What is TRICARE for Life?
The author outlines some of the basic principles of Tricare for Life and when a person is eligible.
Federal employee retirement news: news about retirement-related topics as it pertains to employees of the federal government. Topics include FERS, CSRS, the latest TSP performance, annual COLA updates, and more.
The author outlines some of the basic principles of Tricare for Life and when a person is eligible.
What happens to your survivor annuity if you are a retired federal employee and there are changes in your life such as a death or divorce?
Congress has passed the payroll tax cut extension agreement and the President is expected to sign it. But what exactly are the details of the agreement as they relate to federal pensions?
Are you surviving in the economic turmoil of recent years? What is our economic future and should you invest your money in 2012?
OPM could alleviate a great deal of the suffering and complaints by paying a higher proportion of the agency estimate when a federal employee retires. The agency chooses not to do this, thus ensuring the complaints continue.
How are your TSP investments progressing? One TSP investor now has over $4 million in an account. 207 others don’t have that much but still have over $1 million accrued.
South Carolina is a state that often attracts newcomers, but look closely at the state’s income tax structure before relocating.
Exactly how is your retirement income taxed for federal income tax purposes? The author breaks it down piece by piece.
The author illustrates a hypothetical scenario of two FERS employees with identical salary histories to show the dramatic impact the recently proposed pension reduction bill, as currently written, would have on future federal retirees.
In a “back to the future” moment, OPM has announced a new effort to get rid of its retirement backlog. How? By hiring more people and creating higher production standards.