Federal Retirement Academy

Why the Capitol architect has to keep annuitant employees

The Architect of the Capitol has received congressional scrutiny for some of its hiring practices.

5 years ago

Your best retirement date in 2018

The new leave year begins on Jan. 6, 2019. So, what’s so important about retiring before the end of the leave year? I’ll tell you.

5 years ago

Pay & Benefits

Postal task force recommends changing employee pay, retirement

A task force plan to make the U.S. Postal Service more cost-effective proposes changing employee pay and retirement systems.

House reinstates rule that can target fed pay, agency funds

The Holman Rule allows Congress to cut individual employee pay or agency programs through amendments to spending bills.

6 years ago

Lesson 8: The FERS Supplement

Registered Financial Consultant Ann Vanderslice explains how the FERS supplement covers the gap in retirement income when feds retire before they can start drawing their Social Security at age 62.

6 years ago

Trump budget will cost federal employees in pay and benefits

The proposal relies on a pay freeze and reductions in government contributions to healthcare and retirement to reduce the deficit.

6 years ago

OPM retroactively changed retirement benefits without notice

The Office of Personnel Management policy, not released to the public, requires divorced retirees receiving annuity supplements to pay the government back for portions of past annuity payments.

6 years ago

Survivor benefits: How to choose for your spouse when retiring

Registered Financial Consultant Ann Vanderslice explains the pension and health insurance choices you will be asked to make in regard to your spouse when retiring from the federal government.

6 years ago

Calculating what your Pension Benefit will be when you retire

After determining your length of federal service and computing your high-three average salary, you are now ready to calculate your annual federal pension.

7 years ago

Calculating what your Pension Benefit will be when you retire

After determining your length of federal service and computing your high-three average salary, you are now ready to calculate your annual federal pension.

7 years ago

Components to calculate your federal pension: How your High 3 is calculated

Registered Financial Consultant Ann Vanderslice explains how you use your high three years of base earnings when calculating your federal pension.

7 years ago

Federal Retirement Academy Lesson 5: Retirement resources, goals and constraints

Components to calculate pension, part II of III: the formula.

7 years ago

SEC warns of ‘investment scam artists’ targeting feds

The Securities and Exchange Commission has alerted government employees of a scam involving the Thrift Savings Plan and other government employee retirement plans.

7 years ago