Federal Employees Retirement System

The Rainbow Flag flies beneath the American flag at the Stonewall National Monument, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, in New York. The Rainbow Flag, an international symbol of LGBT liberation and pride, was flown for the first time at the monument. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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…

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Inflation alert: Are you on the Titanic or the iceberg?

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(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

FILE - In this June 15, 2018, file photo a canning jar filled with currency sits on a shelf in East Derry, N.H. The idea of having enough money to hire a financial adviser seems like a dream for many. Fortunately, there are less expensive, even free, ways to take a do-it-yourself approach to managing and growing your money. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

4.9% COLA and 2.7% pay raise: What’s not to like?

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Look forward retirement payday - retirement written in calendar and highlighter

Are you a lifer? Learning to blend FERS and your TSP!

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Giant COLA: Mixed blessing!

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Inflation-proofing your FERS benefit: Work longer!

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Pay, pension, politics: For whom the bell tolls

Uncertainty over the size of the pay raise vs. the COLA is causing many feds to rethink their proposed retirement date.

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Are you a lifer with Uncle Sam? Maybe not!

It is possible to work for Uncle Sam long enough to get and qualify for benefits and an annuity, but still leave government earlier.

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TSP millionaires club: Up, up and away!

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Despite a deadly worldwide pandemic, the number of active and retired feds with million-dollar-plus Thrift Savings Plan accounts more than doubled in the last year.

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

Inflation alert: Are you on the Titanic or the iceberg?

4.9% COLA and 2.7% pay raise: What’s not to like?

Are you a lifer? Learning to blend FERS and your TSP!

Giant COLA: Mixed blessing!

Inflation-proofing your FERS benefit: Work longer!

FERS + COVID = retirement tsunami?

Retirement life: Dining out or Meals on Wheels?

Inflation and your retirement timeline

Worried about saving enough for retirement? You’re not alone!

Big 2022 COLA: Good news or bad news?

Pay, pension, politics: For whom the bell tolls

Are you a lifer with Uncle Sam? Maybe not!

TSP millionaires club: Up, up and away!