The 2026 COLA of 2.8% will be added to retirement benefits beginning in January. But FERS retirees will receive a 2% “diet” COLA.

Throughout this year of VERA, VSIP, RIF, DSR, and the new one, DRP 1.0 and DRP 2.0, many employees are trying to hurry up and learn what it takes to retire. This is an update to an article I wrote ...

Searching for savings to partially offset trillions of dollars in tax cuts, Republicans on a U.S. House panel voted Wednesday to cut pensions and retirement benefits for federal employees. Here are ...

The OPM director uses his weekly updates to detail efforts to replace paper applications, guide employees through the Online ...

(Bloomberg) -- The federal personnel agency has launched an online system for processing retirement applications, ending a paper-based method that had remained largely unchanged for decades. The ...

Generally, all employees furloughed during a government shutdown are paid at the conclusion of the shutdown. In a letter last ...

The TSP board has also received recent feedback from participants on its loan program, with some calling it a “true lifesaver ...

The sudden cuts to the federal workforce under President Donald Trump will likely throw a curveball into the retirement plans of many Americans, including those from typically disadvantaged ...

Katherine Ann Reniers' abrupt layoff from USAID will cut her monthly pension earnings. She joins many Americans who are worried about having enough money to retire. Reniers' last day at USAID is July ...

Since the government shutdown began in October, it’s forced hundreds and thousands of federal workers to work without pay. “I ...