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  • Retirees looking at last full ‘diet COLA?’

    The Trump administration wants to cut costs in the giant federal retirement program by totally eliminating future COLAs for FERS retirees. If it becomes law the 2019 COLA would be the last.

    Federal Report
    September 19, 2018
  • Pay-retirement shutdowns: Is October the cruelest month?

    With 12 days until the new fiscal year and less than 50 from the midterm elections, many current and retired federal workers have a lot on their plate.

    Federal Report
    September 18, 2018
  • Are you due a career do-over?

    Given what has happened to retirement plans in the private sector, Uncle Sam looks mighty good compared to just about any company, large or small. But do you ever regret a career as a federal civil servant?

    Federal Report
    September 17, 2018
  • Perfect time to approach your lawmaker

    Many who have been comfortably stationed in Washington for decades are literally running for their political lives this year.

    Federal Report
    August 28, 2018
  • Do you need a 35-year retirement plan?

    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.

    Federal Report
    August 17, 2018
  • Who decides when (and maybe even if) you can afford to retire?

    Are you retiring at the first opportunity? Or are you planning to work extra because you like the job or your coworkers and want to build your annuity?

    Federal Report
    August 10, 2018
  • Maximizing your retirement benefits

    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

    Your Turn
    August 01, 2018
  • Your million-dollar-plus annuity nest egg

    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.

    Federal Report
    August 01, 2018
  • FERS & the federal pay raise: What’s the latest?

    Is there a federal pay raise in your future? And what's the status of legislation to reform the Federal Employees Retirement System? Find out when Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. July 25, 2018

    Your Turn
    July 25, 2018
  • FERS & CSRS: What’s next?

    Are the threats to FERS and CSRS real? IF so, what is being done to protect them? Find out when NARFE's Jessica Klement, Barb Sido, and Jennifer Bialek join host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to explain why the two largest white-collar federal unions are challenging provisions in two of the three executive orders issued by President Donald Trump. July 18, 2018

    Your Turn
    July 18, 2018
  • 2019 COLA? Yes but pay raise? Not likely

    With three months left to go in the cost-of-living adjustment countdown clock, federal/military/Social Security retirees are looking at a January inflation-catch up of 2.7 percent.

    Mike Causey
    July 13, 2018
  • Surviving and thriving on the TSP rollercoaster

    Federal employee and financial coach Abraham Grungold's Thrift Savings Plan strategy has always been slow and steady, to keep pouring in those contributions and not watch the stock market, which is like a rollercoaster. 

    Federal Report
    July 10, 2018
  • FERS retirement mode: a checklist

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

    Federal Report
    June 29, 2018
  • FERS: Saved by the bell … again

    This time one year ago lobbyists who represent feds and retirees were quietly hoping that Congress would tear off only a couple of chunks from the embattled Federal Employees Retirement System. Then a funny thing happened on the way: Nothing.

    Federal Report
    June 25, 2018
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