Retirement is one of the most critical milestones in a federal career, yet many employees delay planning until just a few years ...

For decades, the “4% rule” has been a simple benchmark for retirees: withdraw 4% of your total savings in the first year ...

From January through August 2025, more than 88,000 federal employees submitted retirement applications. Even if your own retirement is years away, it’s ...

Since your FERS annuity (pension), Social Security, and Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) provide three streams of retirement income, you may be tempted ...

OPM continues to deal with a backlog of federal retirement applications, as July saw 8,295 employees file for retirement. While this number ...

A growing number of federal employees are retiring with more than $1 million in their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts, a milestone ...

Now that the FERS Retiree Annuity Supplement has survived proposed federal benefit cuts, this may lead to a big decision for some ...

When you put money into your TSP or other tax-advantaged retirement accounts, the contributions you make have not been subject to income ...

With President Trump’s proposal to eliminate 107,000 federal positions in non-defense agencies starting in 2026, federal workers may face job insecurity, potentially ...

The perfect retirement date is a widely discussed and dissected topic. There have been multiple articles dedicated to several strategies you can ...