The government shutdown has raised lots of questions about the retirement process, and retirement benefits, for federal ...

COLA is 2.8%, but FERS retirees only get 2.0% for their annuities. The "diet" COLA fails to match the 12%+ jump in health ...

Scott Kupor, the new director of the Office of Personnel Management, publishes weekly updates on OPM and the federal workforce in his blog, Secrets of OPM. In September, Kupor reported that he went ...

If you're planning to retire after 2028 under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), a new bill could take away a major piece of your expected income: the FERS annuity supplement. The FERS ...

Here are five essential points federal employees should keep in mind about the potential effects of a government shutdown on their retirement security.