trebek, Senior correspondent Mike Causey.
How come only a handful of government workers have signed up for the highly touted phased retirement program? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the villain may be the place where you work.
Does your favorite TV weather person seem genuinely shocked that it's hot in August? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says maybe he or she should become a government behavioral expert.
According to the latest count from the Office of Personnel Management, less than 100 federal employees have applied to their agencies' phased retirement program. It's been roughly two years since OPM released final regulations on phased retirement and gave agencies the green light to begin accepting applications.
Federal News Radio wants to hear from you about your retirement plans — and whether the upcoming presidential transition will impact your decision to stay or leave your agency.
What happens when you ask a simple question about federal benefits? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you usually get a very long, complicated answer qualified by "it depends."
This week on "Your Turn", John Grobe, president of Federal Career Experts will answer your questions about Social Security, and the best day for you to retire from the federal government. August 10, 2016
The National Academy of Public Administration has been holding panel discussions to come up with ideas for the next administration to hit the ground running.
For yet another month, the Office of Personnel Management remains within sight of its retirement claims goal, but has yet to hit the target in 2016.
A new study reviews federal personnel data for employees over age 50, along with feedback from the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, to determine what other factors — besides employees' ages — might affect their decisions to retire from the civil service.
Has the upcoming election got you worrying about your financial nest egg? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says lots of federal workers are nervous and looking for a safe place to stash retirement cash.
The Thrift Savings Plan posted across-the-board positive numbers in July, with some of the hardest hit accounts in June showing the highest returns.