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Where is phased retirement? NARFE president asks OPM

Richard Thissen, president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, wrote to Office of Personnel Management director Katherine Archulet...

Federal News Network Staff

June 4, 2015 11:05 am

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Phased retirement would allow senior feds to work part-time to help mentor their successor while collecting half of their pension. The program is meant to save the government money in salary and training dollars.

The NARFE president asked Archuleta to work with agency HR leaders to make phased retirement available across government.

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