How to ensure your federal retirement benefit is correct
Over 33,000 retirement claims were processed at the Office of Personnel Management’s Retirement Operations Center in January and February this year, according to the agency. The digital claims that were processed in February were finished in 34 days, and paper claims were processed in 95 days. This processing time begins when OPM receives your application […]
How to make the most of FERS, Social Security and your TSP
From FY1970 to FY1985, the number of people receiving federal civil service annuities rose from fewer than 1 million to nearly 2 million, an increase of 105%. Between FY1985 and FY2022, civil service annuitants rose by 767,000, an increase of about 39%. In FY2022, all CSRS employees were 55 or older, compared with 32% of […]