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  • Do you wish you could switch retirement plans with some of the younger or older people in your office. If so don’t worry about it. It’s probably safe to say that many if not most feds under the old Civil Service Retirement System envy their colleagues who are in the Federal Employees Retirement System.

    October 19, 2018
  • Retiring from federal service sounds simple, but federal retirement expert Tammy Flanagan says you've got more choices to make about your annuity than you might realize.

    August 22, 2018
  • Thanks to their Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees Retirement System annuities, most federal-postal workers are in good shape compared to many of their private sector counterparts.

    August 17, 2018
  • Many experts say that the current bull market began in March 2009 and if it lasts through this month it will be the longest in history. Others say it didn’t start until much, much later.

    August 09, 2018
  • Thanks to the FERS, CSRS and Social Security retirement programs, some feds will have guaranteed lifetime payments worth $1 million to $2 million. Are you one of them? If not, what can you do to reach your retirement goals? Find out when attorney Thomas J. O'Rourke joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. August 1, 2018

    August 01, 2018
  • Thanks to the Federal Employees Retirement System, the Civil Service Retirement System and Social Security retirement programs many people in the federal government will have guaranteed lifetime payments worth $1 to $2 million.

    August 01, 2018
  • Guest columnist Abraham Grungold, a federal employee and burgeoning financial coach in Florida, offers his federal employee retirement planning checklist.

    June 29, 2018
  • Having a secure financial future is even more likely if you know where you are now and where you are heading, as you get closer to that magic time when you could retire.

    June 20, 2018
  • If any of the Trump administration’s proposals to overhaul the federal pay and pension plans make it through Congress, thousands of federal workers might have to extend their tours of duty by as much as a decade to maintain their standard of living.

    May 21, 2018
  • The White House has revived old proposals to make feds pay more for, and get less from, their retirement package while also eliminating a gap payment for workers who retire before age 62, even if they are required to do so.

    May 08, 2018
  • Can you afford to retire? If not, what do you need to do to grow your retirement nest egg? Find out when federal benefits expert John Grobe, joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. May 2, 2018

    May 02, 2018
  • John Grobe, a former fed and benefits specialist, crunch some numbers you need to know before you retire from a federal career.

    May 02, 2018
  • Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks which of the long list of proposed changes to federal retirement is most likely to succeed.

    September 20, 2017
  • The end is near. We are only a few weeks away from sequestration and going over the fiscal cliff. So is there any hope? If history repeats itself, the short answer may be yes. Or at least maybe, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

    November 15, 2012