During your federal career, the Thrift Savings Plan is relatively easy to manage. You contribute each pay period, receive agency matching, choose your funds, and let the account grow over time. It’s efficient, low-cost, and designed ...

If you are a federal employee mapping out your path to retirement, your Minimum Retirement Age is one of the most important numbers in your plan. It is the earliest point at which you can retire ...

If you are a FERS employee, your retirement annuity is built on three key factors: your years of creditable service, your age at retirement, and your High-3 average salary. Of the three, the High-3 is often ...

After months of steady increases, the federal retirement backlog finally moved in the right direction in March. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) received 14,759 new retirement claims (8,830 digital and 5,929 paper)—a sharp decline from ...