National Active and Retired Federal Employees

OPM to suspend applications for Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program

OPM will try to “establish sustainable premium rates” during upcoming two-year suspension on new applications to the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance…

Pay & Benefits

Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol Dome in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Bills, amendments linger in Congress with lasting implications for feds

Congress

Deep in the heart of taxes: Are you living in the wrong state?

Federal Report

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Senate Dems introduce bill to prevent Schedule F from resurfacing

Congress

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Windfall/Offset repeal, COLA reform: Now or ever?

Federal Report

Deep in the heart of taxes: Are you living in the wrong state?

Federal Report

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When should you retire? Turns out, it pays to be strategic

Federal Report

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen past the base of the Washington Monument just before sunrise in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced a partial government shutdown early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting a border wall with Mexico. Overall, more than 800,000 federal employees would see their jobs disrupted, including more than half who would be forced to continue working without pay. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Status update: Your future health premiums, Social Security’s ‘evil twins’

Federal Report

A postal worker loads a delivery vehicle at the United States Post Office in Cranberry Township, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

USPS reform bill now avoids higher health premiums for other federal employees

Benefits

January COLA? Up, up and away!

Federal Report

January pay raise, retiree COLA looking good

Federal Report

Ready to retire — are you sure?

Picking the right time to retire – day and month, not just year – could make a huge difference.

Federal Report

WEP & GPO: The twins that eat Social Security checks

The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), created by Congress, have made monthly raids on the Social Security benefits…

Federal Report

Merit Systems Protection Board, files, seal, stack, papers

White House running out of time to restore functionality to MSPB, congressmen warn

Workforce Rights/Governance

Leaders of the House Oversight and Reform Government Operations Subcommittee are calling on the Biden administration to quickly nominate qualified members to the Merit Systems Protection Board.