President Trump announces a federal retirement savings plan with a $1,000 match. Will it close the coverage gap?

A wave of legislative proposals in Congress could severely impact the retirement plans of federal workers, prompting alarm among employees and financial experts. As federal agencies move to reduce ...

For federal employees who were hired before 1984, it was easy, they were under the single benefit, Civil Service Retirement System. The retirement age was 55. It was common for a typical federal ...

David Wolfel – a former civilian architect for the U.S. Navy – was among thousands of federal workers who opted to retire this year amid widespread cuts under the Trump administration. So in May, ...

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 ...

Key Takeaways Standard pension estimates rely on simplified assumptions and may overlook salary changes, service credit, survivor elections and FERS COLA caps.Incomplete projections can lead to ...

A major change coming in 2027 could boost the retirement savings of millions of lower- and middle-income Americans. The federal government will start matching 50% of retirement account contributions ...

This is a sponsored column by attorneys John Berry and Kimberly Berry of Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law firm located in Northern Virginia that specializes in federal employee, ...

Black American workers made up just under 20% of the federal workforce in 2021, higher than the group's share of employment as a whole, according to a study by the U.S. Government Accountability ...

Scott Kupor, President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Office of Personnel Management, speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on ...