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Congress again ponders updating Social Security policy for non-eligible federal retirees

The Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset have both been around for decades. They reduce or rule out Social Security benefits for some.

Retirement

Repeal or reform? House lawmakers weigh responses to WEP, GPO

Congress

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FILE - This Feb. 2, 2015, file photo, depicts a part of a U.S. $100 bill. A new government report estimates that government will be paying nearly half the nation’s health care tab within 10 years. That’s even without “Medicare-for-all,” the government-run plan for all Americans that some Democratic presidential contenders are calling for. Driving the increase is traditional Medicare, experiencing a surge in enrollment as aging baby boomers shift out of private coverage. The report comes from nonpartisan experts with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Are federal employees headed for another big raise next year?

Pay

As agencies face budget uncertainty, Democrats propose a 7.4% pay raise for feds

Pay

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Heading into 2024, OPM ‘fundamentally rethinking’ federal hiring

Hiring/Retention

Telework changes, hiring reforms of 2023 charting a course into the new year

Workforce

The Social Security evil twins WEP and GPO get a fresh look from Capitol Hill

Pay & Benefits

After years of delays, the TSP’s I fund will track a new index starting in 2024

TSP

A ‘diet COLA’ for FERS retirees has compounding effects on retirement savings

Federal Report

Stethoscope and money on wooden table representing health care, FEHB plans.

The government could still close, but your health insurance will march on

Open Season

Long-term care insurance information, form and stethoscope.

Federal long term care insurance premiums to increase by as much as 86%, data shows

Benefits

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Brace yourself for the return of federal long-term care insurance options

Federal employees have not been able to purchase long-term care insurance for the past couple of months. That’s because the Office of Personnel Management…

Benefits

After a summer break, Congress has a lot on its plate this fall

The House and Senate appropriations packages are far from the only priority for Congress this fall — and many of the other to-do items have direct impacts…

Congress

Reforming federal hiring: Does the Chance to Compete Act promise more than the government can deliver?

Federal Report

The massively bipartisan Chance to Compete Act aims to modernize federal hiring — but experts say limitations in HR offices could stunt its potential, while others think the bill doesn’t take hiring reform far enough.