Federal Employees Retirement System

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How important to recruiting is a traditional pension plan?

Government employee recruitment often relies on the appeal of the mission. Still people want to be paid and have some financial security.

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Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)

Three good reasons to save toward TSP-millionaire status

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Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)

Number of TSP participants receiving a full match reaches record high

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Many federal retirees to receive 3.2% in 2024 COLA, but not everyone gets the same adjustment

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The three-legged stool of federal retirement might have a fourth leg

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TSP

How come so few federal employees actually are TSP millionaires?

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What 2022 returns on TSP funds say about the year ahead

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January COLA or January raise: Why not both?

Every time there is a federal pay raise AND a cost of living adjustment for retirees, some folks figure they can get a piece of both. While it sounds good…

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A 7 step pre-retirement checklist

FERS workers must plan their retirement under a system that has lots of moving parts. We asked long-time, successful career fed and part time financial…

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OPM will allow same-sex spouses of deceased federal employees a chance to apply for survivor benefits

To be eligible for federal survivor benefits, widows or widowers must have been married to an employee or annuitant for at least nine months. But meeting that requirement was difficult for some survivors due to provisions in the Defense of Marriage Act and various state laws prohibiting same-sex marriage, which the Supreme Court has since declared unconstitutional.

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