For now, the retirement backlog stands at 16,800 ... as they wait to obtain their hard-earned retirement benefits." Since then, OPM has assured Congress and the public that its working on ...

Answer: Ther e is not a requirement to give a 60-day notice that you will be retiring. It is generally recommended to do this ...

Worried federal employees, long used to job security, are left searching for answers as workforce cuts continue to slice into ...

Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS ... on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website: Prepare for FEHB changes: Health benefits continue for 31 days post-separation.

Exemptions to DRP should be rare, but DoD component heads can exempt mission critical positions prior to offering the DRP and VERA.

Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)/ Federal Employees Retirement System-Revised Annuity Employees (FERS-RAE): Federal employees are generally enrolled in either FERS or FERS-RAE. FERS is a ...

"There's a lot of things being proposed here that I think federal employees are really going to want to pay some close attention to," said Thiago Glieger.

Employees are automatically enrolled in the program and receive retirement benefits from three different sources. Benefit eligibility is determined by a worker's age and the number of years of ...

The Department of Defense is launching a deferred resignation program and early retirement initiative ... participants full pay and benefits through September. OPM made the offer available to ...

according to OPM data. Enrollees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program are about to see the largest annual increase in their health insurance costs in at least a decade.