The two main factors that affect the value of your federal retirement benefit are your high-three average salary and your ...

I am a Federal Employee Retirement System worker who converted from the Civil Service Retirement System. Under FERS, the only sick leave that I can convert for retirement is 100 hours that I built up ...

FERS provides a three-part retirement plan for U.S. civilian federal employees. Retirees receive Social Security, Basic Benefit Plan pensions, and Thrift Savings like a 401(k). Full retirement is age ...

Helping Federal Employees Navigate Retirement with Confidence through the FERS+ Procedure™ The goal of the FERS+ Procedure™ is to equip federal employees with the knowledge and tools necessary to help ...

Survivor benefits can be a confusing issue for federal employees, not to mention one that many don’t like to spend too much time contemplating. Here are a couple of recent questions I’ve received ...

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 30 advanced a legislative package to raise the retirement contribution rates for federal civilian employees and reduce their eventual ...