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Increased Turnover as More Federal Workers Quit
In 2017, more federal employees chose to voluntarily resign their positions leading to an increased turnover. Last year saw 468,000 employees leave the federal government resulting in a 16.7% turnover rate, up from 16.4% in 2016, according to data obtained from the...
Resign or Retire? Is One Better Than the Other?
A federal employee may be eligible to retire but decide to resign instead. Their paycheck ceases, and their retirement doesn’t start until they file for retirement benefits. It’s not a common occurrence but here are some situations in which a federal employee, who is...
FEGLI Option B—Important to Have, or No?
What is FEGLI? The federal government offers life insurance known as the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance. Like most options, it has advantages and disadvantages. FEGLI Basic insurance coverage is equal to one-year base pay rounded up to the next thousand plus...
How Reemployment Affects Your Retirement Benefits
Many qualifying life events can have significant effects on your retirement benefits, such as marriage, divorce, or reemployment. This post will look at how reemployment (in the private and public sectors) affects your retirement benefits after retirement, under FERS....
Hiring a Federal Disability Retirement Attorney: What You Need to Know
Should You Hire an Attorney for Your Federal Disability Retirement Application? If you've been planning to apply for Federal Disability Retirement, you might be feeling overwhelmed. The application is long and complicated, and it can be hard to jump into that process...
Remember, You Have Appeal Rights
Recently, nearly 600 retired federal law enforcement officers received notification their Annuity Supplement was being reapportioned to provide a former spouse with extra income. So, why is that? Why did the Office of Personnel Management do this unexpectedly? Let’s...
The U.S. General Services Administration
This post will look at who the General Services Administration is, what kind of work they do, and how they benefit the federal government and American citizens. The mission of the GSA is to “deliver value and savings in real estate, acquisition, technology, and other...
FERS Survivor Benefits: Should You Elect One?
A survivor benefit is designed to help a surviving spouse in the event you (the federal employee) passes away in retirement. The survivor benefits you elect determine how much your spouse will receive from your FERS pension if you pass away first in retirement. If...
Military Reserve Technicians and Federal Disability Retirement
What is dual status and how can it affect federal disability retirement benefits? We currently have a client filing for federal disability retirement benefits and he works as a military reserve technician. Because he is what’s considered “dual status”, the rules are a...
What is the FERS Special Retirement Supplement?
Proposed cuts to federal employee benefits and retirement are a common theme of late. One benefit that is in danger of being eliminated is the Special Retirement Supplement (SRS). What is the Special Retirement Supplement (SRS)? If you’re a FERS employee who plans to...
Sometimes the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Gets It Wrong
There are three chances to get an application approved for federal disability retirement. If it is denied at the initial stage at OPM, it moves to the Reconsideration stage at OPM, where you are assigned a different legal administrative assistant than before. Lastly,...
What is the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)?
Many blogs and articles posted on our website, as well as other sites regarding the federal government, have alluded to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). So, who are they? What is their primary role in the federal government? About GAO GAO is an independent,...
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