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 ...

The 'One Big Beautiful Bill' introduced by President Donald J. Trump has stirred significant concern among federal employees. This legislation, known as H.R. 1, proposes the elimination of the FERS ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the potential changes to federal retirement benefits that are included in proposed legislation that is moving through Congress. The key word is “proposed” because since ...

House Republicans have revised key parts of their proposed spending cuts targeting federal employee retirement benefits, softening some of the most controversial measures in response to internal ...

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 ...

In a 215-214 vote, the House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" budget reconciliation bill, including major proposed cuts to federal retirement benefits within the ...

Michele Santa Maria was 18 and a year out of high school when she landed a job at the Social Security Administration's field office in Chula Vista, Calif., in May 1990. She started out answering ...